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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight firefam, It's named Jason McIntyre Straight Fire. For Monday,

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Speaker 1: March thirteenth, the brackets are out. You know your boy

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Speaker 1: spent all night last night working on bracket number crunching.

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Speaker 1: I got a cow cutter this week, got many bracket

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Speaker 1: pools to enter and hopefully dominate. I'm sure my kids

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Speaker 1: will bring home bracket pools and I will try to

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Speaker 1: win them there as at school, because you know, I

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Speaker 1: like to think I'm really good at this sort of thing.

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Speaker 1: I will say this, and we do have other non

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Speaker 1: bracket news we'll get to in a second big trade

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, Lakers lose to the Knicks bich so

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Speaker 1: for the first time I think I would guess twenty years,

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Speaker 1: I didn't see the Bracket Revealed show live now as

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Speaker 1: was I made sure to turn the TV channel to

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Speaker 1: CBS before leaving to coach my son's basketball game. The

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Speaker 1: only reason I was late and I would have made

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Speaker 1: it in time is the game before US went triple overtime,

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Speaker 1: and then that was that. But triple overtime. So anyways,

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Speaker 1: I missed the bracket. I pick up my phone after

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Speaker 1: the game. I don't want to talk about the game

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Speaker 1: we lost. You know whatever, We're still the number two seed.

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Speaker 1: We were winning the whole game. Our best player got injured,

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Speaker 1: he listens to this. He and his dad called and

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Speaker 1: apologize for not showing, but he's I think he's our

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Speaker 1: But our best player went off at thirty one. It

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Speaker 1: was at a point there was a U a former

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Speaker 1: UCLA player a courtside and on a couple of our

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Speaker 1: stars plays, they basically played a man to man defense,

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Speaker 1: and I said, if they're going to try to play

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Speaker 1: the best player in the league, band of man, we're

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Speaker 1: just gonna run pick and roll all day. And he

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Speaker 1: thirty one points. It's a season high of anybody in

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Speaker 1: the league. I don't know if it's a record, but

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Speaker 1: he was just going off. So I would look at

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Speaker 1: this UCLA player and the guy's just like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: the former UCLA player, I need to say any any rate. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it sucked that we lost, but our bet the awesome

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Speaker 1: player got hurt. We had a couple unlucky moments. No

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Speaker 1: blaming anybody we lost. You know my buddy whose son

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Speaker 1: so I'm not going to really get into it. They

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Speaker 1: played a good game, we lost. We move on. I'm

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Speaker 1: very competitive, as you guys could tell. Saturday night, my

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Speaker 1: I literally had to walk outside of the gym to

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Speaker 1: cool down. I was so heated at our team and

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Speaker 1: disappointed in fourth grade girls basketball. No, no worries. We

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Speaker 1: them twenty seven to sixteen. I believe. So I'm pretty

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Speaker 1: sure we got first place for the season, and now

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Speaker 1: we do the the tournament for playoffs. Very excited. Nothing

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Speaker 1: as exciting as March madness. Although coaching your kids, I've

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Speaker 1: been hyping this for years. Guys, You've got to do it.

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Speaker 1: It is so fun. You will, I know, I'll say

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Speaker 1: this in your laugh. You'll lose sleep over lineup changes.

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Speaker 1: which plays? I mean, seriously, not a lot of sleep.

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Speaker 1: we got a big game tomorrow, cheese, how are we

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Speaker 1: want to lose, you don't care, fine, but it's a

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Speaker 1: fun experience, especially when you're winning. Now, let's get to

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Speaker 1: the real big sports, dudes. What I know everybody's clamoring

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Speaker 1: for is the big trade. Now. I wouldn't call it

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Speaker 1: a blockbuster in the NFL. I know a couple and

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Speaker 1: NFL reporters we're calling it a blockbuster. I was like,

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Speaker 1: this is not a blockbuster. Jalen Ramsey get shipped from

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Speaker 1: I've joked that he's a pile inspecter on the show.

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Speaker 1: Xavian Howard who is very, very good and Jalen Ramsey,

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Speaker 1: they're doing the right thing. You got your rookie quarterback

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Speaker 1: throwing that in my face. Cecc they want to keep two,

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Speaker 1: not about me. I mean, it's not like they weren't

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Speaker 1: just going off reality. They like toa they're not in

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Speaker 1: Chubb from the Broncos. Like they're going all in. This

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Speaker 1: is exactly what you should do. And now they've just

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Speaker 1: gotta seriously consider how much more like just because you

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Speaker 1: my guy Jason Lisk. Yes, I know you're wondering where

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Speaker 1: the picks Jay, where's a Brackett talk blah blah blah.

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Speaker 1: It's in the interview, like thirty minutes. Guys, just be patient,

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Speaker 1: real quick. Tough, tough loss for the Lakers last night

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Speaker 1: Twenty eight minutes oh for eight shooting oh for seven

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Speaker 1: Like Darvin Hamm's got a little bit of time to

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Speaker 1: figure this out, folks. They're now in a three way

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Speaker 1: tie for tenth and guess what if it ends like this,

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Speaker 1: they will not be going to the playoffs because currently OKAC, yes,

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Speaker 1: the OKAC Thunder, they hold the tiebreaker edge. Worst news

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Speaker 1: is the New Orleans Pelicans. They're also tied with the

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Speaker 1: Lakers and oh, by the way, they play tomorrow night

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Speaker 1: in what's going to be a big game. Now, still

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Speaker 1: no word on if Lebron's coming back. A lot of speculation.

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Speaker 1: telling me, you know, did you hear the stuff from

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Speaker 1: Kevin Garnett about how there's a theory that Lebron's injury

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Speaker 1: Lebron is sitting out as a test for Anthony Davis

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Speaker 1: if not, let's ship him out of town. Now. I

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Speaker 1: don't know where Kevin Garnett's coming up with this conspiracy stuff.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he just wants the Lakers to miss the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Who knows it actually sounds decent, as you guys are

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Speaker 1: I know what sports fans want, but for everything he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's welcome into straight fire. A guy I

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Speaker 1: have been a tournament caliber they you know, over the

425
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 1: full season. If they play it out and they don't

426
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,040
Speaker 1: have that injury, they might be like a six seven,

427
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 1: eight seed. And so that's a tough team. And then

428
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,159
Speaker 1: Saint Mary's who will is it grind you out? You know,

429
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 1: solid defensive, rebounding team. That quadron is loaded. Um. I

430
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 1: don't want to put a lot of stock in ESPN,

431
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,560
Speaker 1: but they have the show right after the brackets and

432
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 1: I had it on and as they're doing their final

433
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,440
Speaker 1: four picks list, guy, I see, okay, nobody has Kansas.

434
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: Wait does everybody? Oh my gosh? And like all five

435
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 1: guys had Yukon going to the and I wonder if

436
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: they're leading? Is this the Ken Palm overization of college

437
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 1: basketball because a lot of people are like Yukon, what

438
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,200
Speaker 1: their numbers are insane? According to ken Palm, they're the

439
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: fourth best team in the country, top twenty in offense

440
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:24,400
Speaker 1: and defense, which is a hallmark for advancing. I don't know, man,

441
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 1: that that that lost to Marquette really hurt me. Their

442
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,719
Speaker 1: ability to inability, I should say, to guard point guards

443
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: is baffling. They had to go zone against Marquette, they

444
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: got lit up. I was I had to take it

445
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 1: on Yukon in that game. Obviously, Um, I don't know,

446
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: does that scare you at all? About I would say

447
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: Connecticut is probably they've blown some people out and so

448
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,959
Speaker 1: their fourth I mean they're definitely a top ten, probably underseated,

449
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: so I get it. I don't know that consistently they've

450
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,479
Speaker 1: been the fourth best team in the country, and obviously

451
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,680
Speaker 1: they aren't seated that way, but I mean, yeah, they're

452
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: at their best. Connecticut could be that team great getting

453
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 1: offensive boards number one of the country. Yeah, yeah, So

454
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 1: I mean Yukon, that entire region is just loaded. And

455
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,120
Speaker 1: so here's what I would say on that ESPN talking

456
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 1: ads may not represent America. Like if I'm gonna cease

457
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 1: the pick data here at a bit, I don't know

458
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 1: what it is right now, So pick that I might

459
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: dictate how I play the West, honestly, because like if

460
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 1: you're playing a pool versus like betting it or like

461
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:32,040
Speaker 1: playing a futures market. If I'm playing a pool, I

462
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: want to know who the most popular pick is, because

463
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 1: like Connecticut's close to Kansas and quality. Now they have

464
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: the twelve seed draw. That reduces their chances. They're more

465
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,880
Speaker 1: likely to get upset right away than Kansas, who probably

466
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: isn't going to lose to Howard, even though Howard, now yeah,

467
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: even though Howard was a great story and has played

468
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: better lately, that one sixteen is probably gonna happen versus

469
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: you know, Connecticut having at least a realistic chance of

470
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,199
Speaker 1: getting stung by by let me ask you about I

471
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 1: own a real quick their coaches in talk to maybe

472
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 1: go to Saint John's. Is that is that a factor

473
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 1: in helping Yukon here? Coach is a little distracted. We

474
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: know he's a great coach historically, does that matter all?

475
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 1: Or can you how do you how do you even

476
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: handicap that? Or do you just I don't know because

477
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 1: since it's public, because we know there are plenty of

478
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,120
Speaker 1: these these mid majors that go win in a tournament

479
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,119
Speaker 1: game and the coaches move on. So a lot of

480
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 1: these players have to know my coach is moving on.

481
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 1: We've had a great year. Um. I mean, if if

482
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: I'm Florida Atlantic, I'm probably suspecting I'm gonna dust to me.

483
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: Might might move on somewhere, but at least he hasn't

484
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,879
Speaker 1: like publicly been like in the news about it yet,

485
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: So I don't know how that will impact because I

486
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,119
Speaker 1: would I would think a lot of these mid majors,

487
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:46,360
Speaker 1: these guys want to win for themselves, and it's it's

488
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,719
Speaker 1: it's a factor that I don't know which way it'll go,

489
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: because I own it has been been pretty good of late,

490
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 1: and of course, Rick Patina, here's the thing. They'll turn

491
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 1: people over. They'll turn people over. And if yukon one

492
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,919
Speaker 1: of their issues turnovers, probably why probably why the win

493
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: loss record doesn't reflect the ken bomb ranking because of inconsistency.

494
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 1: And when they've had some bad turnover games, they lose um.

495
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,640
Speaker 1: And so that's the issue there is whether I own

496
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: it comes out like their normal getting steels, turnovers, blocking shots.

497
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: I own is a great shot blocking team. All right,

498
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: defensive battle. I'll ask you this number two seed likely

499
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 1: to be home or not advanced past the opening weekend

500
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: in order of I can see them going out because

501
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: the choices are Marquette, UCLA, Texas or Arizona. Okay, uh yeah,

502
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,919
Speaker 1: so Marquette might have to face Izzo or a pretty

503
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 1: good USC team Arizona, which I mean history would tell

504
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 1: US about two on average of those whose Arizona might

505
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: face your Missouri after if they beat Princeton. I should

506
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: add if because they Arizona is two hundred and third

507
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: in the country in turnovers. Again, their point guard situation

508
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: is bad now they got bigs. But Ucla I think

509
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 1: we both think is safe and the opener not so

510
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: sure about Northwestern in the second round, and then Texas

511
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: could play Texas A and M or Penn State. We

512
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 1: could see three twos out opening weekend. I'm gonna I'm

513
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: gonna get like. I think there's an argument for each

514
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: in different ways. Ucla I think has the best draw

515
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: to advance. Okay, they also have those injury concerns, right, Yep,

516
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: that's the case for UCLA. They just come out not

517
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: quite as good if if Bona also isn't healthy and

518
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,400
Speaker 1: they're down two starters in game two by by weekend one.

519
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 1: But they have the best draw. If I were to

520
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: like want one of the seven tens, I would want

521
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: to face Northwestern Bois State Community the others. Texas is

522
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 1: probably the best team right now of those twos, but

523
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: they have the toughest draw. Texas A and M. I mean,

524
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 1: shouldn't that's such bullshit. How did it a seventh seed

525
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: should not be a seventh seed? That's absurd, I tweeted out,

526
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: I mean, does Bud Williams piss in the coffee at

527
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: the NSA headquarters. For two years now, I've been I've been.

528
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: I've been within a seed line on every prediction for

529
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,640
Speaker 1: the brackets except for A and M. I had him

530
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: in last year. They had him out and I had

531
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: him as like a five. I mean, I was like

532
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,880
Speaker 1: four or five area. They've been a top twenty team. Yeah,

533
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: they were second the SEC two weeks ago. I mean,

534
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: what how are they a seven? I mean, I don't

535
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,399
Speaker 1: get it. So that's that one is like Texas is

536
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: the best team, but they got a tough draw. I mean,

537
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: they're playing like a four or five seed if. By

538
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 1: the way, Colgate a member of their team who I

539
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: know because I went on his podcast a couple of

540
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,959
Speaker 1: years ago, their best player. He uh, he said he's

541
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 1: gonna come on the pod this week, Tucker richards Um.

542
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: He had a triple double in the eye. I'm gonna

543
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: guess he can find him incredible. Yeah, now listen, they

544
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 1: let me down last year. I bet on him against

545
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: I think it was Wisconsin and they were covering for

546
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 1: like thirty five minutes and then did not pull it out.

547
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: I don't know about the Texas matchup is tough, all right,

548
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: number so you would go Arizona and Texas are are

549
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: the toughest. Uh, yeah, Marquette again Marquette's defense. I mean,

550
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: obviously have a very good offense. USC or Michigan State.

551
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be a battle. Um. Arizona probably

552
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: matches up well with Utah State. Missouri is a wild

553
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: card because they can n Missouri team. I like them.

554
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: Your guy Kobe what's his name is it? Kobe Kobe Brown,

555
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: Jobie Brown? And then Demoi Hodds shooting threes. And just

556
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 1: Arizona got lucky to beat UCLA. Let's let's be clear

557
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: on that um due to the injuries and the fouls.

558
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: But all right, number three seeds, let's look at those

559
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: real quick. Number three seed most likely to get bounced.

560
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: Uh in the opening round? You got choices are Kansas State.

561
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: I just made a bet on them. I'll table it

562
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 1: is in a second Baylor UCSB. We touched on Xavier

563
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: versus Kennessau State, and then Gonzaga Grand Canyon I think

564
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: Zaga is probably safe. Right. Um, so if I were

565
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: to assess them, let's say Baylor. Baylor's a ten point favorite, right,

566
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: but Baylor's vulnerable because of their style. Like Baylor reminds

567
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: me of my Missouri team that lost to Norfolk State.

568
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: They remind me of that Ohio State team that lost

569
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: as a two seats and that they don't play defense.

570
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: They don't, it seems, shoot a high percentage against them,

571
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: and so if they just get to have a day

572
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,239
Speaker 1: where they just aren't aren't garden up, they can get

573
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: beat by anybody in this tournament. Um, that's a concern.

574
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: In Gonzaga I would think is the biggest like favorite

575
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 1: going against Grand Canyon, No doubt. Kansas State I think

576
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: could be vulnerable. I'm not sure they I'm not sure

577
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: they got the They probably got the weakest of the

578
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: fourteens in my opinion. So the bet I made on

579
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,959
Speaker 1: Kansas State love it or hate it plus nine hundred

580
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: to win the East. The logic is, I don't think

581
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: Kentucky or Providence are very good. I think Kansas State

582
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: gets by both those and then the matchup, assuming it's

583
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: against Marquette, they have a point guard who matches up

584
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: very well with Colec the short, the small kid, twenty

585
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: three year old kid out of Harlem. He is unbelievably quick.

586
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: I think it's a good matchup for Kansas State. And

587
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: then you look at the top of the bracket and

588
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: you're like, you know, yeah, they would struggle against produce

589
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: size with Edio, But I don't know the produce is

590
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: getting by Memphis. Duke is obviously the probably the best

591
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: team there in Tennessee. Has their point guard issue. So

592
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: I look around him, like nine hundred for Kansas State.

593
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: I took a flyer like if you I don't know,

594
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: but I will say, Kansas State, what do your numbers say? Well,

595
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: I'm probably similar to where the Kim Palm numbers are,

596
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,440
Speaker 1: but maybe a little better, like as far as win losses,

597
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: just because they have that guard combo. They have like

598
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: a ball dominant guard that can shoot. They have a

599
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: good trio. But I don't know that they're a title contender.

600
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: But when I look at that region, to me, that's

601
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,239
Speaker 1: the region that I would guess could be flammable. That

602
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: is crazy stuff could happen. M Kentucky Providence. Like you said,

603
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: Kentucky's played better, but they've also struggled with offensive oriented

604
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: guard like teams that can run, pick and roll and

605
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: run offense against them. So they could struggle against Kansas

606
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: State because that Kentucky team is all over the place.

607
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: Um yeah, I like I like Duke is Like, if

608
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: you said who's the most talented team in this region,

609
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 1: it might be Duke. He's impacted by injury. Tennessee, you know,

610
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: doesn't have z a Kais Ziggler. Purdue has. That Memphis

611
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: Florida Atlantic matchup is a great one in the eight

612
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: nine game, and both of those teams can play the

613
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: style that Purdue has struggled with produce guards struggle with

614
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 1: right with what athletic guards is the compressure room. And

615
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: so that that that entire region I think is wide open.

616
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,600
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00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 1: Search f SR to listen live. Is there a team

620
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: in the South that could unseat Bama? And any surprises

621
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: anyone you would take a flyer on. I have futures

622
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: on Creton, but I'm ready to toss him in the trash.

623
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: It's one of the biggest disappointments this year added the transfer.

624
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: I think Creton's underperformed. Um. I mean I know that

625
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: a lot of people like them, and they got a six.

626
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,719
Speaker 1: To me, that's the Yeah. Alabama is a favorite there obviously.

627
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: I mean don't like Arizona, right, I mean I could

628
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: see Arizona getting a run because they do have talent.

629
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: But I don't think this Arizona team is as good

630
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: as last year's version that lost. Oh no, no no.

631
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: They had mathin who could create his own shot. They

632
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: had the big center who was like a factor. Has issues.

633
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: Virginia is not, by the way. I bet Furman getting

634
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: five and a half and it looks like it's going

635
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: down to five as we record this Sunday. That's a

636
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: good jump on. I think that's a good jumble. But

637
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: they lost the kid, the kid vander Police in class.

638
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 1: He's like their glue guy who does a little bit

639
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,879
Speaker 1: of everything. And they have no size. Now Ferminin great

640
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: and they got one of They do have one of

641
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: the really good young coaches. I think in the tournament game,

642
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 1: little teas here Jason. Because what we do a team

643
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: ranking is also pool genius is our brand that does

644
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: the pools, and we work on bracket pools. So what

645
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 1: I've been doing is writing these notes and when we

646
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,479
Speaker 1: when we adjust teams power rankings. So I'm just gonna

647
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,959
Speaker 1: tell you what we got on Furman Um. We said

648
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: they got off to a slow start, had lots of

649
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 1: lineup shifts, but they've been playing really well since the

650
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: start of January when they basically stopped playing their their

651
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: lowest usage offensive player. They've played better against the top

652
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: teams on their schedule, and they're rating against the weakest

653
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: teams is pulling them down a bit. So they didn't

654
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,479
Speaker 1: run it up against Cinderella and against like Cupcakes. They're

655
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 1: very good at not turning the ball over, their a

656
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 1: lead at scoring in the pain. We have a positive

657
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: adjustment on Furman. We have them like we have and

658
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: then we have Virginia down. So I think that number

659
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,319
Speaker 1: should be closer to under like a single score, like

660
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 1: a three and a half to three. Like I if

661
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: I'm catching Furman, where I buy a close game man Um.

662
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 1: I think this Furman team is a veteran team. They

663
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: just missed out in the tournament last year. Chadanouga beat

664
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: him on that buzzer beater and the right yeah, and

665
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: then Chaddanuga went and I think played Illinois tough. Um,

666
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 1: this firma team's I think a tough draw. They've got size,

667
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: they've got they've got guards. This is a mid major

668
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: with talent, and so I don't think this is a

669
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,839
Speaker 1: in Virginia quite frankly can be bad at offense right now,

670
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 1: they aren't. Virginia's best games were in November when they

671
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: went to Las Vegas and beat Baylor and won that event.

672
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 1: And so I don't know that we've seen that Virginia

673
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: team consistently since then. Anything on team rankings for you know,

674
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: the popular uh dog that everybody loves. Um. You know

675
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 1: in the NFL sometimes you'll see everybody, Oh, I love you,

676
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: gotta take this team getting getting three and a half

677
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 1: you every everybody's on them, and then they get blasted.

678
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: Is there any team that is getting a lot of

679
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: love as a dog? I will say another game I

680
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: bet was Drake Miami. Miami has the injury. They okay,

681
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: they're double double machine. Drake is good. Um, I don't

682
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: think Drake can make a run, but I think they

683
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: could take down Miami. Now, I'll tell you, right, now

684
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: we have Drake. I mean, with our adjustments we said

685
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: we have Drake is like a legit top twenty five

686
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: team in this tourney. Um, maybe we're wrong five. Well,

687
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 1: I'm just telling my power rating. So look, look, this

688
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: team has played really well with the current lineup. This

689
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: this is another team like you're catching a lot of

690
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 1: these mid majors that maybe had issues with a lineup

691
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: and changing players or really and they've been on a roll.

692
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: I mean, this Drake team blew out Bradley Bradley's in

693
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: their conference tournament. They won every game by twelve or more.

694
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: They just blasted the opposition. So peeking at the right

695
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: time in Miami's injury issues, I mean, I don't know

696
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 1: if that's priced in yet, is I mean, are people

697
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: counting for that, because if no, it's not official that

698
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: he's out. Um I'm forgetting the guy's name. But he's

699
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: a double double machine, yes, And I just my only

700
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: thing with Drake is so there are awful offensive rebounding team,

701
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: but they are a good shooting team. So make your

702
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: shots great. If the moment's too big and you're missing,

703
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: you're not getting second chances. And I don't know, I

704
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: don't know Miami well enough, but it is a team

705
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: you like. Is the guy that's out hurt himself early

706
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: against ankle injury against Duke? Yeah, they are not a

707
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: big team. He's like there, he's their big guy in

708
00:37:55,320 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: terms of bulk. He's right. Otherwise, is there a guard

709
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 1: team that doesn't It's good on offense, but their defensive

710
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: numbers aren't good. He's basically like the guy they need

711
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: to bang, right, they don't have at all. They don't

712
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: start anybody taller now, um, so that's a concern. Drake

713
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: will actually have size on him in this game if

714
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: he's interesting. All right, So that's a good double digit seed.

715
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: Any other double digit seeds you're you're jumping on. Um. Usually,

716
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 1: and again I don't have the historical trend on this,

717
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: but doesn't someone from that eleven play in game where

718
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: the two teams are kind of good? Doesn't usually one

719
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: of them go on a run? Uh? Sometimes? Sometimes not?

720
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 1: I mean sometimes not. Well. I only bring that up

721
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: because Mississippi they did. I think Syracuse did one year.

722
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: Syracuse did one year. I think that the Sweet sixteen. Um,

723
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: it's just that pit team is okay, and for some reason,

724
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: Iowa State is just a brutal watch. Every time I

725
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: turned them off, I would say Mississippi State to me,

726
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: Mississippi State, okay, but and here's why, um, that Iowa

727
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: State team in them are very similar Mississippi State. It's

728
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: not a good shooting team. But but man, oh my gosh,

729
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: not a good shooting team. They're dead last in the country.

730
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: You know what that means, no place to going up,

731
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 1: and so they don't rely on making shots, and they're

732
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: still in the nca tournament, like they literally are dead

733
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 1: last and three point percentage. They have a big man

734
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 1: totally smith, they guard, they can play. I mean anyway,

735
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: some teams like Mississippi State in a short if they

736
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: shoot any better at all, can beat beat these teams.

737
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 1: I pit to me. I was surprised they made the tournament.

738
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,839
Speaker 1: Another rehold on another reason like this is one of

739
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: my big things list where I have a tough time

740
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: when I look at the free throw percentage. Any team

741
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: in the three hundreds for me is a stay away.

742
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: And Mississippi State three hundred and forty seventh in the

743
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: country in free throwst So if it's a close game

744
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: late like five points or something, and it's coming down

745
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: the line gets what Pittsburgh thirty eighth in the country,

746
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,959
Speaker 1: So that's that's totally Smith shot two hundred and forty

747
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: six of them, and he shoots fifty nine percent, so

748
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: he shot like half the team's free throws. Oh, he's

749
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: the big guy, so he's gonna draw fouls. So I

750
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: guess it's not into the gate. It's not into the

751
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 1: game free throw shooting. Their guards actually shoot better. They

752
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,919
Speaker 1: just he shoots so many because he draws fouls all

753
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: game long. So we'll go ahead to head on this.

754
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,839
Speaker 1: I'll take pitt Now. They had their point guard as

755
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: the kid like he was on that Coal Game team.

756
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 1: I feel like that's an absolute miss by the committee

757
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: putting that team in. They didn't deserve to be in.

758
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: I mean, my god, they got the door. I don't

759
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: know their resume that well. I just the best wins.

760
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: We're back in November on the road at NC State,

761
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 1: on the road at Northwestern, UM. They I'm I'm surprised.

762
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: I thought they were a good offense. I think they're

763
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: the weakest at large team. I think so twenty fourth

764
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:56,919
Speaker 1: and offense against a top ten offenses. Yeah, don't turn

765
00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: people over. They don't stop people from shooting, and they

766
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: are just mediocre at offensively. Yeah, all right, let's do

767
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: two versions of the final four. One is what you

768
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: really think will happen, and then one way you can't

769
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: take number one seeds? Oh boy? So yeah, as a

770
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: guy who talks about bracket picks, I would say, you

771
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: generally want to be conservative, particularly in smaller pools. So

772
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna take favorites because just because you take like,

773
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: say four of the top eight ten favorites, there's so

774
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 1: many combinations you're going to be somewhat unique anyway, and

775
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: you still win pools that way just by being conservative.

776
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,800
Speaker 1: So I would never and I would probably not endorse

777
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: going no. Number one seeds unless I'm getting upset bonuses

778
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 1: and incentives to do so. But that said, let's talk

779
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: about these pools, okay. So I think strategically the Midwest

780
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: is an interesting one, and I say that for this reason.

781
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: I think Houston and Texas both have the capability of

782
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: winning this entire thing. I don't know where they aren't

783
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: betting market odds yet. I think they're probably top five.

784
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: I think Houston's like plus two fifty or something like that.

785
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: In Texas is sixth, there first and six. So these

786
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: are two of your top six and title odds, but

787
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: they would have to meet in the elite eight. So

788
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: I feel like some strategy where you're like playing one

789
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: or the other to make a run because people might

790
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: be afraid to pick them deeper because they're afraid, Oh,

791
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 1: they're going to knock each other. That's risky. Oh so

792
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: that might be one is I'm so, I'm probably thinking

793
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 1: Houston as long as I get good Marcus Sassin News agreed, Yeah,

794
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: m So Houston definitely. And then but then in some

795
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: if I'm playing off that, I might take Texas. In

796
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: some other brackets, I would agree. Here here's my question.

797
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: If you're looking for someone outside of Houston and Texas,

798
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:50,280
Speaker 1: I say Indiana. I think they've got maybe the best

799
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: overall player in this entire bracket. I know Biggs don't

800
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,959
Speaker 1: travel well in March. You know, it's usually a guard

801
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: dominated tournament. Oh, inconsistent they Yeah, they beat produced twice. Yeah,

802
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: they had twenty two and eleven. I'm like, yeah, I

803
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 1: feel like they've underperformed lately. So I mean, I think

804
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: it's ustar Texas, which everyone gets through the early part.

805
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: South I don't know if we can we even need

806
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: to spend much time on the South. But I have Alablabama.

807
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: I take Bama, and then if Alabama, if you had

808
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: to take someone other than Alabama, you're just looking down

809
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,800
Speaker 1: the board like I don't even know who the second

810
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 1: best team in the bracket is. Like I could not

811
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: take Arizona, but I'm like a fifteen bracket guy, you

812
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 1: know I'm in. I would have to see what the

813
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: pick rates are on teams like Arizona or Baylor, because

814
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: I'm hesitant on them, but if they're being underpicked, I

815
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,479
Speaker 1: might just throw them in occasionally. But yeah, I don't

816
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: love any of those teams to make a run. I

817
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 1: don't love Virginia to make a deep run. San Diego

818
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 1: State is at least intriguing because they can play defense,

819
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: but that Charleston matchups tough, so I don't want to

820
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 1: get too risky with them in too many brackets. Probably Alabama.

821
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: There's just too much risk going off Alabama. To me,

822
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: the question is how far do you take alabam in

823
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: the final four, I think versus getting him there, I

824
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: think I think you almost probably has to be the

825
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: region where you mass everybody and hope Bama wins or

826
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: just somebody crazy that nobody picked wins and you don't

827
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: lose anything to the field. How's this after Alabama? I

828
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: think it at least a bracket or two. I'll have

829
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: Missouri going to the final four. I know you hate it,

830
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: you're close to the team, but when you're talking about

831
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 1: star power, offensive machine, this team, I think if they

832
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: get hot, look out. I just I like the three

833
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: point ability at Kobe Hodge, Nick Honor Hit. I mean, dude,

834
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,200
Speaker 1: that came against Tennessee tie game with like ninety seconds

835
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: left and they just bang two NBA threes. I know,

836
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: it's just they ran in Illinois out of the building

837
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 1: with their bigs. They whipped up on Kentucky, but then

838
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 1: they looked bad against Bama in the first time. They

839
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: looked bad against Kansas. But again, Yeah, Arizona turns the

840
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 1: ball over, so it's it's there, all right. Missouri is

841
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: definitely high. Yeah, boom or bust, all right in the

842
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: East obviously, you know, I'm a crap shoot, I'm probably

843
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: gonna have a mix because I could see having Duke

844
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: and some Yeah, because that Duke. Tennessee's probably a splitting

845
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: enough of popular picks that you you aren't going to

846
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 1: be like on a truly popular run. With Duke to

847
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:25,399
Speaker 1: the final four, I could see sprinkling the Kansas State

848
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: Marquette grouping and and yes, probably having Purdue in a few,

849
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: but I probably am. That's the one where I'm probably

850
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: mixing it up the most. Yeah, Duke to me is

851
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: probably on balance at least on form right now, equal

852
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: with Purdue, and they have the bigs to match up with.

853
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: They have the seven voters to match up with Purdue.

854
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 1: I mean, list they have four freshmen starting and wouldn't

855
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,919
Speaker 1: you would you know it as February hits, they start

856
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 1: peaking and they start destroying people, and now they've won

857
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: what three sig nine in a row, and you know what,

858
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 1: freshmen get it. They would have been the one seed,

859
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: I believe in the ACC tournament before the tournaments of

860
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,840
Speaker 1: the four had the Rep. Frees not screwed him in

861
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: that Virginia game earlier, and they probably would be a

862
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: four or three seed with that win. If they win

863
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 1: the double, right, I mean, if they're if they're what's

864
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 1: the record now, twenty seven twenty six, If they're twenty

865
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: seven and seven and they beat Virginia. Virginia is definitely

866
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: not a four. Like the committee gives them credit for

867
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 1: that win. The officials said they screwed Duke right after

868
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: the game, the conference said that should have been he

869
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: should have been to win the game. Yeah, so this

870
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: Duke team since that game has been on an absolute tear.

871
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: And we'll wrap up in the West, ye any, I

872
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: mean this is kind of the I think this is

873
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: the toughest one with landmines galore. I know, even though

874
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: we just said Duke as a three. But in the West,

875
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 1: I'll let you go first. Yeah, in the West, I'm

876
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: probably I want to see where the pick rates are

877
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,839
Speaker 1: on Kansas. I guess there's a there's a number at

878
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: which you still take them because people are splitting on

879
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 1: everybody else because even if it's a tough draw, they

880
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: might still have a chance. But I could see picking Ucla,

881
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 1: I could see picking a run by Yukon, and I

882
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,280
Speaker 1: could see I could see all these top four seeds

883
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,880
Speaker 1: doing it, so that one, to me is another sprinkle.

884
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: I'm probably concentrating Houston, Texas, and then I'm figuring out

885
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,240
Speaker 1: from there. It's kind of how I'm looking at this bracket.

886
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, if I'm picking non number one seeds, I'm

887
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: going Texas. I'm going either Yukon or UCLA, and then

888
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: I'm probably sprinkling Duke and Man. I don't know. In

889
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: the South. I guess Arizona. Oh plug your nose. Yeah

890
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: all right, Jason List Team Rankings dot com. If people

891
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,720
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892
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,919
Speaker 1: picks and bets. You'll have some up during the week, right, Yeah.

893
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,840
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894
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:01,319
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895
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: Madness product. What you do is starting tonight, we will

896
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: load in our simulation runs. You sign up for pools,

897
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 1: and by tomorrow night we'll have our first round of brackets,

898
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,280
Speaker 1: and we will keep updating throughout the week. We provide

899
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,959
Speaker 1: customized brackets. You tell us your rules, how many points

900
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: you get for each round, if you get points for upsets,

901
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:19,879
Speaker 1: how many people you're playing against, because that impacts how

902
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 1: risky you should be. If I'm playing a thousand people,

903
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm picking that West region differently than i am if

904
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:28,360
Speaker 1: I'm playing ten right, because I'm looking for the value,

905
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: like where can I get a pod odds edge and

906
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: against a thousand people, So we do all that. We

907
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: have tools for survivors. If you play in NCAA survivor pools,

908
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: if you play a Calcuta, we have a tool for

909
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 1: that that'll give you values and it adjusts on the fly.

910
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: So if you say, this team went for a thousand,

911
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:49,279
Speaker 1: will update the numbers on the projected pot size and

912
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 1: what you should be targeting. So we have that, and

913
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,840
Speaker 1: so I'll be working on all that this week, and

914
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: we have our betting picks and I'll be looking. I'm

915
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 1: going to be crunching the futures here after this appearance.

916
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: Stuff we've got. Thank you for Missouri, man d take

917
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 1: it easy, good luck in the tournament. M I Z baby,

918
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 1: I hope you're right. Okay, So I hope we come

919
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,800
Speaker 1: back and you're right, so do I all right, buddy.

920
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: Thanks