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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Favorite's presented by Draft Kings.

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Speaker 2: The Crown is yours.

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Speaker 1: We are an Action Network podcast. I'm Brandon Kravitz, back

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Speaker 1: at it with the crew. The first Lady of the pod,

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Speaker 1: Kendri Middleton, the Prime Minister of DJEN Nation. Stucky, pulled

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Speaker 1: out of the deepest depths of his NCAA tournament breakdowns

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Speaker 1: to join us. Mike Calabrese hopping on today's episode as well.

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Speaker 2: It's up, Mike. My people here put the mad in madness.

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Speaker 1: I love swooping in this time of year and cramming

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Speaker 1: for the tournament like it's a final exam in college.

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Speaker 2: And I feel like I'm almost there.

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Speaker 1: I have filled out an online bracket, but I have

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Speaker 1: not filled out the Once I put pen to paper,

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Speaker 1: that's when it's officially official, and that starts tonight. Kendra,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing in terms of your bracket?

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Speaker 3: You're already you just started. I'm not even close and

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Speaker 3: I've been watching college past.

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Speaker 2: Well don't we well, don't we have?

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Speaker 1: We have to fill this out within the next The

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Speaker 1: tournament starts tonight, so I like to have it filled

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Speaker 1: out before your.

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Speaker 3: Bracket Okay, yeah, yeah, it's just a crapshoot anyway.

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Speaker 4: But sure, that's all right.

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Speaker 5: We'll controversial.

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Speaker 1: I'll do it for us here, say something controversial, Kenja.

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Speaker 6: I think this is the least excited I have ever

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Speaker 6: been for March Madness.

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Speaker 5: Does anybody else feel that way?

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Speaker 3: No?

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Speaker 5: No, I'll go fuck myself.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, see you, I uh, I can't wait.

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Speaker 3: For the F one season. That's the Yeah, that's that's

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Speaker 3: what I'm really.

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Speaker 6: Excited for already two races in maybe, thank you.

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Speaker 1: My excitement usually starts and ends with what am I

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Speaker 1: doing on Thursday and Friday, And the last couple of years,

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Speaker 1: I've had at least Thursday completely off, where I've been

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Speaker 1: able to just lock down in my house and obsess

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Speaker 1: over every second of round one. And that is not

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Speaker 1: the case this year. So I'm not as excited, but

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Speaker 1: that's just schedule based. I'm still just as pumped to

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Speaker 1: fill out the bracket and all of that. I imagine

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Speaker 1: that your reasoning, Kendra, is because you feel like the

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Speaker 1: underdog is dead, and that is definitely a topic that

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Speaker 1: we'll get into a little later on in the pod.

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Speaker 2: You're nodding along, you would be correct, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I haven't no joke on everything that I love and

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Speaker 3: care about. I have missed a second, one second of

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Speaker 3: the tournament since fifth grade. Starting in sixth grade, my

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Speaker 3: my parents will always let me take off school.

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Speaker 5: You've missed a Super Bowl, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 3: Slept there a super role, But I've never missed a second.

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Speaker 3: Never worked when I actually worked in finance right out

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Speaker 3: of college, I never Those are the first two days

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Speaker 3: I took off every year.

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Speaker 4: I used to not.

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Speaker 3: I didn't go on to spring break in college, which

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Speaker 3: was the same week as the first weekend I went.

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Speaker 3: I went home, Uh, chilled with my mom for a

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Speaker 3: I had some one year at a keg, uh, and

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Speaker 5: And bets of choice.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what I had. I'm not a beer

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Speaker 3: I'm not a beer joker. For some reason, I got it, uh,

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Speaker 3: I think I Uh, I don't know why I had

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Speaker 3: a keg, though I did have a keg one year.

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Speaker 2: Did you have a cup or were you just drinking.

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Speaker 3: A cop I've read it was a red Solo too.

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Speaker 3: I mean I was in college. I don't know. I

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Speaker 3: I will not miss a second this weekend, and I

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Speaker 3: can't wait. I mean, it does, it does. We are

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Speaker 3: and you expect them to be less frequent. I mean,

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Speaker 3: we have the thirteenth through fifteen seeds are all thirteen

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Speaker 3: I think we've seen a little bit more casts this year,

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Speaker 3: there's still contests, there's still brackets, and there's still everything

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Speaker 3: that goes with it. I will never it will always

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Speaker 3: be my Christmas, and then on paper, it will make

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Speaker 3: for more exciting matchups down the line, because a lot

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Speaker 3: of times when you see these exciting Cinderella runs, they

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Speaker 3: Sweet sixteen Elite eight just get sand blasted. So there's

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Speaker 3: a give and take there, but I do I would

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Speaker 3: obviously that that's nostalgia, and I would prefer crazy Thursdays

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Speaker 3: and Fridays. But it's going to be a thing of

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Speaker 3: the past. We're gonna get some craziness, but nowhere close

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Speaker 2: Used to get.

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Speaker 6: Can I ask a question quickly off the top, how

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Speaker 6: many brackets do you fill out? And how many are

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Speaker 6: fair game? Because I said on Twitter that you get

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Speaker 6: one bracket in one bracket, only the Bracket of integrity.

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Speaker 6: I don't give a fuck how your thirteenth bracket is doing.

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Speaker 6: How many brackets do you think are fair game? Do

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Speaker 6: of integrity? As my Golick would say, let's.

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Speaker 1: Get Mike Calvaries in here, where do you land on

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Speaker 1: bracket integrity.

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Speaker 4: I cap myself at two two varieties. Usually I'm trying to,

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Speaker 4: you know, push closer to one. And you know, because

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Speaker 4: everyone's done this, you get are more immediately, Like you know,

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Speaker 4: where all of a sudden, you're changing in an entire region.

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Speaker 4: But I think the brack of integrity is the way

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Speaker 4: already have to do the you know, beautiful minds, you know,

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Speaker 4: I don't want that to be March madness for me.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I kind of view it like a relationship, like

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Speaker 1: I think you can have You can have one that

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Speaker 5: How many girlfriends do you have, yam gravits.

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Speaker 1: You can have bracket mistresses, but you can only have

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Speaker 1: one wife. So you can fill out as many brackets

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Speaker 3: Submitting to adult troop.

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Speaker 5: No, I have your wife's number.

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Speaker 4: Do you have a bracket with little bracket children in

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Speaker 2: But hey, you pay your bracket baby child support people.

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Speaker 2: That's my point. That's the whole version of this podcast today.

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Speaker 3: So when I was younger, Yeah, I'm a team one

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Speaker 3: But like Calvarys, I have, you know, Calcuttas and other contests,

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Speaker 3: lead my guy Salem Staudemayer and one of the most

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Speaker 1: Quick aside, we're going to get into the assist that

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Speaker 1: all of you need. If you have not been checking

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Speaker 1: out BBOC by the way, make sure that you go

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Speaker 1: and do that full tournament breakdowns in depth, game by

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Speaker 2: We're going to do that. In a moment.

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Speaker 1: We've got Kendricks Question of the Week. We had breaking

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Speaker 1: news right before we went live here. The Broncos are

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Speaker 1: trading for Dolphins wide receiver Jalen Wattle Cash. The ticket

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Speaker 1: we're bringing up the Dolphins. Here on the podcast, Denver

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Speaker 1: receives Wattle in a fourth round pick in this year's draft.

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Speaker 2: Miami got Miami got a first round.

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Speaker 1: in this year's draft.

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Speaker 2: I was originally.

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Speaker 1: Upset about this, Kendra, but this is a haul for

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Speaker 1: Jalen Wattle.

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Speaker 2: I think the Miami Dolphins made out quite well here.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I agree. I put that in our chat. I

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Speaker 6: think that the Dolphins. And it's hard to like we

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Speaker 6: all this team lost this straight We don't know, but

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Speaker 5: So FMK, honey mustard barbecue ranch.

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Speaker 1: It is crazy how the condiment on the table in

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Speaker 1: BBOC lifer Mike Calabrese on with us today as we

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Speaker 1: finalize our brackets. Mike, I think this is arguably the

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Speaker 4: I think where they should start is there's the human nature.

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Speaker 4: from a resume and cistical profile, it's very rare for

437
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Speaker 4: a team to have reached the heights that the Wildcats

438
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Speaker 4: have this season without being able to consistently shoot the

439
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,679
Speaker 4: three point shot. It's not that they can't, you know,

440
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,919
Speaker 4: in terms of their season average, they're very healthy in

441
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,119
Speaker 4: terms of knocking down threes, but it's just not been

442
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,199
Speaker 4: a part of what they needed to pull, you know,

443
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Speaker 4: a game or two out of the fire. They do

444
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Speaker 4: it by hunting really good two point shots, So as

445
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Speaker 4: I mentioned, if they get into a higher scoring game

446
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,400
Speaker 4: and all of a sudden they're down by five, eight

447
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 4: points and that pressure starts to turn where they need

448
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,680
Speaker 4: to make threes really for the first time this entire

449
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 4: season consistently, I think that's an issue. Then Michigan, as

450
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,720
Speaker 4: I mentioned, I'm not a Cado guy. You know, their

451
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 4: backup point guard is out, so it's going to mean

452
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 4: more time potentially for their freshman playing you know, a

453
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 4: little bit of point guard time being the primary ball handler.

454
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:42,920
Speaker 4: All you got to do is watch that perdue game

455
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,919
Speaker 4: in the Big Ten Championship, when there's a team that

456
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,040
Speaker 4: is locked in defensively and can kind of structure it

457
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 4: so that they're taking Lendeborg away. I think there's an

458
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,920
Speaker 4: opportunity for Michigan to potentially flame out before the final four.

459
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,040
Speaker 4: And then finally with Florida. Yes, absolutely, I mean, and

460
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,439
Speaker 4: that's a Cado bugaboo as well. It's not just that

461
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,439
Speaker 4: he'll have those three for twelve nights, it's that he

462
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,240
Speaker 4: can turn over five or six times and then finally Florida.

463
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Speaker 4: This is a preference for me. I'm not enamored with

464
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 4: their guards when they were playing better, really for about

465
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 4: a two month stretch. They did seem unbeatable because their

466
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,440
Speaker 4: floor is so high, because they have the best front court,

467
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 4: the best offensive rebounding maybe in the last ten years

468
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 4: of college basketball, so that gives them the opportunity to

469
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 4: win games even when they're shooting, you know, around forty percent.

470
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 4: But if Lee and Flans do not bring it in

471
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 4: the second weekends, they could lose. And certainly if they

472
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 4: draw a Houston or in Illinois, you can't have an

473
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Speaker 4: off night from an offensive perspective and expect to sneak

474
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,679
Speaker 4: by those teams. So that's kind of the capsule for

475
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 4: why these one seeds aren't necessarily bulletproof. And a part

476
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 4: of it, too, is the two and three seeds are

477
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 4: historically really good, so it's not as though there's a

478
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Speaker 4: big gap. There is a big gap between the mid

479
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 4: majors and the top twenty five teams this year, but

480
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 4: in terms of like you know a team that's the

481
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 4: last four seed and you know the second or third

482
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 4: two seed, it's pretty close.

483
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Speaker 6: Which one of the number one seeds do you think

484
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Speaker 6: is the most fraudile because I personally think it's Florida,

485
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 6: and you seem to think it's Florida as well, based

486
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Speaker 6: off of what you said, But I think that there's

487
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Speaker 6: possibility for maybe one or even two of these teams

488
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 6: to be eliminated before maybe a Final four.

489
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Speaker 4: I will actually flip just because of the path Florida.

490
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,919
Speaker 4: I think, you know, in a potential rematch with Vandy,

491
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 4: they're not going to overlook them. They played, you know,

492
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,400
Speaker 4: a fifteen round about with Vandy in the regular season,

493
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 4: and then obviously they got wiped off the face of

494
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,679
Speaker 4: the earth in the SEC tight championship, you know, conference championship,

495
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 4: So I think they'll be locked in for that. And

496
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 4: Vandy is one of those teams that if their shots

497
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 4: aren't falling from the perimeter, it can get pretty ugly.

498
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 4: Duke on the other side, though, their path can be treacherous.

499
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 4: I mean, you look at that region. There are seven

500
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 4: national championships split between four coaches in that region, so

501
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 4: the coaching acumen is there. And if they are not healthy,

502
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 4: and it's it's not even as simple in a binary

503
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 4: sense of you know, does gungba and does Foster play?

504
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Speaker 4: If they play, what do they look like, are they

505
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 4: you know, laboring through in or they shell themselves? Because

506
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 4: if they are I don't think Duke is good enough

507
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 4: because then all of a sudden, from a game planning perspective,

508
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 4: you can just throw bodies at Boozer and hope that

509
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 4: he gets into foul trouble and he has to play,

510
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 4: you know, at like a thirty and fifteen kind of

511
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 4: level from a production standpoint to cover up those personnel losses.

512
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 5: What many wants you're talking about, I'll go ahead and stop.

513
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 3: I was just gonna say, from a bracket perspective, you know,

514
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 3: if you're in like a bigger pool, one like the

515
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 3: biggest thing to focus on, I think is to get

516
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 3: an edge is just the game theory of it, so

517
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,639
Speaker 3: you know, you can find out who everyone is picking

518
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 3: to win. So I mean, if you just go to

519
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,439
Speaker 3: like ESPN, like twenty six percent of the entries have

520
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 3: chose have picked Duke to win it, twenty percent have

521
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 3: picked Arizona. So like half the entries picked Duke in

522
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Speaker 3: Arizona in a big pool. So one of the things

523
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 3: you can do is not pick one of those two teams,

524
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 3: and then it's gonna be hard to bust your bracket.

525
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 3: Early in this new era, like before, you could have

526
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Speaker 3: a one we've seen ones go down and you know,

527
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 3: like six seven years ago it seemed to twos threes,

528
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 3: Like that's not gonna happen as frequently. So there's more

529
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 3: emphasis on getting the national champion right. The finalists, the

530
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 3: final four of the Elite eight, that's where you're gonna separate. So,

531
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Speaker 3: you know, one of the easiest things that you can do,

532
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,919
Speaker 3: like it would be, are you gonna, like cram and

533
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 3: know all these teams in a couple of days and

534
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 3: all the matchups and injuries and is just pick a team,

535
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 3: like pick a horse that's not popular, and then maybe

536
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 3: you still have Duke. You know, you want to have

537
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 3: Duke in Arizona going to the Elite eight. It's not

538
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 3: gonna hurt you too much. Everyone's gonna have that. But

539
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 3: then you cut them off there and then have a

540
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 3: popular an unpopular horse, and that's basically you're rooting for

541
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 3: and if they win it, you're gonna have a good chance,

542
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 3: like someone like Perdue, I mean like they're they're probably

543
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,159
Speaker 3: gonna be picked in one percent of brackets. I don't know.

544
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 3: H So you know, Houston was like they're now they're

545
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 3: probably a little bit more popular for it too. But

546
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 3: like Florida's at seven percent as a one seed, Michigan's

547
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 3: fourteen percent, but you know the Yukon is three and

548
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,239
Speaker 3: a half percent. So one of the things you can

549
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 3: do is just and it's so easy. It's like, all right,

550
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 3: I'm going to take one of those teams that's not

551
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 3: picked as a national champion if you just want to

552
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 3: get a little bit of I had heads up on

553
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 3: a leg up on the competition in a bigger pool,

554
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 3: right like in a huge pool like that's that's one

555
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 3: thing that I would just do focus on, you know,

556
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 3: Michigan or Florida as your winners. If you want to

557
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 3: go with the ones or if you want to go

558
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 3: with the twos, I would look at Purdue.

559
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, the last eight champions have been top six in

560
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 1: adjusted offensive rating, So if you wanted to follow that trend,

561
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,640
Speaker 1: and I'm curious caliberys who on this you would nominate

562
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: as one of those off the beaten path options, because

563
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 1: clearly you can very easily take Duke Arizona as stuck.

564
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 1: You was mentioning the top six this year, Purdue, Illinois, Alabama,

565
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: Duke Arizona, and Arkansas.

566
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 2: Of those, is there a.

567
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 1: Team there you'd say, I can actually see them pushing

568
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: through and making it to the final.

569
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 4: I mean Arkansas. All you have to do is watch

570
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 4: their SEC tournament, you know, Yeah, I mean woopig suey

571
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 4: Acuff is. In any regular year, he would be the

572
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 4: runaway number one pick, you know, presumptive number one pick

573
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 4: in the upcoming NBA draft. But this year is so

574
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 4: loaded that I think he flew under the radar at

575
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 4: least until like a last ten days or so. He's

576
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 4: somebody who can average thirty points per game and they

577
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 4: can outscore people. Now, they have plenty of flaws, as

578
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 4: many of these, you know, teams that are offensive heavy

579
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 4: due but I could see that Illinois, you know, in

580
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 4: terms of their offensive ceiling, they were at a point

581
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 4: where they were one of the highest Ken pum rated

582
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 4: teams offensively in the history of the database that goes

583
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 4: back to nineteen ninety seven. Now, they had some issues

584
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 4: closing out games, and they were snake bit in overtime games,

585
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 4: But realistically, I think that only pumps in some value

586
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 4: to their number, because if they had had better luck

587
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 4: in those colose games, they would have been a one

588
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 4: seed and they would have been what five or six

589
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 4: to one to win this tournament, but instead you're getting

590
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 4: them at a nice price as a three seed, and

591
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 4: in a matchup against Florida, I think they have the

592
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 4: perimeter shooting to get it done.

593
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 3: I would also say Arkansas their defensive metrics are very worrisome.

594
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 3: They don't fit the profile of a national champion. What

595
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 3: are they like fiftieth overall and in order to beat

596
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 3: we've certainly seen Cal get out coached in the tournament,

597
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 3: which is another factor to consider. I will say Illinois,

598
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 3: like Illinois has just as electric i mean, more efficient

599
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 3: offense than Arkansas, a better defense. And the thing that

600
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 3: Illinois has that because you're you're gonna have to take

601
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 3: out one of these four ones at some point, like

602
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 3: someone's gonna need to do. Who are like a step

603
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 3: above everyone else. But like because of Purdue's offense, they

604
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 3: could beat one of them. We just saw them destroy

605
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 3: Michigan on a neutral court. Because of Illinois offense, they

606
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 3: could beat one of them. And Illinois has bigs that

607
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 3: can shoot, so if they just get hot for a

608
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 3: couple of games. But these these elite teams that we're

609
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 3: talking about, the ones, what do they all have in common?

610
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 3: Florida Arizona, Michigan. Excuse me, Duke Arizona, Florida and Michigan

611
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 3: elite front courts and right they have elite bigs. One

612
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 3: of the things that could give a lot of those

613
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 3: teams trouble is bigs that can shoot and get hot

614
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 3: from the outside and pull their bigs away from the rim.

615
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 3: We just saw Vandy destroy Florida with their bigs and

616
00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 3: their other non guards making a ton of shots. Florida

617
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 3: was giving them those shots. But you have to choose

618
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 3: that like and Vannies making it. Illinois, if they're bigs,

619
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 3: can start making threes again, pose some matchup problems, and

620
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 3: they can just outscore any one of those ones on

621
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 3: a good night. So the Illinois and Purdue are interesting

622
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 3: looks for your bracket and for any future's regional futures.

623
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 6: I was going to say what about Saint John's because

624
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 6: I feel like they got kind of screwed.

625
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 5: In their seating.

626
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 6: I think that they easily could have been like a

627
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,959
Speaker 6: three or a four. They're someone I'm kind of looking at.

628
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 6: What are your thoughts about them?

629
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Speaker 4: I'm terrified as as a Johnny fan, my mother went

630
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 4: to Saint John's law. It's a team I've rooted for

631
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 4: which I was in obscurity for a good twenty years,

632
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 4: and nobody was on that bandwagon. But yeah, you're absolutely right.

633
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 4: They got hosed because not only are they on the

634
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 4: five line, they have to travel all the way to

635
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,719
Speaker 4: San Diego. So they go from that absolute zoo at

636
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 4: Madison Square Garden for the biggiest final against Yukon all

637
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 4: the energy they're playing, biggies, hypnotize me for the you

638
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 4: know intros. The aorro was off the charts, and they

639
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 4: played the exact kind of game they wanted to and

640
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 4: that's what is seared in everyone's memory coming in. Now,

641
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 4: they go across the country against a team that plays

642
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 4: super slow three hundred and sixty third in overall pace

643
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 4: for I or Northern Iowa. I should say, and what

644
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 4: are they going to do. They're going to make sure

645
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 4: that they rebound the basketball. They're going to play that

646
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 4: pack line defense, and they're gonna say, go ahead, Saint

647
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 4: John's make some jumpers to beat us. They are outside

648
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 4: the top two hundred and three point shooting accuracy, and

649
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 4: a lot of what they do offensively to get momentum

650
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 4: is they create turnovers and then they get those runouts

651
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 4: and then all of a sudden, they're you know, slamming

652
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 4: the ball and you can feel the energy shift away

653
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 4: from the opponent. You and I is not a team

654
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 4: that's going to do that. They protect the basketball, they rebound,

655
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 4: and they play slow, and it's kind of you know,

656
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 4: the atmosphere difference at Viejas in San Diego. I think

657
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 4: it could be a sleepy start for the Johnnies. I'm

658
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 4: worried they're even going to get out of the first round.

659
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 6: How do you choose which Cinderella story you're going to

660
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 6: follow or how do you pick your Cinderellas? Because I

661
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 6: think that that's the thing that everybody wants to talk

662
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 6: about in the tournament, because that's the most exciting thing

663
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 6: is watching big seeds go down.

664
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 5: Do you have a strategy or is.

665
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 6: It just this is all the basketball I've watched all season,

666
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,239
Speaker 6: So this is what I'm going to pour into it

667
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 6: because it's hard, But you really do have to pick

668
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 6: these upsets. And yes, statistics will point towards certain matchups,

669
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 6: but do you pay attention to those or is it

670
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 6: just this is what I've seen, this is what you've

671
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 6: shown me.

672
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 5: So this is how I'm going to choose my bracket.

673
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 4: So living through the entire college basketball season, doing the

674
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 4: BBOC shows, the live shows, you get emotionally connected to

675
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 4: a few teams, and what I try to do is

676
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 4: hold on, hold on, let it go. There's just some

677
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 4: teams that did not get the right matchups. Hawaii is

678
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 4: one of them. I love the Rainbow Warriors. Their defense

679
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 4: is great. Their defense is special in that they play

680
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 4: no help defense. So because of that, they force guys

681
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 4: to finish one on one and they never collapse in

682
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 4: and allow those kickout open looks. For three. They're playing Arkansas,

683
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 4: you have to play a different defense because a cuffle

684
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 4: score fifty points, so all of a sudden, that's not

685
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 4: a good draw. They're fifteen and a half point dog.

686
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 4: I think that's justifiable in terms of, you know, the

687
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 4: setup that they have. But then there are some matchups

688
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 4: that are kind of perfect. And I look at South

689
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 4: Florida against Louisville, and Louisville maybe down their point guard

690
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 4: or if Mikel Brown is back. He's been dealing with

691
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 4: that sore back for the majority of the season. When

692
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 4: he had that month long layoff, he came back and

693
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 4: he had a stinker in his second game against Duke.

694
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 4: I think he shot one for thirteen from the field.

695
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,479
Speaker 4: He's the offensive engine and South Florida is a team

696
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 4: that plays at a breakneck pace. They want up the possessions.

697
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,800
Speaker 4: They have such versatility in their lineup. All five starters

698
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 4: average over eleven points, and unlike a lot of these

699
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 4: mid and low major teams, they have one big that

700
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 4: they can hang their hat on. Isaiah Nelson is six',

701
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 4: ten super. Athletic he's who goes for fifteen to ten

702
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 4: and three stocks per. Game he won't necessarily be intimidated

703
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 4: by a power conference team Like, louisville SO i look

704
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 4: at them as a sleeper to potentially make it to

705
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 4: the second. Weekend it's ten to one on The. Bulls

706
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 4: it's a team that got super hot in the second

707
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 4: half of the. Season in games that ended in, regulation

708
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 4: they finished seventeen in. One they had a couple of

709
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 4: bad breaks in, overtime but other than, THAT i mean

710
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 4: this team is ready to. Go. Ennis you, know their

711
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 4: leading scorer is fantastic as. WELL i like the coaching,

712
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 4: staff SO i try to look at the overall, resume

713
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 4: what they've accomplished that's. Great does it fit in terms

714
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 4: of the? Matchup do they take away the strength of

715
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 4: the opponent or are they in a position where they

716
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 4: can play their exact brand of? Basketball in some cases

717
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,239
Speaker 4: the answers yes and others you know you're drawing dead

718
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:22,800
Speaker 4: from the opening.

719
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 3: Tip IF i had, to we just talked about. It

720
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 3: there was no thirteenth or fifteen seats that won last,

721
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 3: year and now all of them are thirteen and a

722
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 3: half plus point. Dogs IF i offered you a. Wager,

723
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 3: oh by the, way we didn't mention my brain's all.

724
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 3: PLACES qp man as MANAS i think should be more.

725
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 3: Popular it's fire And Saint john's.

726
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 5: STUCK qp mann is.

727
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 2: Slaps, wait it's Like japanese j.

728
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 5: Mayo it's like. Creamier it's so. Good all.

729
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 3: Right so a lot of talk about the lack of.

730
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 3: Upsets last year we had no thirteenth or fifteen seats,

731
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 3: win and this year they're all thirteen f plus point.

732
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 3: Underdogs IF i gave you even, money would you take

733
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 3: would you on both sides of the? Bet would you

734
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 3: take yes or? No we get one. Thirteen we'll include

735
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 3: the sixteenes in, there but that's not, happening but you never.

736
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 2: Know, uh no one.

737
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:23,919
Speaker 3: Expected fairly that consend a beat p due will one

738
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 3: thirteenth through sixteen seed? Win are you taking yes or?

739
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:33,439
Speaker 3: No and if, yes and even if, no who could?

740
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 3: You what do you think is who could you really

741
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 3: realistically see is the one going?

742
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 4: Down SO i would bet, no AND i would hedge

743
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 4: On hofstra Over. Alabama alabama's second leading scorer got pinched

744
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 4: for not putting.

745
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 3: A tax STAT i, mean do you think one is gonna? Win?

746
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 4: NO i. DON'T i THINK i THINK i Think hobster

747
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 4: will Make bama, sweat BUT i don't think we get.

748
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 3: One AND i think it's might Be.

749
00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 4: Hofstra, YEAH i Mean hofstra's matchup looks really, good particularly

750
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 4: With bama's the second leading scorer out for not putting

751
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 4: a tax stamp on a bag of, weed which is

752
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 4: like is this nineteen forty? Five LIKE i don't understand the.

753
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 4: Laws let the kids.

754
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 3: BURN i let the.

755
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 4: Kids burn For christ's, Sake. Alabama BUT i mean it

756
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 4: wasn't outside of, THAT i mean. Stuck i'm interested to

757
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 4: hear your. Take what would be the next one up

758
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 4: for you that you feel could really do? It troy Against.

759
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 3: NEBRASKA i, MEAN i don't like the match of For,

760
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 3: troy But troy's gonna shoot a ton of. Threes nebraska

761
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 3: gives up a ton of. Threes nebraska shoots a ton of.

762
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 3: Threes there's a lot of three point variants in their,

763
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 3: games so, naturally you, know And troy can match up.

764
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 3: Athletically nebraska's not gonna overwhelm them. Athletically that's ONE i could.

765
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,919
Speaker 3: SEE i Think hasha's the most likely because number, one

766
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 3: one of the things that will kill teams is shot,

767
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 3: volume and that's just can you get up as many

768
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 3: shots as Your opponent's the easiest way to equalize. Things

769
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 3: and a lot of times these undermatched teams are going

770
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 3: to be at a disadvantage in that. Aspect like if

771
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 3: you go up against Of. Florida, uh you, know we

772
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 3: just talked about these teams like, that they're gonna dominate

773
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 3: on the offensive glass and then win the turnover. Battle

774
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 3: they're gonna get up more shots than, you and they're

775
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 3: more talented. You that's. Problematic, Well bama is a shot volume.

776
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 3: Loser there are shot volume. Clowns they never turn you. Over,

777
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 3: uh they don't get on the defensive. Glass they can

778
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 3: fail too much of, times like they're they fit the

779
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,320
Speaker 3: profile of the, team you, know and their defense is.

780
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 3: Shaky their second leading scores out If hobster's. Guards they

781
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 3: have a really good Backcourt Cruz davis the freshman that

782
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 3: means been incredible if like it's gonna be a jump shooting.

783
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 3: Game And hobster's rim. Defense that's another thing that a

784
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 3: lot of these imagers on. It hobster's rim defense is

785
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 3: elite And bama wants to get to those And.

786
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 4: Hobster it's interesting too because if you are just looking

787
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 4: at their entire, season their stats on, defense, like, okay

788
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 4: for the first two months of the season they were

789
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 4: outside the top two hundred in a couple of. Metrics

790
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 4: they are top five in effectiveield goal for. Defense SINCE

791
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 4: i Believe february first or the first week Of, february

792
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 4: they've made some changes schematically and in terms of their,

793
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 4: rotation and all of a sudden they were just playing phenomenal.

794
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 4: Defense and as you, mentioned to go with that, backcourt

795
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 4: they have the firepower to get by one other Caveat

796
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 4: and this is kind, of you, know piggybacking on WHAT

797
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,839
Speaker 4: i was saying To kendra. Earlier it's the matchups LIKE

798
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,760
Speaker 4: i would have loved to have ridden with The Penn. QUAKERS.

799
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 4: Tj power absolutely put the team on his back in

800
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 4: THE ivy you know, tournament and that is Without Ethan,

801
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,320
Speaker 4: roberts who's really their best player if he's.

802
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 2: Back from a.

803
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 4: CONCUSSION i was all excited to put them through the

804
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 4: round of thirty two and then they Draw. Illinois if

805
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 4: it was The zags against you, know you, Know Mark

806
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 4: few Without huff in the, LINEUP i potentially would have

807
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 4: pulled the. Trigger but it's just kind of a nightmare

808
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 4: matchup Because illinois just does everything that they, do but.

809
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: Better, Mike what about a team like Cal Baptist kansas

810
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,320
Speaker 1: has been one of the sketchiest power teams in college

811
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: basketball this. Year who knows what you're gonna get From Darren,

812
00:39:56,000 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: peterson who is their best? Player what is that a?

813
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 1: Look as far as if we're if we're going to

814
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: attempts to get one of these thirteen seeds or lower

815
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: advancing is Cal baptists do they have a shot in?

816
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 2: Hell?

817
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 4: So in, short, No BUT i do like where your

818
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 4: head's at Because kansas clearly has the widest range of

819
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 4: outcomes in this. Tournament if they went to the final

820
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,399
Speaker 4: four And peterson played thirty plus minutes and played, GREAT

821
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 4: i wouldn't be. Shocked they clearly have the you, know

822
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 4: the coach with the experience to be able to get

823
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 4: them through. It but when you look at Cal baptists

824
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 4: in terms of playing up against power teams this, year,

825
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 4: yes they Beat Oregon, state who's in THE. Wcc But

826
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 4: colorado they lose by. EIGHT byu they get boat raced

827
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 4: by thirty. One utah they lose by. SIX i just

828
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 4: think they're going to be in deep. Water And Dominic,

829
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 4: daniels their point, guard is. Great he's a little bit.

830
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 4: Undersized if self and the staff can take him away

831
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,800
Speaker 4: and he doesn't, score he would need to score thirty

832
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 4: in this game for The lancers to, go you, know

833
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 4: the full forty minutes With. KU i JUST i don't

834
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 4: see it, necessarily BUT i understand From AT's, perspective if

835
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 4: you want to Bounce kansas in the very next, ROUND

836
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 4: i think that's a solid.

837
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 3: PLAY i don't hate picking picking Cow baptists to win

838
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 3: if you want to do that in your, bracket like

839
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 3: is one of the because here's the. Thing THERE'S i,

840
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 3: mean they're they haven't been the same team away from.

841
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 3: Home they're three hundred and forty eighth out of three

842
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 3: and sixty five. Teams perhaps the metrics been away from home. Metric,

843
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 3: NOW i do think that if you just take Away

844
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 3: Don daniels and they like they have the size to do.

845
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 3: That Dom daniels one of the highest hug usage players

846
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 3: in the. Country, now Cal baptist does have some size.

847
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 3: Inside they're really good two way rebounding. Teams like they're

848
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:34,919
Speaker 3: good shot volume, wise so like they can compete. There

849
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 3: But kansas might probably just has too much athleticism and

850
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 3: Cal baptist isn't a great shooting, team so like self

851
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 3: can just Take daniels, Out but they haven't been the

852
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 3: same team away from. Home you never know if like

853
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 3: something flares up For. Peterson kansas has been a weird.

854
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 3: Team AND i mean this is it's A i mean

855
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 3: Cal baptist wants to slow the game. Down they do

856
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 3: have a guarden and get. HOT i, mean he scored

857
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 3: forty seven in the game earlier this, year and it's

858
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 3: like a Weird that game is nine five eastern on

859
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 3: The West. Coast so like Cal, baptists they're their like

860
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 3: their body clocks will be more. Adjusted just a weird

861
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 3: spot For. Kansas SO i don't. HATE i DON'T i

862
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 3: think Cal bathist is gonna get blown, out BUT i

863
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 3: could see it If daniels goes off And kansas just

864
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Speaker 3: has one of those weird. Games and the REASON i

865
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,359
Speaker 3: don't hate if you wanted to pick that one is

866
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Speaker 3: like The kansas would then have to Play Saint john's,

867
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Speaker 3: presumably Although Saint JOHN'S i think has a tricky match

868
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Speaker 3: with you AND i Is michael. Loser they play a

869
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 3: pack line defense for you to shoot. Threes, now maybe

870
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 3: the athleticism is too. Much Maybe vitino ramps up the press.

871
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 3: Here they've kind of dialed back their press rates late

872
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 3: in the, season and there's just too much. Athleticism but

873
00:42:55,239 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 3: you AND i very very, experienced connected. Group we'll see

874
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,319
Speaker 3: how they handle the. Layoff it's been a while since they.

875
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 3: Played but they don't turn it. Over they don't let

876
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,320
Speaker 3: anything up in, transition they don't, go they won't go

877
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 3: after any offense. Rebounds they just get. Back they allow

878
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,439
Speaker 3: the second lowest transition rate in the. Country and they're

879
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 3: very good in the defensive glass because they pack everything

880
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 3: in and they force you to beat them from the.

881
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 3: Outside Saint john's not a good shooting, team so you,

882
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 3: Know Saint john's a bricking a ton of threes that

883
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 3: the game could be ugly low. Scoring that's there's a

884
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 3: Chance Saint john's gets. Upset, now there's probably too much

885
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 3: athleticism and and talent for that to, happen BUT i

886
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 3: could see it in a ugly low scoring. Game so

887
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,719
Speaker 3: there's a lot of casts that could happen. There but

888
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 3: if you presume the chalk moves, on like Then kansas

889
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 3: would have to Beat Saint john's and then they would

890
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,720
Speaker 3: have to beat Presumably. Duke so, like if you chose

891
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 3: Cal baptist to Beat, kansas it's probably not going to,

892
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 3: be you, know a death blow to your.

893
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 5: Bracket is the era of the blue blood?

894
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 4: Dead in terms of do we need to like hand

895
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 4: out new blue blood names because like technically still counts

896
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 4: as a blue, blood but they are not. ANYMORE i

897
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 4: do think we probably need a new cutoff for. It,

898
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 4: also just in terms of the way that the nil market.

899
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 4: WORKS i want to bring this. Up there's going to

900
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Speaker 4: be some kind of reform either From washington or you,

901
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 4: know reformation of THE, ncaa they're going to get some

902
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,439
Speaker 4: kind of guardrails on. THIS i think the most likely

903
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 4: outcome from legislation is that they're going to force kids

904
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 4: to have to sit on their second transfer the way

905
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Speaker 4: they used to for a year of academic. RESIDENCY i

906
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 4: think what that's going to do is it's going to

907
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 4: calm down the open free agency every single year because

908
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 4: as of right, now it doesn't matter if you're a blue.

909
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 4: Blood it matters how much money you. Have now in

910
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 4: a lot of, cases the blue bloods do have the

911
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 4: money to keep. Up but you can see these teams

912
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 4: being put together spending a ton of money Like kentucky's

913
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 4: SPENT i, believe the most money on their roster in

914
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 4: college basketball this, year and what did it account? For

915
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 4: like they weren't necessarily bumping up against the, Elites whereas you,

916
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 4: know Like, arkansas you know some teams that don't necessarily

917
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 4: have the recent, success they've been able to just go

918
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,680
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919
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,760
Speaker 4: a coach in another case and be able to compete

920
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 4: at the national. Level so, YEAH i think the blue blood,

921
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 4: thing unless they get everything set in terms of player,

922
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 4: movement it's it means nothing at this point because a

923
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 4: lot of these players are no longer thinking about THE

924
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 4: i want to go To North carolina Or duke for

925
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 4: three years and then go to THE. NBA i want

926
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 4: to get the right, coaching like they. Won't they can

927
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 4: get paid right, now so why wouldn't they and kind

928
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:33,400
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929
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933
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934
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Speaker 6: HORN i am gonna go With. DUKE i know that

935
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,240
Speaker 6: you guys have been shitting on them this entire, show

936
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,400
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937
00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,720
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938
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 6: six or An elite, eight they're just stacked because of

939
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 6: the NIL i know that they're, injured but it just

940
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,360
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941
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,440
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942
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 2: Safe, Calabreeze i'm gonna Go.

943
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 4: Houston it's a team That i've basically been in love

944
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 4: with the whole. Year Kingson flemings as a, GUARD i,

945
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 4: mean it's a guard dominant. Tournament you want to be

946
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 4: able to have people with the ball in their hands

947
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,279
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948
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 4: Shots all you have to do is go back and

949
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,560
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950
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,279
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951
00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 4: is the wild card in the. Mix he had a

952
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 4: huge game Against kansas in The Big twelve. Tournament if

953
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 4: he can stretch people out a little, bit make some,

954
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,279
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955
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 4: i know What i'm getting with The sampson. Defense these

956
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 4: guys are junkyard. Dogs they're diving on the floor for

957
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 4: every loose. Ball they're blitzing every ball. Screen they're putting

958
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 4: constant pressure on. Teams and that's what it'll take to

959
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 4: probably get Over illinois just to get to The elite.

960
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,719
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961
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,200
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962
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,400
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963
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:07,040
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964
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,879
Speaker 3: that they're peaking at the right. Time the number number

965
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 3: one offense right, now they just destroyed one of the

966
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 3: four ones on a neutral. Court AND i mean WHEN

967
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 3: i say, destroy they embarrass them this. Offense you have

968
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 3: one of the best point guards in the, country a

969
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 3: very good, coach a experienced. Team and the other thing

970
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 3: is their, Path like they Got, queens Then miami Or,

971
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 3: missouri Who i'm not in love, with and then above

972
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 3: then you have LIKE byu who has, Injuries gonzaga who has.

973
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 3: Injuries that's the that's the three and the six. Above

974
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 3: don't TRUST Nc state Or texas's, Defense Kannessas. STATE i

975
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:48,280
Speaker 3: Think purdue walks to The elite. Eight, now they're probably

976
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 3: gonna Get. Arizona but at this, price like having A

977
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,320
Speaker 3: purdue ticket to win The final four, Nationally i'd be

978
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,360
Speaker 3: fine with having that ticket Against. Arizona they can score

979
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 3: and win that. Game and Then ARIZONA i think has

980
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 3: been your land. Mines LIKE i Think arizona's by the

981
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,400
Speaker 3: the most consistent team in the. Country they have been

982
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 3: all year and they're they're so. Good they don't HAVE

983
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 3: i don't like what are their. Weaknesses they don't choose

984
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 3: a lot of. Threes it's about. It but Like wisconsin

985
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 3: And arkansas can be giant killers on any given day

986
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 3: Because wisconsin could just make eighteen. Threes we've seen that

987
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,759
Speaker 3: a number of times this. Year and Then, arkansas you,

988
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 3: know has one of the best, guard one of the

989
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 3: best backcourts in the, country just a lot of talent and,

990
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 3: athleticism so like they have MORE i think they have

991
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 3: more potential lamb. Mines and they're half of the bracket

992
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 3: Than purdue. Does and This purdue, team it seems like

993
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 3: they finally woke. Up Oxford cluff's playing a lot. Better

994
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 3: and this is the pre this was the preseason number

995
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,280
Speaker 3: one team in the national title, favorite and they're finally

996
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 3: playing like it peaking at the right. Time So i'm

997
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 3: gonna go With.

998
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 1: PURDUE i will stay in The big ten for my.

999
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,400
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1000
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,280
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00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:02,080
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1003
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1004
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,719
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