March Madness Bracket Breakdown & Championship Picks

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Give it to me.
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This is one of the best days of
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to talk about it.
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I've been waiting for this show
since we started in August.

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This is episode 36 now, which is
crazy, but I mean when the

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bracket comes out, it's it's a
holiday.

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Is that a top five sports day of
the year?

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The whole week is like as a
whole.

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As a whole, yeah, I would agree
with that.

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I would agree with that.
And honestly, like the

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conference tournaments are great
too, just to lead up to it.

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But it officially starts on
Sunday when they reel the

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bracket.
Get all the time to look at it,

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change your picks over and over.
And then first, my first thing

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is breaking down the committee's
decisions.

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And I will say this year for the
most part, I thought they did a

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really good job.
And I don't know if that is

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because there was such a
separation kind of there at the

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end of the bubble.
But last year we had the old

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deal with North Carolina getting
in where people didn't really

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think they should have got in.
I I don't think there's any

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teams that got left out this
year that they're like, Oh no,

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how how do we leave them out of
the tournament?

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No what?
The RedHawks got in.

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Yeah, that's a whole other
story.

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That's that's on my list of
things of what I think the

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committee got wrong.
But no, I mean, like, it was not

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a great bubble.
We talked about, you know, the

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basically 500 Auburn's and
Oklahoma's and Indiana's of the

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world that have not been playing
good basketball that nobody

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really wants to see in there.
But I'm also on the side of I

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don't really want to see Miami
of Ohio in there either.

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And guess what?
The committee, here's what the

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committee did.
They put them in as if you go on

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the seed list, they're the 44th
on the seed list, which is the

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very last at large team to get
into the tournament.

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See what that tells me?
That tells me the committee did

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not want to put them in.
The committee knew that they

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didn't deserve to get in.
They didn't want to put them in,

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but the committee didn't want to
deal with the BS of the media

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and, and, and the public in in
all of that.

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They didn't want to deal with
with the aftermath of their

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decisions.
So they're like the easy choice

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was to just put them in and
that's what they did.

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They didn't want to, but they
did it because they just felt

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like they had to.
But to be fair, that wasn't

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actually the case.
They weren't the last team to

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get into the tournament.
Based on the seed list, they're

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the lowest at large seed list.
That that is true.

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And and what they did, they were
they were clearly in and when

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they got down to it and then
they'd had the final four, they

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reseeded them.
So they actually moved Miami,

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Ohio down.
They were in the tournament

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ahead of Smoo, ahead of Texas,
but then when they reseeded the

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final four, they moved them down
so they they had Miami, OH in

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the. 1st 4 that's.
Fine.

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Yeah, the first four.
Yeah.

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They had them in, but then when
they reseeded, which honestly

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doesn't make a ton of sense to
me because if you're saying

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Miami, Ohio is clearly in and
then when you reseed them and

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you move them down, then it
according to the seed list,

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you're right.
Yeah, they were the last team

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in.
So why would the last team in?

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I don't know.
It's all really doesn't matter

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much.
But per the committee, Miami,

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Ohio was the lowest seed at
large, but they were not the

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last team to get it, if that
makes sense.

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I.
Don't know, they put them in the

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first four, which still tells me
they don't really want them in

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the tournament, but they feel
like they had to put them in and

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then we're just going to watch
them get their butts kicked on

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Wednesday by by SMU.
Well, and we talked about this

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too.
I I think this is this is

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probably the right way to do it.
Yeah, this wasn't the right way.

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They can prove.
It and you've got a smooth team

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that has really struggled down
the stretch and I don't know

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it'll it'll be there by far the
best team that Miami Ohio has

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played all year other than Akron
is really the only team that's

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close.
Yeah, so I don't we've, we've

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talked a ton about a Miami OH on
this, on this podcast.

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And I will say that game on
Wednesday night might be the

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most viewed 1st 4 game in the
history of the NCAA Tournament.

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I mean how far?
How far is is Miami of Ohio's

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campus from Dayton, OH?
Less than an hour.

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Less than an hour, so it's going
to be it's going to be a home

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game for the RedHawks.
Right, But and Travis still was

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on.
I don't know, I've listened to

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so many pods today, but he was
on one of them talking about, I

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mean, they're going to travel
and it's going to be a home game

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and, and they're excited about
it and they should be.

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Sure, let them get excited.
I don't know other other things

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besides besides that that got
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The committee on was the seating
of St.

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John's A5 seed.
I mean, make it make sense.

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They're 19 and one in their last
twenty.

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They won the regular season and
Big East tournament titles.

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They beaten UConn twice, Uconn's
A2 and they're sitting there at

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A5.
Make it make sense.

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The thing like UConn just has so
many more quality wins outside

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of the conference that then
Saint John's does.

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They won.
They beat BYU.

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They beat Illinois.
They beat Kansas.

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They beat Florida.
They lost to Marquette.

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They also lost they and they've
lost to Creighton too.

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They've they've got a couple bad
losses down the stretch.

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If you look at the net, Yukon is
10, Saint John's is 16.

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They're only separated by 6
spots and there there's no way

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in the world that St.
John's is A5.

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No, not only not only do you
make them A5, you make them A5

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in a region with Duke, Yukon,
Michigan State and Kansas.

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Right.
Like good Lord.

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No, they they definitely were
not rewarded for the way they've

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played the last 20 games.
You and you, you won the Big

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East regular season and the
conference tournament.

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I think it shows you that the
committee really had a lack of

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respect for the Big East this
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Yeah, it is down.
And that showed like, I don't

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think, like I agree with UConn
still being ranked ahead of

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Saint John's because of the
quality wins that they have over

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them, but being three seats
higher and then you put them in

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the same region.
Yeah.

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And then you put them in one
overall seat with the number one

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overall seat.
Right.

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That's that's the one that
really caught my eye.

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The other one was was
Vanderbilt.

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I thought they were under seeded
as well.

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I thought at at the least they
would be a four.

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If you compare Vanderbilt with
the teams that actually got

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fours, which is Nebraska,
Arkansas, Alabama and Kansas.

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I mean their Nets higher than
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They have more Q1 wins than all
of them and they get to the the

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conference title game and and
they're five.

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Those are really my 2 main beefs
with with the bracket.

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One other one to me is Florida's
a one seed and if they get to

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the lead 8 and they got to play
Houston, they're going to be the

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one seed playing Houston and
Houston.

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And Houston?
As the two.

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Yeah.
And we saw this last year with

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Purdue where they had Houston
had to beat Purdue.

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I think it was the Sweet 16 last
year in Indianapolis when they

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hosted the regional.
So I get it.

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These things are hard to it's
hard to avoid them completely.

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And you want to give high seeds,
you want them to be around so

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they can travel.
But Florida happen to play

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Houston in Houston in that
League 8 game is is a tough

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reward for being a one seed.
Yeah, no, that's, I mean, that's

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we, we remember from our women's
basketball days of when

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Louisville women's basketball
was a one seed and had to go

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play in Albany, NY against the
two seeded UConn, you know, so

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something similar to that.
But this is even worse because

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you're actually playing in
Houston.

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So yeah, I mean, yeah, they they
had to play.

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Florida was probably like you
said, like they're the last one

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seed to get the last of the one
seeds.

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So they put them in, you know,
they they had the most

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disadvantageous spot and Houston
happens to be the best of the

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two seeds.
So they get that luxury of

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playing in Houston.
And if that game does come into

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fruition, Houston going to be
looking for a little of revenge

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from last year.
So that game is going to have a

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lot of intrigue.
Yeah, yeah.

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And then what?
What do you think about Purdue

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getting a two seed?
I mean they struggled that they

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lost 4 of 6 going into the
conference tournament.

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They get hot in the conference
tournament.

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They had a great win against
Michigan, but they had not been

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playing good ball coming in
well.

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They were seven seed in their
own conference tournament and

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then here they are in the two
line.

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We we taught when we did our
draft of teams most likely to

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win the title what, 2 weeks ago?
Yeah.

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Neither one of us even picked
pretty.

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No, that's still.
I mean, after the way they

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played this weekend, I think you
would have.

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I mean, if you're picking 10
teams, I think they have to be

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on that list.
They might be on at the time.

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At the time, like I was thinking
they were probably going to be a

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3 or 4.
I was expecting at least a

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three.
Probably.

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Probably more on the four line
going into the Big 10

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tournament.
Yeah.

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And look, we saw last year with
the Big 10 tournament, it didn't

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matter at all.
Do you remember Michigan seed

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after the tournament?
It just made no sense.

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And this year, I don't know if
they overcompensated, but the

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Big 10 tournament act obviously
didn't make a big deal because

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they moved all the way up to A2
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Now, look, they've got wins over
Alabama, Texas Tech, you know,

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outside of that, most of their
wins are inside the Big 10, but

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we saw they had some bad losses
too down the stretch.

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I I was surprised that they
moved up to A2 line.

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Lenardi had them up to A2 before
they even had won the Big 10

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championship.
I But yeah, if if you're saying,

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is that another one that you're
surprised about?

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Yeah.
And like, I don't who would have

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been the other two over them?
It would have been who's the 9

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on the seed line?
It is Michigan State.

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So basically what happened is
they won the Big 10 and

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basically flipped over Michigan
State, which I, I mean, I can

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see that.
Yeah, I can.

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See that like I you're not,
you're not going to move

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Illinois or Michigan State,
who's 9 and 10.

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I'm not.
Moving with Gonzaga, you

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wouldn't have moved.
You wouldn't have flip-flopped

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them with Gonzaga.
I mean, Gonzaga's 30 and three.

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I know they there's their
conference schedule is what it

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is, but.
Their their Nets higher.

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Yeah, I don't know they their
Nets higher.

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Gonzaga's only has seven quad
one wins.

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Purdue has 11, but also Purdue
has 8 quad 1 losses and Purdue

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only has two.
We're we're kind of just really

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nitpicking because I do think
they did a really good job this

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year and that wouldn't, but the
St.

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John's and vanity ones were the
ones that that shocked me the

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most.
And the the biggest thing is St.

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John's and Yukon having three
seed lines between them.

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Yeah.
And then being in the same

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racket.
But I'll tell you what, if I'm

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Duke, I don't want to see St.
John's in in the Sweet 16 and

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have to play them that early.
That's that's a disservice to

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Duke as your number one overall
seed too.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean Duke is the number one

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overall seed.
Did not get an easy Rd. that's.

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For sure, no.
And we'll get into that.

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But first, I want to like, I
just think with the the field,

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Leonardi got 68 of 68, right?
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And he's done that before.
But I also think it shows how

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kind of clear cut it was.
Yeah, how kind of clear cut the

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bubble was.
And This is why, before we get

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into what we're going to talk
about next, This is why we don't

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need an expansion to what 76
teams is.

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That what they were talking
about going to, Yeah.

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I mean, we don't need anything
beyond what we have now.

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Wait, look at these at large
play insurance that would that

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we would be forced to watch
Arizona State, California,

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Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech,
Indiana, Oklahoma, Auburn, San

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Diego State, smooth Miami, Ohio
and Texas.

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NC State already on it.
Yeah, we don't need all.

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That additional four games.
We don't need it.

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And then you just get a bunch of
sixteens playing each other like

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even more sixteens don't get
rewarded for half and and

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getting to play a big time blue
blood because you got to play

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another 16 to get there.
And we've talked about that over

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and over.
Yeah, we're on the same side.

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We're on the same side of that
one, yeah.

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So you were starting to talk
about that.

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Who do you who do you think what
one has been rewarded with the

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easiest path and which one has
been handed the the toughest

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path?
Oh yeah, I've got, I've got them

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in order here.
I've got them in order.

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If we're going to easiest to
hardest, Michigan I think just

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has a cakewalk to the Elite 8.
I mean that to me, Michigan has

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by far the easiest Rd. down
there in the in the Midwest.

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After that, I think Florida's is
probably the second easiest.

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I mean, they're going to have to
deal with Houston come the Elite

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8, but I don't really see them.
Vanderbilt in the Sweet 16 will

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be their only toughest test.
And we talked about that right

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before we got on here that you
don't think you don't think

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Vandy can do it again.
It could, but I just, I think it

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would be really tough to do.
Then we get, I mean, the, the,

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the last two, the Duke in
Arizona, I went back and forth

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on this.
I think Duke is the the third

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easiest or second hardest if you
will.

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I mean, like I said, the
committee didn't do them any

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favors putting them with UConn
as the two, Michigan State as a

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three Kansas.
And then Saint John, the red hot

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Saint John's team that they're
going to have to end up facing

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in probably the Sweet 16.
So that that's just a tough Rd.

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especially with the the quality
of coaching of all those teams.

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I mean, we're talking legends of
the game here with with with

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those teams, with Pitino and
Self and and Izzo and Hurley,

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who's who's relatively new on
the scene, but has done, you

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know, remarkable.
Yeah.

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Yeah.
So I mean that that's going to

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be tough for Duke, but I think,
I think Arizona, I picked

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Arizona as the hardest one, as
the hardest road to get to get

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through.
I mean, you've got Purdue as

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your two seed, who we just
talked about struggled at the

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end of the year, but.
But you just said you wouldn't

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pickle, no?
Yeah, I mean, they came on hot

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in the Big 10 tournament, beat
Michigan, won that Big 10 title.

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That's your two.
Gonzaga is your three, who I

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think is underrated.
They're sitting there 30 and

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three.
And then you know, you've got to

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deal with Arkansas, who just won
the SEC title in Wisconsin, who

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I think is very underrated this
year.

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Nobody's really talked much
about Wisconsin, but they're

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they're damn good.
And I think, I mean, I have them

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beating Arkansas in the second
round and facing Arizona in the

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Sweet 16.
So I think with Wisconsin,

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Arkansas, Purdue and Gonzaga
sitting there, Arizona's,

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they're going to get tested.
Yeah I 100% agree with you on

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the Michigan having the easiest
path like their their 5 is a

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Texas Tech team without JT
topping that when they had him.

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I think they were a legit final
four contender.

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I don't know if they were a
national title contender, but a

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legit final four contender.
Alabama has great guards, but

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they're not.
Going to guard got arrested one

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of their second leading scores.
Just got arrested.

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Yeah.
Like only team I think that can

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beat Michigan is is Iowa State
in that in that whole region.

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You know, I, I don't trust Iowa
State.

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I know they're good, but I don't
trust them.

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I you've been down on Iowa State
all year.

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I trust them and they they can
beat Michigan.

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Will I pick them to beat
Michigan?

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Probably not.
But I the fact that you, I don't

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think Michigan is going to get
tested until an Elite 8 game,

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very obvious that that is the
easiest path.

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Yeah, it's a cake.
I mean they it's an easy road

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for them to get to that Elite 8.
I look at the other pass, I like

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everybody keeps talking about
Duke's path being the hardest.

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I think it's the second easiest.
And I UConn is I don't trust him

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at all right now.
I'm not a fan.

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I don't love Michigan State I I
think their Sweet 16 game if it

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is St.
John's is is their toughest game

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for them to get out of that
bracket.

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So that's why I have the Duke's
path as the second easiest.

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Then I would go Arizona.
I agree with you that whoever

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wins that Wisconsin Arkansas
game they they can beat Arizona.

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I don't Arkansas with with Acuff
and the rest of their guards

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when Brazil's playing the way
he's playing like they they're

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just they they go 7 deep, but
they can beat anybody on a given

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night.
Wisconsin, they were the first

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team to beat Michigan.
They got one of the best back

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courts in the country with
Blackwell and and Nick Boyd.

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They're going to have a tough
game, I think, with high point

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in the first round.
They.

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Will and then I, I don't believe
in this Gonzaga team, especially

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if Braden Huff is not back
healthy and it doesn't look like

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he's going to be healthy till at
least the Sweet 16.

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So even without Richie Saunders,
I think maybe because you've got

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the best who I think is the best
player in the country.

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I could see BYU still beating
them, but I I could see

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Wisconsin, Arkansas and Purdue
potentially beating Arizona.

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And but I think the hardest path
is Florida and like Nebraska,

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Vanderbilt.
I think both can beat them.

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Illinois is the best offense in
the country.

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And then you, you know, I'm a
fan of Kelvin Sampson and

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Houston in the tournament.
I think all of those teams can

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beat them now look as the, as
the 4th 1.

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I think you should have the
toughest path.

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Do I think you should, like I've
already said, do I think you

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should have to go to Houston to
beat Houston in the Elite 8 to

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get to the Final Four?
I don't know about that.

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But I, I, I, I just think
that's, that's a really tough

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path.
And if they can get through

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that, then good on them and
they're going to have a chance

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to, to win back-to-back.
But I to to me the clearest 1 is

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Michigan has the easiest path.
Yeah, Yeah.

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There's no question about that.
Like I just, I just look at the

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top of that bracket and who are
they going to play in the Sweet

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16 out of Texas Tech, Akron, AL
and Austra?

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Like I just, I think that's an
opportunity for a 12 or 13 to

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get out of there.
Yeah.

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I really do.
I mean, I it very well could be

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Akron.
Yeah, very well as much.

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As you as much as you love
Miami, OH.

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I hear you.
But I think, I think actually if

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if I were to if if I were to
pick, I think Akron does get

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out.
I have Akron beating Texas Tech

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on the BRAC.
And I and look, I love Christian

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Anderson, he's one of my
favorite guards in the country,

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but he, he he slipped and hurt
his ankle a little bit on the on

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the court was was a big reason
why they they changed the court

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in Kansas City.
If he's not healthy, they, I

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mean, I don't know how you
overcome.

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There was a point in time where
they had two of the top ten

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players in the country.
I really believe that.

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And if he's not 100% and you've
already lost top and yeah, I, I

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think that's a, a prime spot
for, for for an upset.

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What What first round matchup do
you look forward to most in the

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East?
There's not a lot of great ones

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in the East.
I mean, the the one that that I

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think is the most interesting is
going to be the hometown team

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here.
It's going to be the Louisville

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South Florida game.
It's going to, you know, South

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Florida, they've won eleven in a
row.

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They just, they came off now
winning the American

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Championship.
I mean, they're Louisville's

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favored by 5 1/2.
It's all going to depend on if

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Michael Brown.
Earlier that already moved.

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Yeah, it was 5 1/2 when I
checked it before the show.

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It's going to depend on if
Michael Brown is healthy.

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You know, if he's healthy, I
think Louisville wins this game

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without question.
But you know, South Florida,

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like they, they're 8th in the
country in scoring.

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They average 87 points a game.
Louisville's 20th at 84 points a

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game.
So up and down high paced

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offense, it's going to be it's
going to be a shootout.

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And those kind of games are fun.
But you know, you look around

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the the the rest of the games in
this region and there's just not

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really a lot of interesting
ones.

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But I think that one, just based
on the the way that South

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Florida's been playing, they
haven't lost since, I guess they

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haven't lost since January.
But just just the style of play

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and the way that they match up
with Louisville, it's going to

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be a fun one to watch.
Yeah.

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And, and Hodgson's going back to
his hometown where his dad had

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dementia and hasn't seen him
coach a game.

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He's he's now in his third year
as a head coach, came from

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Arkansas State.
I think the fact that they do

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like to get up and down play it,
it plays in Louisville's favor a

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little bit than somebody who
wants to, you know, just kind of

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slow it down.
Yeah.

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But the the bottom line is, are
they going to hit threes?

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And that's been the fact with
Louisville all year.

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But I there, I have not seen one
expert on TV pick Louisville to

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win this game.
Not a single one, not a single

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one.
And look, and if there's games

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like this every year, like PK is
going to be motivated.

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They're going to be motivated to
get a win here.

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Yeah.
And I it's just the question

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marks around Michael Brown is
that's if he plays and and they

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hit threes.
Like I think the fact that South

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Florida, like I said, like they
like to get up and down, I think

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plays in their favor.
But if they have a bad shoot

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tonight, you you never know
what's going to happen.

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That's just kind of what this
Louisville team is at this

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point.
Yeah.

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So, but I, I, yeah, if I look at
the rest of that region, there's

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really no other game that stands
out to me.

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I, I think it's by far the best
game in the East and the one I'm

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looking forward to for not for
more than obvious reasons for to

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watch him, I guess to stick in
the East.

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Who do you have?
Your Sweet 16 and then your Lead

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8 Sweet 16?
Yeah, I've got Duke.

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Duke advancing Sweet 16, St.
John's advancing to the Sweet

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16.
Then I would put Michigan State

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to the Sweet 16.
That last one's tough.

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If UCLA can play well, they can
beat UConn.

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Yeah, they they played well in
the Big 10 tournament and made

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it to the semis.
I still think UConn is probably

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a little bit better.
So I'll I'll stick with with the

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chalk.
Also, like Donovan Dent has got

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to be healthy from them.
If he if he's not healthy, yeah,

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I which I think he is going to
play, but everybody says that

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before the the selection because
they don't want it to affect

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their seating.
Of course it I just even with

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that being a question mark, I
don't I don't know how I could

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go UCLA there, but they are
playing better basketball.

447
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,840
Right now they are playing,
yeah, but I've got UConn and

448
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,200
that's Sweet 16, then Elite 8,
we're going to go.

449
00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:40,600
I think the Johnnies run comes
to an end.

450
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,840
I'm going to go Duke in the
Elite 8 with Michigan State as

451
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,240
that other team, with Duke
beating Michigan State to

452
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:53,040
advance to the Final Four.
So I've this is what the problem

453
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,880
is with these shows.
I've got the same Sweet 16 and

454
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,320
there's just no way I'm picking
Kansas over Saint John's the way

455
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,480
Saint John's is playing right
now.

456
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,400
And but I I'm going to Johnny's
to be Duke.

457
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:13,280
I like you got question marks
surrounding Caleb Foster and and

458
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,120
in Juba.
Are they going to play and?

459
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,560
They keep winning without them.
I know, but God, I can't just go

460
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,160
chalk on all of these and.
Duke's been the best team all

461
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,800
year.
I mean, hands down, they've been

462
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,640
the best team all year.
Do they?

463
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,200
They don't want to see St.
John's in the Sweet 16.

464
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,000
I guarantee it.
And Equifor is one guy down low

465
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:41,720
that can be, he can play big
with Boozer like I, I think he

466
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,440
could, he could provide problems
for him.

467
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,520
I, I don't like you got to pick
some upset somewhere and you,

468
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,920
you and you give me Rick, after
their disappointment last year

469
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,360
where they lost in the second
round, He's going to have extra

470
00:25:55,360 --> 00:26:00,520
motivation.
I, I'm, I'm going, I'm going

471
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:05,040
Saint John's and UConn in, in
the Elite 8 and I'm going Saint

472
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,000
John's to get to the Final Four.
All right, Rick Pitino in the

473
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,880
Final Four, another team that
would be what, his fourth team

474
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:16,320
he takes for the Final Four.
Which is just that, doesn't he?

475
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,000
Just wins, yeah.
Look, to me, he's in the

476
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,480
argument as the greatest college
coach of all time.

477
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,520
You have to put him in the
argument.

478
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,080
There's no question about that.
The fact that he's done it in so

479
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,120
many different places, like
look, I get it, what Coach K did

480
00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,920
at Duke is incredible, but he
did it all at one school.

481
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:40,840
Like what he's done, it's just
and dude, he wins the Big East,

482
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,520
so he goes to the podium with
the beer.

483
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,560
I know Kenny, Kenny Klein gave
him the beer before he went up

484
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,560
there.
Like he, he's just, I don't

485
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,040
know, I love the way they're
playing right now and they play

486
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,280
with a lot of confidence.
And I don't know, the Duke's

487
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,200
injuries, I think make could
potentially catch up with them.

488
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:06,520
And that's where I I think it
could happen going to the West.

489
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,640
What first round game are you
looking forward to the most?

490
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,600
Going to the West all right
let's take a look at what I put

491
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,960
down here in the notes I'm.
Proud of you for taking some

492
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,640
notes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

493
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,360
In the West, the Wisconsin
versus High Point game is my is

494
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,600
my most intriguing game
Wisconsin favorite I.

495
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,160
Picked the same one.
Did you?

496
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,120
Yeah, we can't just pick the
same one every.

497
00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,480
Time.
Well, yeah, we didn't

498
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,720
collaborate beforehand here.
You could have told me that, but

499
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,600
no.
But like High Point, third in

500
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,040
the country in scoring, they
averaged 90 points a game,

501
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,120
Wisconsin's 35th in scoring
there at 83 points a game.

502
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,600
High Point shoots the ball well
for 49% from the field.

503
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,840
They leave the country and
steals at 11 a game.

504
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,480
But they're playing a Wisconsin
team that doesn't turn it over a

505
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,840
lot.
So it's kind of like a little,

506
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,640
you know, who who's who's going
to come out on top with their

507
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,440
style.
Like it's is it the defensive

508
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:00,640
high point?
Is it going to be the, you know,

509
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,680
the offense of Wisconsin,
Wisconsin's fourth in the

510
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,200
country and made threes per
game.

511
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,800
So I mean, this is going to just
be an absolute high score should

512
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,680
be a high scoring affair.
You know, like we talked about

513
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,760
Wisconsin's guards with Nick
Boyd and and John Blackwell both

514
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,520
averaging about 20 a game.
And then another reason this is

515
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,440
intriguing.
Have you seen this?

516
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,480
The high point, The guard from
high point that just shoots all

517
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,800
threes.
The new Jack Gold key.

518
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,560
Have you?
Heard about this kid?

519
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,520
Yeah.
This Chase Johnston, who's 64 of

520
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,800
132 from three and O of 4 from
2.

521
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,160
It's O of 4 from 2.
No, but like what?

522
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,480
Do you think his foot was his
foot on the line on those?

523
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,800
He might have been, he might
have been, but no, this game's

524
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,280
going to be great.
Like I said, high points.

525
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,280
They they score the ball.
It's going to be a high scoring

526
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:52,320
affair.
It's going to be offense,

527
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,360
offense, offense.
I think Wisconsin probably wins,

528
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,280
but it's going to be a close
one.

529
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,600
It's going to be exciting.
So I am going to go different.

530
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,320
I'm going to Sean Miller Will
Wade in the play in.

531
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,720
It's called playing game.
Two guys that back when there

532
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,200
were no back when there were
rules got in trouble.

533
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,960
Now there's no rules playing
each other in the playing game.

534
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,000
You made me think on the fly.
I just, I think it's kind of

535
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:27,040
cool to see those two coaches
going at it in the play in.

536
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,880
I'm surprised, honestly, the NC
State's in the play in out.

537
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,440
That was one of the other things
that kind of surprised me a

538
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,080
little bit.
Yeah, but they they tanked out

539
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,240
toward the end of the season.
But yeah, I'll, I'll go, I'll

540
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:38,840
go.
Sean Miller.

541
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,160
We'll wait all.
Right.

542
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,200
But stick to you.
Just give me.

543
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,240
So stick to your original.
If you were to stick with the

544
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,560
Wisconsin high point, why?
Why is that your choice?

545
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:46,720
Why would that have been your
choice?

546
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,400
Just their their styles, yeah,
and but I mean, it's a lot of

547
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:56,560
the same things you said, but I
I really, I think Wisconsin's

548
00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,280
backcourt is, is good as anybody
in the country and they've

549
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,640
proven they can beat anybody.
This high point team is, is

550
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,600
their second year in a row being
in a tournament after what I

551
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,920
don't think they had ever been
in before before last year.

552
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,960
So I don't know.
They they spent a lot of money

553
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,240
in NIL too.
They're, they're one of the, the

554
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,200
higher spending, you know, mid
conference teams to, to spend

555
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,560
some money.
So I I think it could be an

556
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,680
interesting game.
Yeah.

557
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,040
No, I'd agree with that, Yeah.
What's your Sweet 16?

558
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:36,400
We're going to go Arizona versus
Wisconsin in the Sweet 16, and I

559
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,000
think that that's going to be a
really good game.

560
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,720
I can see Wisconsin winning
that, but Arizona's, they've

561
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,200
just been consistently good all
year.

562
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,360
Arizona wins that to go to the
Elite 8, and then on the bottom

563
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:53,040
side we're going to have Purdue
and Gonzaga matching up in the

564
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,080
Sweet 16.
When I've got the Zags, I've got

565
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,400
Gonzaga winning that one, taking
on Arizona in the Elite 8 with

566
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,040
Arizona advancing to the Final
Four.

567
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,800
Give me Arizona, Arkansas and
BYU Purdue.

568
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,080
BYU.
Yeah, they got the best player

569
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,800
in the country.
And brah.

570
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,240
Well, Gonzaga's missing their
best player.

571
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:17,960
I mean, they got best player in
the country.

572
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:19,200
Guess what?
That best player in the country

573
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,600
has lost 11 times this year 11.
But like I they could lose to

574
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,280
Texas or NC State.
I don't trust this Gonzaga team

575
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,480
without Ray enough.
I, I just don't OK, I I think it

576
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,480
sets up for an opera like BYU
still proving that they can win

577
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,920
games without Richie Saunders.
I don't love it.

578
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,720
I don't love it.
Honestly don't think I I think

579
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,520
the BYU loses to the playing
winner.

580
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:49,720
Which is possible, which is
possible, But I just if you give

581
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,440
me AJ Devante against Gonzaga,
I'm going to take him and I

582
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,120
think he can do it.
And like in the Big 12

583
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,880
tournament, he didn't touch the
ball enough at the end of the

584
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,040
game.
And maybe they learned their

585
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,640
hopefully they learned their
lesson from that.

586
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:08,760
But and then give me Arizona and
Purdue and Arizona to the to the

587
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,120
Final Four.
OK.

588
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:18,480
In the South, I guess I'll start
since the game that I'm looking

589
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,440
forward to the most.
Yeah.

590
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:27,400
North Carolina, VCU.
North Carolina obviously is

591
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,920
playing out without one of the
best players in the country in

592
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:38,120
Caleb Wilson, which I obviously
gives VCU a better chance.

593
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:44,080
Yeah, VCU under Phil Martelli
Junior, who obviously his dad

594
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:49,680
was iconic coach at Saint Joe's,
VCU started the season 11 and

595
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,000
six and two and two in league
play.

596
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:56,000
They've won 16 and 17 since
then, won the ATA 10 tournament

597
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,400
championship.
They weren't going to get in

598
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:04,520
unless they won.
So I think this in addition to

599
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:09,240
be this being something the
matchup that I'm looking forward

600
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,840
to, I also have this as one of
my my upsets.

601
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:17,200
I've got VCU beaten UNC.
Yeah, no, I have that as as

602
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,760
listed as my upset as well.
I don't have it as my most

603
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,480
intriguing game, but I do have
it as my most likely upset in

604
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,440
that region would be VCU over
UNC without Caleb Wilson.

605
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,120
My most intriguing matchup I
have on here is the 710 matchup

606
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,560
between Saint Mary's and Texas
A&M.

607
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:38,400
Texas A&M, Buckyball, as they're
known, get up and down.

608
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,840
They know they're with their
pace or top 30 pace in the

609
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,320
country and they're going
against the completely opposite

610
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,320
style.
And Saint Mary's who

611
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,720
deliberately they slow it down
and they try to try to slow you

612
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,280
down and and play a completely
different type of game.

613
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,680
So that was going to be whoever
can dictate that that pace and

614
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,240
that their style and impose
their their style of play.

615
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,480
That's who's going to win.
So be interesting to see that

616
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:01,640
one.
But that's what I got.

617
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,800
And then I'm not close to all
chalk.

618
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:11,199
I got Florida Vandy, Illinois
Houston, and then I got Florida

619
00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:13,320
Houston.
And then I got Houston getting

620
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,719
revenge and going to the final
floor.

621
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,000
I'm.
Going to shake it up.

622
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:25,920
I got Florida, Nebraska with
Houston and Illinois.

623
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,040
It's not much of A shake up.
That's like you played.

624
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:30,600
But you were expecting me to
say.

625
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,920
You were expecting me to say
Vandy?

626
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:36,280
Well, you you weren't a big fan
of Nebraska two weeks ago when

627
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,920
we were doing the draft.
So I don't know, Vandy played a

628
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,280
really, really good SEC
tournament, but I was not

629
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,600
impressed with them down the
stretch when they went interrupt

630
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,360
and got absolutely housed by
Kentucky.

631
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:50,600
But they.
Housed Kentucky at Memorial.

632
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,840
I know that was earlier in the
season.

633
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,000
I think, I think they were
playing better ball earlier in

634
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:59,040
the season than they than they
didn't in late January and

635
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,240
February.
But give me Florida, Nebraska,

636
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:08,600
Illinois, Houston, Florida
versus Houston and the Cougars

637
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,680
in in their own backyard.
Follow me on that one.

638
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,440
In their own backyard, Houston
to the Final Four.

639
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,560
So right now you've got Duke,
Arizona and and Houston.

640
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,360
Yeah.
And I've got St.

641
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:26,560
John's, Arizona and Houston.
All right.

642
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,960
What what match up you looking
forward to in the Midwest?

643
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:35,760
Well, we've talked about it
enough, but the playing game,

644
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,200
it's not really my most
intriguing, but I just want to

645
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:39,880
make mention of it.
This is the opportunity for

646
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,640
Miami, OH to prove that they
belong.

647
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,200
So that's why it's intriguing to
me because I want to see if they

648
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,600
actually can, you know, put up
or shut up against the Power 14.

649
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,560
But the other one other than
that, give me that Akron versus

650
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,720
Texas Tech game.
Texas Tech without JT Topping

651
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,600
Christian Anderson, obviously we
talked about him hurting himself

652
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:06,080
in the in the Big 12 tournament,
falling on that plexiglass floor

653
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,920
or whatever that thing was.
But Akron, I mean, they they're

654
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,480
third or they're ninth in the
country and made threes per game

655
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,880
at 10.9.
They're 7th in the country and

656
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,880
scoring at 88 points per game.
I just think their offense, I

657
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,560
know they're Mac school and you
know, I've dogged the Mac and

658
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,240
all that, but they actually, you
know, have at least played other

659
00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:26,320
Power Four teams this year on
like Miami, Ohio.

660
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,440
So they've been tested.
Give me Akron with our offense

661
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,120
over a unhealthy Texas Tech team
to pull that upset.

662
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,680
And going back to the Miami,
Ohio smooth it it is expected

663
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:44,600
that BJ Edwards is going to play
for for SMU so that would give

664
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,160
them a boost.
They've been about without him

665
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:51,600
over the last couple weeks.
Mine is the 8-9 game.

666
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:57,320
The 8-9 game.
Yeah, Saint, Saint Louis and

667
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,680
Georgia.
Everybody loves a good 8-9 game.

668
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,280
Well, we haven't picked any 8-9
games for for our most

669
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,680
intriguing game.
That's true.

670
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:10,800
Obviously Saint Louis has Robbie
Avila who what has a million

671
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,560
nicknames?
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, but what

672
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,600
else does he have?
Like a bunch of it's.

673
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,600
Like he's been in school for
like 10 years.

674
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,440
Yeah, I think he has.
What?

675
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,960
The Billikens ranked 10th in the
country in points per game with

676
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,160
87.
They ranked second in the

677
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,680
country and three-point
percentage.

678
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:33,960
Georgia ranks 8th in the country
with 89.8 points a game.

679
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:42,720
This is going to be a race to 95
points really.

680
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:44,800
It's going to be up and down
Game should be a fun game to

681
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,800
watch.
I mean, Georgia's opponents are

682
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,920
averaging almost 80 points a
game, which ranks 300 and 15th

683
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,080
in the country.
So not going to be.

684
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,040
And what?
And Saint Louis is holding

685
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,160
opponents to 70 points a game,
which is a lot better than what,

686
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,080
10 points better?
But this, this is going to be a

687
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,120
real up and down game.
Should be fun to watch.

688
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,480
And that's why I picked that as
as my most intriguing game of

689
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:18,760
the Midwest.
What you got for your Sweet 16?

690
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,040
Well, we talked about Michigan
is basically walking their way

691
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,080
to the Elite 8.
So give me Michigan versus Akron

692
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,880
in the Sweet 16 on the top side
with Michigan winning that and

693
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,960
going to the Elite 8.
And then on the bottom side,

694
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:40,480
give me a Virginia versus Iowa
State, with Virginia moving on

695
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:45,360
to the Elite 8 and Michigan over
Virginia to go to the Final

696
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,000
Four.
OK.

697
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,520
I have Michigan and Akron as
well, which I don't love that we

698
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:55,840
both picked that and then.
Alabama could do it.

699
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,120
I just.
If their second leading scorer

700
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,240
is now arrested, I just.
I just look at the the fours and

701
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,160
the fives there, and they have
so many flaws.

702
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,120
Yeah.
And it is why Michigan has such

703
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,160
an easy path.
Yeah.

704
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:12,480
And in the bottom I have
Tennessee and Iowa State.

705
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,640
Tennessee.
And and then I have Michigan

706
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,560
playing Iowa State and and
Michigan, Michigan going to the

707
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,120
to the Final Four.
OK.

708
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:27,960
All right, so you have on your
left side, you have Duke and

709
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,360
Houston.
Yeah.

710
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:34,480
Who's going to the natty?
You're the Duke Blue Devils to

711
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:39,040
go to the national championship.
And then I'm going.

712
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,400
And you've got what, St.
John's in Houston?

713
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,320
St.
John's in Houston.

714
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:45,880
OK.
And I, I think this is where I

715
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,000
think Houston is going back to
the national title game.

716
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,720
OK.
And then on the other side, I

717
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:55,000
have two ones in Arizona and
Michigan.

718
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,080
I do as well, yeah.
And I have Arizona going to the

719
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:02,120
title game.
God, that's a tough one.

720
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,040
That's going to be a hell of a
game.

721
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,720
Give me the Michigan Wolverines,
give me a rematch from from

722
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:16,720
earlier from DC with Michigan
and Duke in the title game, and

723
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:19,240
give me.
Do do the Wolverines get

724
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:20,360
revenge?
They do.

725
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,120
I think Michigan wins the
national title.

726
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:24,920
And I've got Arizona over
Houston.

727
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,560
So our championship game is
completely different.

728
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,600
Our Final Fours are very similar
minus St.

729
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,840
John's, but our championship
games are different.

730
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,520
Yeah, I'm glad we had a little
bit of, of differences there.

731
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,400
But I, I just some of these
second round games I think are

732
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,640
like these 5, four games like
the St.

733
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,360
John's, Kansas, Wisconsin,
Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Nebraska,

734
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,320
all those games are really
intriguing to me.

735
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,120
And then you've got the other
one where I've got Akron playing

736
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:58,640
Hofstra.
Yeah, the Hofstra wouldn't the

737
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,680
first one over over Alabama.
Yeah, they don't guard and now

738
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,600
they their second leading scorer
is probably not going to play.

739
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,960
It's true, No.
Yeah, well, we, we that was one

740
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,920
of the the topics that shows the
second round matchups.

741
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,360
And I've got I got a few Saint
John's versus Kansas.

742
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,320
I think in the East is is must
watch TV with with Bill's Bill

743
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:20,800
South and Rick Pitino going at
it.

744
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,520
I think Saint John's wins that
one, but that'll be a good one.

745
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:28,360
Vandy, Nebraska is going to be a
great game with with the offense

746
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,480
of both those teams and I've got
Nebraska and winning that one.

747
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,480
And then Arkansas, Wisconsin, a
second round match up in the

748
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:39,000
West, give me Wisconsin to beat
John Calipari.

749
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,120
And then in the Midwest, the
Tennessee Virginia game was my

750
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,600
second round match up to look at
and I've got Virginia winning

751
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:51,960
that one.
Yeah, like, here's my thing.

752
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,000
Like some of the teams that are
seated lower that I think can

753
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,200
make a run.
Like, I love the way Arkansas

754
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,160
was playing last week, but I do
I think they can get past the

755
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,520
Sweet 16 and and beat Arizona?
No, I just, I don't think they

756
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,720
can.
I, I love the way Vanderbilt's

757
00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:09,960
playing.
Do I think they can beat Florida

758
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,640
again?
I I don't.

759
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:16,520
And then I've got Tennessee
going to the Elite 8, and that's

760
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,920
more just because of the way it
lines up for.

761
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,720
That why do you have no love for
Virginia?

762
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:22,400
What, like, what did Virginia do
to you?

763
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,400
They're sitting there 29 and
five and they played.

764
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,800
They beat the hell out of some
teams this year.

765
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,280
Like they they're a good team.
They're better than Tennessee, I

766
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,680
tell you that.
They're better than Iowa State.

767
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,120
So you have no love for
Virginia.

768
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:41,480
What do you have?
Wright State pulling the upset

769
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,720
in the first round.
Here's Virginia's best wins of

770
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:52,400
the year Texas, NC State
Louisville, SMU Florida State,

771
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:57,000
Ohio State, NC State, Miami, FL
So.

772
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,280
But look at the margin of
victories that they're beating

773
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,360
these teams.
But the highest seeded team they

774
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:07,400
beat was a six seed Louisville.
I guess.

775
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:13,960
So to me, they just they haven't
proven that they can beat a top

776
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:18,040
level team if they if they beat
Tennessee, I mean, that's what

777
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,560
they're around that they beat
Louisville.

778
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,000
That would be their best one of
the year.

779
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:27,040
And I I think the job that Ryan
Odom has done this year is

780
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,680
phenomenal.
Deridor is a beast.

781
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,840
And I just, I don't think you
got to pick some upsets in this

782
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,200
thing.
And sometimes it's more just the

783
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,240
way everything lays out.
Like I didn't expect myself to

784
00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:44,160
have Tennessee going early date,
but I know that I'm not picking

785
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,000
Tennessee go to the Final Four
because it's never happened

786
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,200
before and it ain't happening
with this team.

787
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,960
No.
Anything else that sticks out to

788
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,360
you?
No, nothing.

789
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,160
Nothing that I think we haven't
already discussed on here.

790
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,080
What about you?
Who did you pick in the 8-9

791
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:07,280
games?
8-9 games Give me the Buckeyes

792
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:14,000
of Ohio State.
Give me Clemson insult hates.

793
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:16,480
No, do it.
Keep going.

794
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:26,680
Screw it, give me Saint Louis.
And I really I love Kevin

795
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:27,960
Willard.
Give me Villanova.

796
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:29,800
Kevin Willard.
Villanova.

797
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,640
Yeah, I, I picked I picked off
all four nines.

798
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:40,000
So I've got TCU, Utah State,
Iowa and and Saint Louis.

799
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,360
I mean, another story that
everybody's talking about is

800
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,480
just all the big name coaches in
in the East and it is crazy.

801
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,600
Yeah, we, yeah.
I mean, it's, it's the Hall of

802
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:58,040
Fame region over there.
But and just the amount of good

803
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,920
freshmen that are that are in
this tournament, the injuries

804
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,360
have played a huge role in this
college basketball season.

805
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:07,920
I think this tournament would be
so much different if JT Taupin

806
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:12,000
was healthy, if Ricky Saunders
was healthy, if we knew what was

807
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,800
going on with with Michael
Brown, if Braden Huff was

808
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,560
healthy with with Gonzaga.
I mean, obviously Caleb Wilson

809
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,280
being out.
Wilson, Yeah.

810
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:26,680
I mean, you just, and then with,
with Duke's uncertainty too, I

811
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:29,520
mean, both those guys sat out in
in the ACC tournament.

812
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,840
It sounds like in Juba, we'll
come back before Foster.

813
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:39,080
But dude, you just look at the
guys that got hurt, if you put

814
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:43,160
them as a starting five, they
they can make a run at the final

815
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,000
four by themselves.
That's how much talent we've

816
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:52,480
lost in injuries this season.
Do you want to run through your

817
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:53,680
upsets?
I mean, we've talked about a

818
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:54,720
few.
You want to run through your

819
00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:56,360
most likely upsets in each
region.

820
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,440
I think, I think you already
have them all.

821
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,560
I've got Hofstra and Akron
playing each other in the second

822
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,680
round.
Yeah.

823
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,440
And then I've got VCU beat North
Carolina and then nines don't

824
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:14,000
count.
No, that's that's all I have in

825
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,520
the first round.
Like I I'm looking at this and

826
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,000
I'm like, dude, you went way too
much talk.

827
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,240
I I did go Missouri, beat Miami
because I think that's going to

828
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:24,600
be a pretty even match up.
I gave them the nod because

829
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,280
they're playing in it's in their
own backyard in Saint Louis.

830
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:33,840
I struggled with Kentucky and
Santa Clara, but you just don't

831
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,480
know what Kentucky team's going
to show up.

832
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,840
Yeah.
I did eventually end up going

833
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,440
Kentucky I just because I think
they have too much talent and

834
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:46,080
I'll take go away can take the
game over at any time.

835
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:54,280
But I I went way too much talk
and I know the SESEC has more

836
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:57,480
teams than anybody in the
tournament, but I don't like how

837
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,880
I'm leaning SEC so much on all
these picks.

838
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:03,720
And they're not as good as they
were last.

839
00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:05,440
That seems not as not quite as
good.

840
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,400
They were still good, but not
quite as good as they were last

841
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:08,880
year.
I mean, they're the deepest,

842
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,240
they have the most teams in the
bracket.

843
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,200
The the Big 12 is by far the
best league.

844
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:16,120
Yeah.
But in my Elite 8, I mean what?

845
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:23,840
I have three big twelves and,
well, just one SEC, but I've got

846
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:27,480
a lot of SEC teams winning games
prior to that.

847
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,160
Yeah, I got A&M over Saint
Mary's.

848
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:36,080
That's a 10 / 7.
Not a huge upset, but I've got

849
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,080
that one.
I agree with you on VCU in North

850
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,000
Carolina, I got the play in
winner beating BYU.

851
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,160
So either NC State or Texas to
beat BYU Missouri.

852
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,600
I got Missouri over Miami.
So because it's in Saint Louis,

853
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:52,400
like you said in Saint Louis,
Akron over Texas Tech, Santa

854
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,240
Clara over Kentucky is a
possibility.

855
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:58,320
I don't think it'll happen, but
it it's it's on the radar as

856
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:02,400
well as high Point in Wisconsin.
I think Wisconsin wins, but

857
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,480
that's one that that I could
absolutely see happening is

858
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,560
that's a 12/5.
I mean, there's always a 12/5 in

859
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:10,800
there.
And Akron, Texas Tech and High

860
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,400
Point, Wisconsin I think are the
two most likely scenarios.

861
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:22,480
Yeah, but I, I think the, the,
the Miami, Ohio SMU game, man,

862
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:30,480
if the RedHawks beat the
Mustangs, does that change

863
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,000
because you've been, you've been
off of them?

864
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:35,000
Yeah, every single shirt we've
done.

865
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,720
If Don Kohler wants if Don
Kohler wants to send me a Miami,

866
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:40,440
Ohio T-shirt, I'll wear it on
the show.

867
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:49,040
And if they beat SMU?
Yeah.

868
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,520
Then they get a chance at
Tennessee.

869
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:55,880
You just, you never know what
you're going to get with

870
00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:01,000
Tennessee.
And Amex been banged up a little

871
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,240
bit.
Will he be healthy?

872
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,920
I just, I don't know.
I would just really like to see

873
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,680
Miami.
OH, take care of business and.

874
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:12,200
Oh, we know.
Shut you up a little bit.

875
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,640
We know you shut you up a little
bit, dude.

876
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:19,120
Let's be real.
That what that Thursday or that

877
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,560
Friday whenever they played
UMass?

878
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,440
Yeah.
Because we had talked about it

879
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:26,280
so much the week before.
Yeah.

880
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,920
And there was a point where
mommy or I was up 11 points,

881
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,480
looked like it was in the bag.
Then all of a sudden UMass just

882
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,120
starts making a run.
Frank Martin's going nuts on the

883
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,960
sideline, then our techs start
blowing up.

884
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:44,280
Here come the Minutemen, and it
it pretty much it made your day.

885
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,000
Oh, I was, I was hard cheesing,
hard cheese.

886
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:53,200
But like, here's here's what,
here's here's the opinion of of

887
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:55,800
Miami.
OH, from Vegas.

888
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,520
They have lost one game all
year.

889
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,800
They were undefeated.
We all be all aware, Well, well

890
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,880
aware of that.
SMU has been struggling big time

891
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:06,960
coming down the stretch.
This, you know, they barely hold

892
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:08,760
on to get in the tournament.
They're in this playing game.

893
00:50:09,240 --> 00:50:12,840
They're a 6 1/2 point favorite
over Miami 6 1/2.

894
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:15,680
Well, they've been playing
without BJ Edwards for a while

895
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:20,240
and they're getting him back.
That's a big reason why they

896
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:24,240
struggle.
OK, 6 1/2 point favorite over

897
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:27,920
this mighty Miami of Ohio Red
Hawk team that everybody thinks

898
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,880
is so great.
Well, I don't think, I don't

899
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,600
think anybody thinks they're so
great.

900
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,280
I think they think they belong
in the tournament.

901
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:41,000
They're the very last team on
the seed line that is that

902
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,920
large.
So what happens if they lose by

903
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:46,360
15?
You guys say they did or did not

904
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:49,120
belong?
No, they belong because they

905
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:50,920
were undefeated through 31
games.

906
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,880
That doesn't mean you belong.
You didn't win your conference.

907
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:55,200
Didn't you didn't win your
conference.

908
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:56,360
Tournament.
Yes, it does.

909
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,840
It does.
You had a chance to to to prove

910
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:03,040
you belonged and you you choked.
You won 31 straight games to

911
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:04,280
start the season.
You choked.

912
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,240
Would you want to start a
precedent where we're keeping

913
00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:10,680
undefeated teams out that start
30 and O31 and O?

914
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,360
Yeah, they don't have a three
164th ranked non conference

915
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,320
schedule.
Absolutely.

916
00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:18,320
They still haven't lost the game
they pulled.

917
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:20,880
They won every game that was in
front of them, every single one

918
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:22,440
of them.
There are 60 teams that would

919
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,200
have won every single game in
front of them if they had that

920
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:25,560
schedule.
We've talked about this.

921
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:31,280
A million times, I know, but
like Oklahoma was they they were

922
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,280
the first one out, according to
the committee.

923
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:37,040
Yeah, yes.
Like you'd you'd rather Oklahoma

924
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,520
be in this Dang thing than Miami
Ohio Like.

925
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,440
I just don't.
Understand the logic behind

926
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,240
that.
I don't think really any of them

927
00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:47,280
should be in, but.
So just.

928
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:51,320
Skip it.
Yeah, just stop playing these

929
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:54,320
playing games.
And your logic that all teams

930
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,040
are going to now start not
playing anybody so they can just

931
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,400
be undefeated is just so.
The blueprint is there, the

932
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,040
blueprint is there.
It's impossible.

933
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,880
The blueprint's there.
Like, you still have to win

934
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,600
every game.
There's no blueprint.

935
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,760
Like that's why this has
happened five times since 1985,

936
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,200
that a team has gone to their
cognitive tournament undefeated

937
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,680
7 five times.
So let's all right, so then

938
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:24,200
let's say this, let's say Miami,
Ohio, instead of playing the IU

939
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,400
East and the trendy Illinois's,
let's say they replaced those

940
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,760
two games.
Let's say, let's say they

941
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:35,040
replaced those two games and
they played two other, they

942
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,040
played two Power Four games.
They actually stepped up and

943
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:38,920
actually played somebody and
they lost.

944
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:42,880
Let's say they lose the Michigan
State by 15 and earlier in the

945
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,800
year they lost.
I don't know they would have

946
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:48,120
lost like let's say Louisville
by 15.

947
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:52,960
They're undefeated in conference
but they've got 2 losses and

948
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:54,640
then they lose that first round
game in their conference

949
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:55,640
tournament.
So 3 losses.

950
00:52:55,880 --> 00:53:00,400
Are they automatically in?
Well, you're kind of looking at

951
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,280
Akron's resume there.
But they won their conference

952
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:04,680
tournament.
Akron would not have been in.

953
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:08,800
No, I but I know.
And if if Miami, Ohio wins the

954
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,600
conference tournament, Akron
comes in second.

955
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,960
Akron's not it.
Akron probably doesn't get in.

956
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:20,400
So you're rewarding them for not
playing 2?

957
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,680
Power 3.
Don't get me wrong, it's not

958
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:27,040
like Akron went out and played a
bunch of Power Fours.

959
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,960
They played one game.
They lost to Purdue by 18

960
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,320
points.
One more than Miami played.

961
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:40,040
But with that loss and with the
Miami Isle lost, and they also

962
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:46,160
lost to Yale and to Troy, But
yeah, no, they they wouldn't

963
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,160
because they wouldn't have got
in.

964
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,920
So you're rewarding them for
having a craps for not playing a

965
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,360
power 14.
So there's your blue you're.

966
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,720
Rewarding them for being.
Your blueprint, there's your

967
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:57,560
you're.
Rewarding them.

968
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,960
You can't copy the blueprint.
You copy the blueprint.

969
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,360
So do you really think teams are
going to now start going out?

970
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:05,280
No.
I don't think they're going to

971
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,520
do that because a lot of the
other teams, they're not baby,

972
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:10,160
they're not, they're not ducking
competition, they're ducking the

973
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:14,360
smoke.
So no, no, like nobody's going

974
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:16,280
to do that because it's just
stupid for them to do.

975
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,880
But if Miami, Ohio wants to keep
doing it and keep fraudulently

976
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:24,120
making their way into this
tournament, then I guess they

977
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:27,320
can.
Well, they're in and.

978
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,120
Will they play a powerful team
next year?

979
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:35,360
Yes, yes.
And look, you got to go.

980
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:39,280
You got to go on the road to do
it because nobody's coming to

981
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:42,240
your place.
Well, that's normal and that's

982
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:46,520
normal.
Yeah, it's normal, but you're

983
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:50,080
not going to get anybody on
neutral court unless you play in

984
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,320
one of these tournaments.
And it's really hard to get

985
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:54,760
power fours in those tournaments
with with mid majors.

986
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,760
So yeah, they're going to have
to go on the road and and play

987
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:01,600
an Ohio State or play a Purdue
or play somebody like that and

988
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:03,040
they might already have it on
the schedule.

989
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:05,560
Oh, but if they lose, they're
not getting the tournament.

990
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:07,640
Why would they do that?
Why would they do that?

991
00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:09,200
Because if they lose, they don't
get in the tournament.

992
00:55:09,880 --> 00:55:13,200
Go play the Trinity, Illinois.
Go play the IU East and you're

993
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:15,960
in.
You still got to win all the

994
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:18,520
games.
It's not hard to beat IU East.

995
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:23,080
I know like I, I see what you're
saying, Like if you play Purdue

996
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:27,960
in this schedule and you're 30
and one, are they are they in

997
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,680
the tournament?
I, no team's ever been left out

998
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:34,280
with 30 wins.
So maybe, but I don't think it's

999
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:38,760
as as much as the guarantee as
it was.

1000
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:41,120
Kind of like we all knew they
were getting in on Sunday.

1001
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,720
What was that?
That IU, the Indiana State team,

1002
00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:49,000
Josh Church's last year with
Robbie Avila was on that team.

1003
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,800
And Conwell.
And like, remember, they had,

1004
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:54,240
they started out the year like
gangbusters and they lost in

1005
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,720
their conference tournament.
They didn't get in.

1006
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,080
Would you remember what their
record was that year since were

1007
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:02,560
like 3 or 4 years ago.
But they had a great season.

1008
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:06,320
You know, they lost, yeah, they
played the NIT, but you know,

1009
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:08,520
they lost a Power 4 game along
the way or two.

1010
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,640
And then when their conference
tournament and they were the

1011
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:12,560
one.
See the NIT.

1012
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:22,080
Yeah, I mean what Miami, Ohio
finish what, 92 or 93 and and

1013
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:26,840
they're behind high point in in
the Kenpong, so.

1014
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:30,440
Well deserved, RedHawks.
Good luck.

1015
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,320
But it will be the most watched
game in in first four history

1016
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,720
and plus you got Dickie V and
Charles Barkley on the call.

1017
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:42,200
Can be that?
They're doing they're doing all

1018
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:43,640
the first four games, which
would be kind of cool.

1019
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:47,960
Love that, but congratulations.
Congratulations to the Miami

1020
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:51,120
Redhawk women who actually did
win their conference tournament

1021
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,720
and rightfully deserved their
spot in their NCAA Tournament on

1022
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:57,080
the women's side.
So Congrats to the Lady Red

1023
00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,520
Hawks.
Speaking of the women, do you

1024
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:01,120
have do you, have you looked at
the women's bracket?

1025
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:05,680
I peeked at it.
I was more busy like after,

1026
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,960
after the selection yesterday, I
was busy getting stuff together

1027
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:12,520
for for us hosting here on
Friday or I'm sorry on Saturday.

1028
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,560
So I didn't really get the
chance to dive into it too much.

1029
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,080
But I mean, if we're just
talking about Louisville

1030
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:21,560
specifically, I like the way it
sets up for, for the cards.

1031
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:26,560
You know, they they, they start
out at home with Vermont and

1032
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:28,680
then play the winner of Alabama,
Rhode Island.

1033
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:33,040
And then, well, they are in the
Fort Worth regional and would

1034
00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:35,760
match up against most likely a
Michigan team that I think they

1035
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:40,000
can beat and then a Texas team,
which is, I mean, they're very

1036
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:41,880
good.
But, you know, at least you're

1037
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:44,800
not on that UConn, UCLA side of
things.

1038
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:47,640
Yeah, that I mean that that's
the main thing.

1039
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:50,880
You want to avoid UConn and
UCLA, too.

1040
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:55,920
But I I do like their draw and
they, they got to win some games

1041
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,920
at home and then take their
chances in Fort Worth.

1042
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:04,320
And they I don't think Michigan
and and Ken Barnes and Rico

1043
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:06,920
wants to see Louisville and
Coach Walls on the other side.

1044
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:12,360
No, no.
And if, if I mean if you get the

1045
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,200
Elite 8, I'll, I'll take my
chances.

1046
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,240
Like whatever, whatever happens,
happens.

1047
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:21,200
How there's controversy on
whether UCLA or UConn should be

1048
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:23,000
the overall number one is beyond
me.

1049
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:27,680
Like, like they're arguing this
on TV last night.

1050
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:32,600
Like UConn is undefeated and
their average margin of victory

1051
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,080
is like 20 something points a
game.

1052
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:36,640
Yeah, they're, they're the
overall.

1053
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:38,320
Number he was actually in the
30s, but yeah.

1054
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:40,960
Yeah, 30.
Yeah, it's like 20-30 points

1055
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:42,360
again.
They're killing, yeah.

1056
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:46,880
And like, like I did it, UCLA is
really good, but there's pretty

1057
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,560
obvious to me who the overall
number one is.

1058
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:52,960
Yes.
And we'll see.

1059
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:57,240
I, I I.
UCLA is damn good, though.

1060
00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:58,520
I mean, really?
Yeah.

1061
00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:00,120
You win your conference
championship game.

1062
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,000
You win your conference
championship game by over 50

1063
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,040
points.
Like it's a good Iowa.

1064
00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:07,480
Team at #2 seed Iowa.
He won by 50 points.

1065
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,360
Like, that's getting it done.
They're real, real good.

1066
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,240
So no excited for the the Cards
game on Saturday.

1067
00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:17,160
Good to good to see them hosting
NCAA tournament game.

1068
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:20,360
Hopefully we can get a good
crowd in there.

1069
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:23,320
Get what 9/10/10 thousand?
Was it possible?

1070
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:26,720
Yeah.
Get it popping in there and then

1071
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,080
it'll be a Monday night game if
they win on Saturday, right?

1072
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:32,640
We don't know time yet.
I don't know how what they do on

1073
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,960
times on a Monday for the second
round.

1074
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:36,680
I don't know historically if
they've started doing.

1075
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:38,560
Like historically, the Monday.
They want to start like early

1076
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:42,120
afternoon, maybe like a start
around 3-4, maybe.

1077
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:45,320
Yeah, maybe.
No, no, we'll see.

1078
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:51,760
And I guess before we get out of
here, talk a little World

1079
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:57,560
Baseball Classic.
Yeah, yeah, you watch last

1080
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,200
night's game.
Of course.

1081
01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:06,720
We got the benefit of a a ball
force called strike three to end

1082
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:08,320
the game.
Luckily, there was no challenge.

1083
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,600
In the 8th inning as well.
And in the 8th inning as well,

1084
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:12,400
luckily, no challenge system in
place.

1085
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,840
But I mean, just to tell all the
Dominican line up to one run, I

1086
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:19,040
mean, it's absolutely
incredible.

1087
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,840
I mean, Paul schemes did a great
job.

1088
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:23,160
And then, you know, everybody
else that came in after him for

1089
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:25,760
the Americans pitched really,
really well.

1090
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:30,760
Bednar once again get gets in a
jam, gets out of it with no

1091
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:35,080
damage.
But no, they're excited for the

1092
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:39,440
US.
And then Derosa's got some slack

1093
01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:42,240
for the way he handled the
tiebreaker, but he puts Gunner

1094
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:44,640
Anderson in the in the lineup
and he and he goes yard.

1095
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:47,840
Yeah.
So he he needs to get some

1096
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:49,520
credit for that.
We'll see.

1097
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,760
Are these Italians Italians?
They were up two earlier

1098
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,320
tonight.
Since when did the Italians, who

1099
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:57,200
I don't think any of those
players are actually born.

1100
01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:59,360
All American.
It's American Part 2 team.

1101
01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:01,920
American.
It's American Part 2 team.

1102
01:01:02,080 --> 01:01:04,360
How are they?
How are they just doing this?

1103
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:06,400
I haven't heard of any of these
guys.

1104
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:10,680
America Part 2.
Well, you've heard Nerinola,

1105
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:13,480
who's pitching tonight.
Yeah, they're up two to one in

1106
01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:19,080
the 7th.
Yeah, so no, it's just fun to

1107
01:01:19,080 --> 01:01:20,960
watch a little baseball before
the season get started.

1108
01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:23,160
The game tomorrow night will be
exciting.

1109
01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:25,880
I think it would be more
exciting to see him play

1110
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:29,160
Venezuela.
But you also, if you beat, if

1111
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:31,720
you play Italy, you get a chance
for a little, little revenge.

1112
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,440
I think they, I think they take
care of business tomorrow night.

1113
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:42,360
And then I guess for our, when
we did our draft for the the

1114
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:45,320
tournament, yeah, you had you
had Duke.

1115
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:51,760
Yeah.
You had Arizona, I believe every

1116
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:57,080
say your squad is Duke, Yukon,
Arizona, Michigan State and

1117
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:02,600
Gonzaga.
My squad is Michigan, Florida,

1118
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:14,200
Houston, Illinois, Iowa State.
So I say we get points by how

1119
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:17,880
far they advance and we'll see
who who has the most, who gets

1120
01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:20,920
the most points at the end of it
looking at that.

1121
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:23,440
I don't love my UConn pick right
now, I'll tell you that.

1122
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:24,720
That was right before they lost
the market.

1123
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,240
That was your second pick dude.
That was right before they lost.

1124
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:30,760
Our ordering of picks, so this
was two weeks ago, yeah, our

1125
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:34,280
orders of picks was you went
Duke, I went Michigan and

1126
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,400
Florida, then you went UConn in
Arizona.

1127
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:40,440
Arizona was a fifth pick if I
get to pick right now.

1128
01:02:41,080 --> 01:02:44,120
I'm taking them too.
Dude, I might take them one.

1129
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:46,640
I've got them to win the whole
game thing.

1130
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:52,320
And then after Arizona at 5:00,
I took Houston and Illinois at

1131
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:56,720
six and seven.
You took Sparty and Gonzaga at

1132
01:02:56,720 --> 01:02:58,960
8-9, and then I took Iowa State
at 10.

1133
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:04,040
My team's better.
Yeah.

1134
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:05,600
My team's.
Better.

1135
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:07,240
But right now, I think you have
the advantage right now.

1136
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:11,760
Yeah, I we'll see.
Yeah, like I don't.

1137
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:12,800
You have faith in the boys I
got.

1138
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,520
I got faith in those in those
squads.

1139
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:18,120
I don't love your you pond, your
Sparty, or your Zags.

1140
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,080
You keep doubting Tom Izzo.
I don't know why but.

1141
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:25,040
The one thing that I would
change is if I could do this

1142
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:27,520
over, I would swap Arizona for
Florida.

1143
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,440
But I, I, I'll roll with that
squad.

1144
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:34,360
I like, I like my squad.
OK, we'll see where we end up.

1145
01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:36,720
We don't.
We don't really have any other

1146
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:39,160
kind of fun stories because I
knew we just talked tournament

1147
01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:43,200
racket the whole time.
We get a What would Joe do next

1148
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,800
week?
Yeah.

1149
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,040
And I'm, I'm kind of shocked
like we're already, it's, we're

1150
01:03:48,040 --> 01:03:50,000
just over an hour in and we're
already done here.

1151
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:53,920
Well, you could talk if you want
to talk about Cam Young, talk

1152
01:03:53,920 --> 01:04:00,120
about Came Young.
What the players did, did he win

1153
01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:04,440
the thing or did Obear lose it?
Dude, no, like they're debating

1154
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:06,000
that.
I don't think TI today that

1155
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:09,960
drive on 18 dude, he's got a gap
wedge in on that.

1156
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:13,960
He hit that thing 380 and that's
one of the toughest drives in

1157
01:04:13,960 --> 01:04:16,200
the game with the water all on
the left side.

1158
01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:20,400
Good on Cam Young and then Fitzy
just hits his a little too far

1159
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:22,360
on 18.
Gets in the pine stroll.

1160
01:04:22,560 --> 01:04:24,440
Missed them but didn't end up
having an 8 footer.

1161
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:26,640
Yeah, you missed the 8 footer.
Send it to playoff.

1162
01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:31,640
Good on good on JT for playing
well after really struggling

1163
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:34,480
last week.
Yeah, in in the Arnold Palmer

1164
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:38,400
was good to see him play well.
We talked about Rick having to

1165
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:42,680
get a top 10 to secure his spot
for the Masters.

1166
01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:45,240
He did not do that.
He did not have his his best

1167
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:47,600
golf all week tied for 40
seconds.

1168
01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:51,520
So now he's got to finish top
five at Valero next week to to

1169
01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,160
get into the Masters.
Which is top five?

1170
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:55,760
Going to be a tougher task,
yeah, just because there's not

1171
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:57,440
many points for Valero, is
there?

1172
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:01,160
Is for the for the players.
But dude, that course will eat

1173
01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:04,520
you up, man.
Like that 1617 and 18 are as

1174
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,000
cool holes as finishing holes as
there are in golf.

1175
01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:10,640
And then that 6 hole where the
trees do you like that hole

1176
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:12,200
where they got to hit it under
the tree?

1177
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:19,080
Yeah, yeah.
But we're getting we're getting

1178
01:05:19,080 --> 01:05:24,040
closer to the masters, baby.
Like the time of the time

1179
01:05:24,040 --> 01:05:25,680
masters.
Masters.

1180
01:05:26,040 --> 01:05:29,120
It actually, I don't know what
this weather is today being 20��

1181
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:32,480
again when it's been in the 60s,
seventies all last week.

1182
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:35,640
Yeah, Opening Day baseball and
next week there's.

1183
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:37,960
Going to be 20�� tomorrow
morning.

1184
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:40,800
That's stupid.
It was 76 two days ago.

1185
01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:45,520
It's the stupidest thing alive.
We've I played on Friday, I

1186
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:48,360
played terrible.
That's why I mean, that's usual

1187
01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:50,040
for you though.
I didn't.

1188
01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:51,560
My touch around the green was
awful.

1189
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:53,440
It usually is on that as well,
yeah.

1190
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:56,720
But.
So you played.

1191
01:05:56,800 --> 01:05:58,320
You played standard Nick Evans
golf.

1192
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:02,080
That's normally my strength
around the green.

1193
01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:05,360
That's how that's how I catch
up.

1194
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:08,440
Do you long knockers?
Long knockers.

1195
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,880
I got a new driver cover.
What though?

1196
01:06:13,960 --> 01:06:16,480
You already replaced the 10?
That was a putter cover that you

1197
01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:18,840
got from the PGA.
Oh, I love that I got the horse

1198
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:20,000
from my putter cover.
Yeah.

1199
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:24,600
What was the driver cover?
It was just a Cobra rad speed,

1200
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:26,560
which is what my driver is.
It's red, white and blue.

1201
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:29,800
It's patriotic.
It's nice, but I always talk

1202
01:06:29,800 --> 01:06:33,800
about how it's the tortoise
versus the hare playing golf,

1203
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:37,160
and I'm the tortoise.
What?

1204
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:40,720
Because I don't hit the ball far
so I'm just plucking it down.

1205
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:45,040
1180 down the middle 150 with my
5.

1206
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:47,440
You got yourself a turtle.
I got a turtle.

1207
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:50,600
I got a turtle head cover.
It was only like 15 bucks.

1208
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:53,200
Where'd you get it from?
Online I saw it.

1209
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:55,520
OK.
I was like, for 15 bucks it

1210
01:06:55,520 --> 01:06:57,320
might be crap but it's actually
pretty.

1211
01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,640
I mean.
Does the trick.

1212
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:02,960
Keeps the clubs protected.
Keeps the driver protected.

1213
01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,880
I'm a fan.
Where'd you play Friday?

1214
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:07,760
Huh.
Where'd you play on Friday?

1215
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:14,960
The club Glen Oaks also, that
course just still kicks my ass

1216
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,400
even though I play it a million
times.

1217
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:20,840
It's not easy.
It's not we.

1218
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:24,440
Only played nine like it was.
It was also like it was playing

1219
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:25,960
in the British Open, it was so
windy.

1220
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:32,000
Yeah, here we are.
Yeah, I I had some good shots.

1221
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:36,000
I had, I had some bad shots, but
didn't make any putts.

1222
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,480
I actually, no, I did actually.
I made one putt to save bogey

1223
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:44,680
on. 7 after hitting one I mean.
I'm talking like a legit like

1224
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:48,880
10-15 footer, not like talking a
2-3 footer.

1225
01:07:50,560 --> 01:07:51,920
Do you count that as making
putts?

1226
01:07:52,200 --> 01:07:54,600
Like I'm just glad you made 10
footer.

1227
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:58,040
Me too, me too, but excited to
get out there.

1228
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:05,160
I dude, I'm excited to record US
playing some golf and try to

1229
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,320
promote the height differential
with us playing golf.

1230
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:13,760
Because the problem with this
show is we're basically the same

1231
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:19,399
height on the on the screen and
we you showcases playing golf

1232
01:08:19,680 --> 01:08:22,399
you you'll actually be able to
see that the height differential

1233
01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:27,319
is is pretty significant.
Yeah, I mean, they can see it in

1234
01:08:27,319 --> 01:08:30,680
the the logo.
That logo is a legit silhouette

1235
01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:36,160
from from my wedding so.
But now get this.

1236
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:38,600
Get rid of this cold weather for
two days.

1237
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,080
Let's go back to warm weather.
Start playing some golf.

1238
01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:43,000
So it's stupid ass groundhog's
fault.

1239
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:47,120
Watch Watch basketball all day
Thursday, Friday.

1240
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:49,840
Get to the Yum on Saturday.
Cheer on the Cards.

1241
01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:54,040
Beat Vermont.
Watch Hoops all day Sunday, get

1242
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:58,439
back to the home on Monday,
watch them punch their ticket to

1243
01:08:58,439 --> 01:09:02,479
the Sweet 16, and let's, let's.
You going to hit up the the Joe

1244
01:09:02,479 --> 01:09:06,479
Ziegler March Madness party on
Saturday after the Cards game?

1245
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:08,680
I believe so, yeah.
OK.

1246
01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:13,439
After because we do, you know,
we don't know what time we'll

1247
01:09:13,439 --> 01:09:15,319
play on Saturday, though.
Noon, bro.

1248
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,640
Oh, we do what?
I'm now I'm talking, I'm now I'm

1249
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,000
talking.
The men will play Sunday,

1250
01:09:22,279 --> 01:09:24,359
Saturday too.
Oh, he's on the men.

1251
01:09:24,439 --> 01:09:26,120
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We don't know.

1252
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:27,920
We won't know what's on the Men
play until after Thursday.

1253
01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:30,040
But you're right, we were just
talking women.

1254
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:34,319
And my fact that my squirrel
brain just for some reason went

1255
01:09:34,319 --> 01:09:38,439
to the men.
I don't know, but I don't know,

1256
01:09:40,279 --> 01:09:43,439
ready to watch a lot of hoops,
drink some beers, eat some bad

1257
01:09:43,439 --> 01:09:48,359
food.
So it's it's one of the greatest

1258
01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:50,359
times of the year and that's why
you go like just.

1259
01:09:54,920 --> 01:10:00,200
Oh boy, you just go to sleep
with your Airpods in just

1260
01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:01,800
listening to that song over and
over.

1261
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:05,520
No, I don't.
But on Thursday afternoon, when

1262
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:10,960
that song hits, Woof is is It's
pretty fun.

1263
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:13,920
It is fun.
It's pretty fun and I'm just the

1264
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:15,680
cards are playing early.
I'm glad it's not the very.

1265
01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:17,640
Who is who is the first game of
the day that day?

1266
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:18,560
Who?
Who leads us off?

1267
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:19,840
Like who?
When we hear that song?

1268
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:21,000
Who?
Who we going to see?

1269
01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:30,160
Why I don't have it right now.
Let's let's look it up.

1270
01:10:33,520 --> 01:10:42,080
TCU and Ohio State 12:15 on CBS.
The 8.

1271
01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:45,520
Nine last year was the 8-9 game
last year too. 8-9 it's usually

1272
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:52,480
yeah, yeah, all.
Right, well, First off, anybody

1273
01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:56,080
who checked in with us live, we,
we appreciate you listening.

1274
01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:01,280
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1275
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:08,880
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1276
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:11,200
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1277
01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:15,440
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1278
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:18,080
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1279
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:20,560
get everywhere.
We're doing our best.

1280
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:25,000
But one of the greatest weeks of
the year.

1281
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:27,480
We appreciate y'all listening
for the 66.

1282
01:11:27,480 --> 01:11:30,320
Neil, I am the 410.
Nick, this has been the height

1283
01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:32,640
differential.
We will talk to you next week.

1284
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:45,320
Give it to me if you think BYU
is going to win a couple games.

1285
01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:52,080
I just I think that bracket is I
don't know.

1286
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:55,400
I'm really conflicted on High
Point in Wisconsin.

1287
01:11:57,200 --> 01:12:01,680
I don't know either, my bracket
always sucks.

1288
01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:03,600
I watch so much hoops in my
bracket always.

1289
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:05,920
Well, The thing is like, you
have to do you like you, you,

1290
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:07,600
you feel like you have to pick
upsets.

1291
01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:10,120
Then you start forcing upsets
and then they don't happen.

1292
01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:13,320
And then you get pissed it
didn't happen, and then you're

1293
01:12:13,320 --> 01:12:14,720
fucked.
Yes.