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Speaker 1: we got brackets. Oh gosh, I love it. I love

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Speaker 1: Friday's podcast if you missed it, Steve Hartman and I

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Speaker 1: Chopping up the Clippers. I say, Kawhi Leonard a whiff

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Speaker 1: right now he is marked madness. Um A quick programming note. Okay, guys,

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Speaker 1: and depth, sucker will eat him up. I do know

426
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,560
Speaker 1: M J. Walker, I've been I followed his career, UM

427
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 1: because it's a great matchup for UNC Greensboro. Yeah, I

428
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 1: would agree, So I I'm with you. I like f

429
00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: SU there. But if again, if you're in a small

430
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 1: bracket contest, you know, thirty guys hunterdbucks of bracket, I

431
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 1: think there's probably some value on f s you coming

432
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: out of that bracket or that quade, I should say,

433
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 1: I think that might. We're gonna see our our numbers

434
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,680
Speaker 1: when we run them all, because sometimes you can't think

435
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,919
Speaker 1: through all the possibilities, right, because they get UNC Greensboro

436
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: versus Colorado getting Georgetown. I know you like Colorado that game,

437
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: but there's more risk there, right, Colorado is more likely

438
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,160
Speaker 1: to lose, which which opens up Florida State's path more

439
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 1: than vice versa. All right, let's well, let's stick there

440
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 1: and let me ask you about this Michigan State U

441
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,160
Speaker 1: c l A game, which is gonna get a lot

442
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 1: of bets simply because of the name brand quality list.

443
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 1: I was poking around on these teams. Bottom line, they

444
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,679
Speaker 1: both stink. I mean I watched a lot of U

445
00:22:58,680 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 1: c l A out here. I know some of the

446
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,640
Speaker 1: guys on the team, given some friends I got out here.

447
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: They're just not that good. They're just not I would

448
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 1: I would um disagree. Well, yeah, U c l A.

449
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: I I honestly had him as the last team in

450
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: and thought when when the Brackett was being revealed, when

451
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: you saw Witch Tall and State and Drake up, and

452
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 1: then we saw Utah State make it. I was thinking

453
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,360
Speaker 1: us Shell lee A was the team out because they've

454
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 1: only beat one tournament team, Colorado at home. I thought

455
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: they were out because they let Oregon State win the

456
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,080
Speaker 1: auto bid and blew it for themselves. I honestly did. Um.

457
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,920
Speaker 1: And then it was Louisville who was out instead. So usual.

458
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,679
Speaker 1: I like Michigan State uh in this game, um, because

459
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: they've been inconsistent, but at least they beat They played

460
00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:48,120
Speaker 1: better recently their form uh. You know, they were wrecked

461
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: by covid Izo had it missed the preseason, um, you know,

462
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,960
Speaker 1: and then they had a pause and they they came

463
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: back from their first game from covid pause uh and

464
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: scored third seven points against records. And so that's pulling

465
00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: their numbers down. That was a thirty point loss. They're

466
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,560
Speaker 1: playing better since then. They beat They beat three teams

467
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: that are on the two seed line or one seed

468
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,640
Speaker 1: line in the last what month? So I mean usually

469
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: had some injuries. Who who was their point guard? They

470
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,360
Speaker 1: lost somebody early in the year, right, Um, yeah they did.

471
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,640
Speaker 1: They did lose. Um. Let me see, let me pull

472
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: up his name. Uh it was a singleton, no Christmas

473
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 1: Christmas Smith. Okay, Smith is a big guy. Yeah, and

474
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: then they've had a couple of injuries. You're right, Cody

475
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: Riley did miss a game, but he's back, and Johnny

476
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 1: Jase has been out. Um, I mean they they've just

477
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: been inconsistent. They've they've certainly not not finished strongly. Of

478
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,399
Speaker 1: course it's us. I mean, I think it's name Brandon

479
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: McK mccronin. I think he's a good coach Historically, what

480
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: was he at Cincinnati and he did some he always won, right,

481
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 1: I felt like he over delivered with inferior talent at

482
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati in the tournament. Every year they'd win like one

483
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: game they shouldn't have won. At least it felt that way. Um,

484
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 1: but I'm with you. I go is oh here, But

485
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,160
Speaker 1: then you know, b y use the team you mentioned

486
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: to be over text, sell, sell the audience on b

487
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: Y you making a run. Um. So here's here's the

488
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,640
Speaker 1: main thing. There's really not that much difference in power

489
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: rating that we have between them in Texas. I think

490
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,879
Speaker 1: Texas slightly had it would be a slide upset. And

491
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: obviously b y U has the tougher first round draw,

492
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: so their their chances of getting through or a little

493
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,840
Speaker 1: less because of that, and so there's it's a little

494
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: more risk. Um. And so in the in a small pool,

495
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 1: maybe you don't take that risk, but again in a

496
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: bigger bracket pool it might be one want to consider.

497
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 1: Here's why b y U, though, is rated almost nearly

498
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: as good they. I mean, hey, they played a tough

499
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: schedule and by overall numbers they're in the top twenty

500
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 1: on kim palm uh in our ratings and on the

501
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,200
Speaker 1: net and all that stuff. But they played better since

502
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: they've basically made some adjustments. Um Getty and George moved

503
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: into the lineup about in mid January, and then a

504
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,639
Speaker 1: freshman named Caleb Blowner who really an offensive rebounding machine.

505
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: So they have linked up front. Played Matt Harms, the

506
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,120
Speaker 1: transfer from Purdue Ivan Drago. Everybody knows him, Yes, he's

507
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,439
Speaker 1: and he's played more minutes lately, and he is a

508
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: shot blocker. Now, um, so this is b y U

509
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 1: team unlike most you teams are just shooters. Yeah, you

510
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,159
Speaker 1: know obviously that the only child's and he was solid

511
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: post player. But Harms brings a shot blocking element that

512
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 1: b y U doesn't usually have. And uh Loner is

513
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 1: a defensive rebounding machine. And so they have that defensive

514
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,880
Speaker 1: toughness and shot blocking and limiting teams. And to go

515
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: with the great shooters, they can put around those guys

516
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: at guard. And so I mean, this is a team

517
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 1: that legit can compete with the big boys. Okay, so

518
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: let me let me give you my Texas spiel. Okay,

519
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 1: Shaka Smart, we know what he's done at VCU. Good coach.

520
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 1: He struggled to Texas the last couple of years, but

521
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: a big adjustment. Um I look at their backcourt. Obviously

522
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: Jones is great and Coleman is outstanding. You've got two

523
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 1: lottery picks in Greg Brown and uh Kai Jones. And

524
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 1: then the kid Jericho Sims. Who I mean, do you

525
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: see him and you're like, what, man, my gosh, what

526
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 1: what is that? He's an animal? Guy's huge. He was

527
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 1: a monster in the you know, the Big twelve tournament.

528
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: I like the talent on this team, but maybe I'm

529
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: missing something like Brown barely played in their final game

530
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: against Oklahoma State simply because of matchups. Um So I

531
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: don't know, tell me where are you on Texas? Because

532
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: I feel like this is a team I fully could

533
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 1: confess I'm a multiple bracket guy. I'm a twenty bracket

534
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: guy and put him in many many contests. People mock

535
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 1: that that's fine, but list I guarantee you I'll have

536
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: Texas winning the title and making the final four. And

537
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: like my brackets, h I would suggest that that's a

538
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: bit of a bold move. I would suggest we probably

539
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: aren't giving out Texas as a as a recommendation in

540
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: our pools. Um. I mean Texas is a good team.

541
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I don't they can. They can

542
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: make the final four out of this region, just like

543
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: I think a lot of other teams in this region

544
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: can because Michigan is diminished with the injury U and

545
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,360
Speaker 1: so I think that opens the door for a lot

546
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: of teams that are pretty solid, and Texas has been that.

547
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: Texas has been like you can need your Maylox if

548
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: you watch them. By the way, I think every game

549
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: with Texas comes down to like the final minute, every

550
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 1: single game. Just look back at all their results, close

551
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: game anytime they play another tournament team, whether that somebody

552
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: gets a big lead, that it gets close. So they

553
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 1: aren't a dominant team that's blowing the doors off of

554
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: other tournament teams. It's going to be a close game

555
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: one way or the other, and so they're gonna have

556
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: to survive a bunch of those. All right, So we've

557
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: basically broken down that bracket. Alan. We didn't touch on

558
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: Alabama or Yukon Maryland. Uh. You mentioned the kid at

559
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: book night at Yukon can turn it on and you know,

560
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: pump in thirty five and carry Connecticut. But Alabama is

561
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: really good, man, they are. I know they're a football school,

562
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: and it was like, Alabama, don't know. I'm just they

563
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: have like six guys that are just flexible. Yes, it

564
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: lights out that that when they get hot, they are

565
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: tough to beat. The teams that beat him. By the way,

566
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: this isn't our notes, I said. I was preparing if

567
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: if you, if you're a subscriber to team rankings, not

568
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: only do you get your your picks and recommendations, but

569
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: you get access to all the notes I've been working on.

570
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: And Uh, with Alabama, the teams that beat them, I

571
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: think they have six losses. It hasn't been because they've

572
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: given up threes, and it hasn't necessarily been because they

573
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: shot poorly from outside. The teams that have beat them

574
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: have been all teams that can beat them up inside

575
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: by driving and by getting points in the paint. They

576
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: have been I think they've only given up average of

577
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 1: like five threes in the games they've lost. That's not

578
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: a lot. Usually teams that lose it's because teams get hot,

579
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: they beat them, you know from outside, uh, teams that

580
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: have beaten Alabama. The formula is to beat them up

581
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: in the paint. And so if they face any of

582
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 1: those matchups, I think, and because they are a team

583
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 1: that relies on the three point shot, if they go

584
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: cold so real quick, Connecticut, Maryland, no bigs there. Texas

585
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: would be a problem obviously. The big kid at Michigan

586
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: a problem. Um Alabama not a bad option to get

587
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: out of there, all right, Which brackor do you want

588
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: to go to next? I feel like we don't even

589
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: need to touch on Gonzagas list. I mean, I can't

590
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: even I'm struggling to make a case, but I will

591
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 1: say that Brackett also has the most opportunities for double

592
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: digit seeds to pull upsets. I like Drake to beat

593
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 1: Wichita and then Draco push USC. I think Ohio over

594
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: Virginia and UCSB over Craighton. Do you like any of those. Uh, Drake, Drake,

595
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: you knew who's available Himphil and pen have been out.

596
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: I think there Honestly, their resume put them in, but

597
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: I'm not sure there's a tournament team with the injuries. Yeah,

598
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: ok if Mpill's back. They made noises like he could

599
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,479
Speaker 1: be back. He's the leading scorer and and he missed

600
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 1: I think the last month. Um, yeah, I'm in Miszoograd.

601
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: By the way, they're the nine seed in that region

602
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: with Oklahoma, they are not beating Gonzaga. I'll just go

603
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: ahead and stake my wait, do they beat in Oklahoma? Um?

604
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: Maybe because Oklahoma has been playing poorly too. I mean

605
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 1: Oklahoma is not playing well, and so I honestly I

606
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: think not only is Gonzaga the favorite. I'll just say

607
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: this right now. If you if you said which eight

608
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 1: nine matchup would you want in your region? If I

609
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: was a one seed, I would want Oklahoma Missouri winner

610
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: versus say, well, who's barely got North Carolina and uh

611
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: Wisconsin Scott. Yeah, I would not want that the winner

612
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: whoever came out of that game. I wouldn't want to

613
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 1: Illinois has Igo. If I was Illinois, Yeah, well, Chicago's

614
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: legit team. They obviously we know they made a run

615
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: three years ago when they were last in the tournament.

616
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: And they are a hard nosed defensive team, the kind

617
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: that can frustrate you. Um, you know. Uh. And Michigan

618
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: has l s U lurking in their bracket. I mean,

619
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: not only best team, but they have a good draw.

620
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: Let me at conspiracy theorist. Did the n c A

621
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: set it up? Gonzaga can win a couple be undefeated

622
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: you No, I guess at this point and let the

623
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: hype build. Will this be the first unbeaten because Sweet

624
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: sixteen list, I mean Craighton, UCSB, Virginia, Ohio, none of

625
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: them are coming within ten points of Gonzaga. Um no,

626
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not a conspiracy theory guy. Um, I

627
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: think they ended up with that because who knows. I mean,

628
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: they're they're they're They're not in the Power Conference. So

629
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: you get it. You get an SEC team in a

630
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: Big twelve team that gets to come in your quarter. Um,

631
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: I guess. But yeah, they got a great draw. I

632
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: mean I think they put I think they did put

633
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: Virginia there, and Kansas is the four seeds on that side,

634
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: because that's the that's the side of the bracket that's

635
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: gonna play on Saturday. Monday. They gave. They basically gave

636
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Speaker 1: an extra day. So that's how Virginia end up was

637
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: their four seed. I think, um, so, if you want

638
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: to think there's a conspiration on that, I mean, there's

639
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: a possibility Virginia didn't show up, by the way, right, yeah,

640
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: I think you do. You're the one who texted me

641
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: that they're not practicing until Thursday. I think somebody was

642
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: tweeting about that and they said yeah. Um and so,

643
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: I mean, gosh, imagine if Virginia gets replaced by Louisville

644
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: in that region. I don't know if Louisville is even good.

645
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 1: Are they Well, I guess they'd have to do that

646
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,239
Speaker 1: by Tuesday night. Louisville is the first team out. They

647
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: would be the team that replaces somebody by Tuesday night

648
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: if a team has to pull out. Okay, let me

649
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: ask you, Iowa Hawkeyes uh to me to my naked eye,

650
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: my uh, my weak eye. I think this is the

651
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: weakest number two seed in the tournament. I'm not buying them.

652
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: I think Oregon gets them in game two. Your thoughts

653
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: on Iowa Iowa and I mean, obviously anything can happen,

654
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: but uh, Iowa has shooters. Um, they have played better

655
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: defensively lately. I was gonna be probably the fourth or

656
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: fifth highest power rated team in this in this field,

657
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: but if you go by the power ratings and Oregans

658
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: played better. Don't don't get me wrong, Oregan is getting

659
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: a bump in our rating. They played better since Duarte

660
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: came back because they went since they went to a

661
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: lineup where they basically have all shooters on the court.

662
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: And obviously they got tripped up by Oregon State, but

663
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: they they're a better team than they were in early January. Yeah,

664
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: so so you still like Iowa the last I feel

665
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: like the last couple of weeks I've watched them, the

666
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: bloom is off the rows. It just looks like it's

667
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: Luca Garza and a bunch of guys who have not

668
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: played well. And what am I missing well? And they've

669
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: had some injuries, They've had some guys out, Uh you know, so, um,

670
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think of the forward uh C J.

671
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: Frederick was battled to knee injury and that impacted him.

672
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: I mean they've also played they didn't they beat Ohio

673
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: State they do have some quality with but defending the

674
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: three is one of their big weaknesses. And Oregon is

675
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,879
Speaker 1: top twenty in the country making threes. Like you said,

676
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: from a matchup perspective, to me, you get Oregon, Dana Altman,

677
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: who's I think the last three times they've been in

678
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: the tournament where like Sweet sixteen, final four. Like Oregon

679
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,479
Speaker 1: as a team personally, I don't know how they lost

680
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: Oregon State. I did not watch that tournament game. Uh,

681
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: they had beaten them uh in the regular season and

682
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,839
Speaker 1: then I don't know what happened. But Oregon Iowa? Does

683
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: that interest you? Um? Yeah, I mean Oregon absolutely could

684
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: pull up. So they're good seven seed. I would say

685
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,959
Speaker 1: they're an above average seven seed for sure. They could.

686
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: They could certainly have gotten seed higher. I didn't think

687
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: I was. I mean I was a really good team

688
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,959
Speaker 1: on offense. I mean you talked about the three points,

689
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: but they can carve people up. Um, they've been the

690
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: only team they couldn't compete with it was GONZAA and

691
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: that's the region. They're understandable. Alright. What does team rankings

692
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: say about Baylor's bracket? Uh? U n C Wisconsin feels

693
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: kind of like a slug fest. Um, I feel like

694
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: UNC beats them up inside and then it has kind

695
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 1: of a chance against Baylor, which is then inside for sure.

696
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: I mean Baylor hadn't been playing their best, but there.

697
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I'd still favor them. I wouldn't. I would

698
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 1: not pick that in the Practeta Bowl, Um, individual Lee,

699
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 1: I would take UM. You know, let's see North Carolina

700
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: versus I mean, I guess i'd lean on Wisconsin obviously.

701
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: Here here's the thing about Wisconsin. Uh, the rate higherly

702
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: in kim palm. I think it's probably a little too high.

703
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: They blew out because part of it, they blew out

704
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: Louisville when Louisville is coming off COVID pause and playing

705
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: without Carly Jones. Wisconsin doesn't beat teams by forty five

706
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: like that. There's a reason for it, and that's that's

707
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: pulled their rating up at Wisconsin also, UH struggled, I

708
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: won't say struggled. They played close, but they could not

709
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: beat the big boys in the Big Ten. They lost

710
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: pretty much every game against him down the stretch. Uh.

711
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 1: So there's two schools out there in Wisconsin's kind of variable. Um,

712
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: they could get out of Big Ten conference play and

713
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: suddenly find new life because they've been getting beat up

714
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 1: by all the teams that are one seed, or they could,

715
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: you know, be a team that's probably a little over

716
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: about it. But I would take Wisconsin in this one.

717
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: But I could, I mean North Carolina's front line if

718
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:09,359
Speaker 1: if Wisconsin doesn't keep up the boards. All right, let's

719
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 1: wrap up with one more team. Cave Cunningham and Oklahoma State.

720
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: I feel like they got jobbed getting a four seed.

721
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: The bracket is lethal. I mean, Illinois Loyola is, you know,

722
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 1: the best eight seed according to all the stats, and

723
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: then Tennessee is pretty good in an Oregon state, as

724
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: you said, But Cave Cunningham, any shot, we see a

725
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: Kemba Walker Danny Manning type one man show. Oklahoma State

726
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: has guys, but everything flows through Cunningham. Of course there's

727
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: a shot um because they've they've played better lately. Uh.

728
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: First of all, I would say, I do think they

729
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: got jobbed on the seeding. I mean, just look at

730
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: that region. West Virginia is the three seed. Oklahoma State

731
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: has the better record. In the last three weeks, Oklahoma

732
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: State is beat West Virginia twice, including on the road,

733
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: without Cunningham and then Oklahoma State beat Baylor. And Oklahoma

734
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: State played Baylor three times this year. West Virginia only

735
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 1: had to play on once. I mean, I don't know

736
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 1: how the committee simply ceded West Virginia. It's it's one

737
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: thing to compare different conferences, but how did they put

738
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: West Virginia above Oklahoma State? I don't know. Is this

739
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 1: another conspiracy theory? Oklahoma State was supposed to be on probation,

740
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: was it not? They were, they were, and they appealed,

741
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: and so that they're in the tournament because they got

742
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: cutting game. Yes, yes, and then they stuck it to him.

743
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: All right. Well, so so here's what I would say.

744
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: I think there's about when I look at this bracket,

745
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,959
Speaker 1: I suspect the public I haven't. We'll see the data

746
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 1: later tonight, middle of the night. I suspect the public

747
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: is gonna be heavy on Oklahoma State more so than

748
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: their power eating because they see the potential for a

749
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: Connecticut type run with Kimba Walker. That's what That's what

750
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: I think, you know, And there is that potential. They

751
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: played better, they beat Baylor, They've they've they've made lineup changes.

752
00:38:55,200 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: They're an improving young team Tennessee is a inconsistant team

753
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: but also very good when everybody's on. Tennessee is the

754
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: type of team that could be a sleeper. And because

755
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 1: loc Almo states in that region, I think there's there

756
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: might be some contrarian value in going with Tennessee. Alright, So, UM,

757
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: I want you, I want you to get people. So

758
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:20,600
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759
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,120
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760
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761
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762
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763
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764
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,319
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765
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766
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,080
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767
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768
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769
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770
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771
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772
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773
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Speaker 1: get upset bonuses, all that stuff, and then we simulate

774
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775
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: pool and your size, and how many price spots there are,

776
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777
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778
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779
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780
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781
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782
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783
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Speaker 1: running the simulations. We have like a bunch of seventeen

784
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785
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786
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: see the public pick data and we'll see where the

787
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 1: values are. And sometimes crazy stuff happens with these picks, like,

788
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: for example, if we have a lot of value else where,

789
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: we may be recommending good zaga. I don't know that

790
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: we are, I don't know where will be um, but

791
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,359
Speaker 1: by by tomorrow morning, um or by later this week.

792
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 1: But if you value, if you're a better picker than

793
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:06,479
Speaker 1: others in some other areas, then actually having the team

794
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: like Gonzaga as you're as the most likely champion. Um,

795
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: if you think you can beat people elsewhere, you might

796
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: be better off than say, picking a team that has

797
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:16,760
Speaker 1: a five to ten percent chance to win the title,

798
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: because I mean the reason why people say don't do

799
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: that is well, then I'm competing with more people to

800
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: win even if Gonzaga wins. Well, if you're better than

801
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: those people, if you win more first round games, if

802
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: you get the eight nine games right more consistently, if

803
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: you get the seven ten games right, and if you

804
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 1: get the teams that are slightly undervalue to reach this

805
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: Week sixteen or the Elite eight. Um doesn't have to

806
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: be huge swings. It can be something like Texas over

807
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: Alabama or something like that, right, I mean the types

808
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: of calls that you gotta make. UM, you can you

809
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 1: can win those pools and maybe have edge even by

810
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,560
Speaker 1: taking popular teams. So check in and see where we are.

811
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,720
Speaker 1: My guess is Gonzaga is not going to be super

812
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: popular because they don't have the brand name. Now that'd

813
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: be the most popular team, but will they be so

814
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: immensely popular. This isn't gonna be Kentucky two thousand fifteen,

815
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 1: Kentucky was undefeated. I think people were picking Kentucky. We're

816
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 1: gonna see that this year. Uh. My guess is you're

817
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: gonna have plenty of people picking Illinois, Michigan, Baylor, plus

818
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: some of the two Steeds and maybe teams like Oklahoma

819
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: State and some of those, and it's gonna be spread

820
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: out more so. Anyways, Like, Illinois is gonna get a

821
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: lot of love, and I think they should. I think they.

822
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: If I were to pick a second favorite, Illinois would

823
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 1: probably be it. Huh. And I like Michigan's issues and

824
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: how Illinois finished the year. I like on team rankings

825
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: you have most likely upsets, money line picks. There's great

826
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: stuff here, so you guys need to definitely check it out. Uh.

827
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: You can follow him on a social media Jason lisk Um.

828
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: He's a Missouri guy, so route for Missouri. Right. Uh,

829
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: have you put any money on Missouri to win this

830
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 1: or no? Heck no? Alright, let's thanks for the time

831
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Speaker 1: and keep up the good work man. Ma