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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 me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Christmas Morning. Thursday,

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Speaker 1: March sixteenth, the NCAA Tournament is here. I have to

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Speaker 1: work on the Herd today. I know, I know, I

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Speaker 1: talked about calling in sick. It's not happening. I've got

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Speaker 1: to go on the show. We're probably gonna do three

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Speaker 1: hours on Aaron Rodgers, and I'll have the tournament on

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Speaker 1: the sideline at the studio. I love the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the tournament. I will say this has been a weird week, guys.

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Speaker 1: I've had to find time to crowbar in bracket stuff.

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Speaker 1: My son got invited to a bracket challenge. I barely

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Speaker 1: got in touch of them in time for him to

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Speaker 1: fill out a bracket. I'm in a ton of bracket contest.

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Speaker 1: I did the Calcutta last night. I'll talk about the

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Speaker 1: teams later. I'm told Jason, you've got a dial back

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Speaker 1: talking about Calcutta's. When pots are large, you know, you

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Speaker 1: don't want to put people in trouble in the cross

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Speaker 1: lines and the crosshairs. So I will stop talking about

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Speaker 1: the Calcutta. I'll just slide it in later in podcasts,

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Speaker 1: so I don't get bashed as much or upset with

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Speaker 1: people upset with me. That being said, we got to

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Speaker 1: start with Aaron Rodgers. Oh, by the way, we have

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Speaker 1: a great guest who's going to talk about games that

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Speaker 1: he likes today and tomorrow. Although Thomas Casale, you remember him,

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Speaker 1: he's now with the Action Network. We like a lot

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Speaker 1: more second round potential games. There's more edge in the

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Speaker 1: second round games than these tight lines for week one.

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Speaker 1: Market is not in your favor be careful. A lot

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Speaker 1: talk about it with Thomas. I think some of these

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Speaker 1: bracket contests you can have a better job by both

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Speaker 1: doing multiple brackets, doing your doing like obviously the favorite,

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Speaker 1: the heavy favorites. Then you've got like the halfway favorites

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Speaker 1: and upsets, and then you've got just total chaos bracket.

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Speaker 1: Because any of those three could happen. Usually we get one.

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Speaker 1: I would not be shocked if this Thursday and Friday

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Speaker 1: were absolute bonkers with upset Scalore, because nobody's great. As

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Speaker 1: friend Frachila told you yesterday. But first, before our interview,

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Speaker 1: I'm getting notes from you guys on Instagram, DM, a

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Speaker 1: Jay you are, how are you not more excited for

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers? You're getting a Hall of Fame quarterback. How

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Speaker 1: are you not pumped up? You get You've never had

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Speaker 1: a good quarterback? And I'm like, well, have you guys

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Speaker 1: I'm aware of all that, But we're getting Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: for one year. That's it unless he's committing to two

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Speaker 1: and I'm unaware of it. What's one year of quarterback?

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to go through this crap again in

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Speaker 1: ten months. And this is where I'm gonna gloss over

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Speaker 1: all this stuff about him going on the Punters YouTube show.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, you guys seem to like when

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Speaker 1: I refer to McAfee as a former NFL Punters YouTube

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Speaker 1: show for some reason, you guys love that. It's not

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Speaker 1: a dig it's it's a factual description of the show.

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Speaker 1: At any rate, Rogers went on said a million things,

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Speaker 1: essentially My favorite was not the Adam Schefter part where

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Speaker 1: Adam Schefter, the reporter from ESPN, texted Aaron Rodgers a

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Speaker 1: question and he said, lose my phone number. Nice try

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Speaker 1: Like dude, so you bash reporters who are always wrong,

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Speaker 1: of you, like Rogers. Just kind of a smarmy dude

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Speaker 1: at any rate. He said he went into his darkness

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Speaker 1: well he knew Hackets with the Jets. He loves Hackett.

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Speaker 1: So by that account, everybody says, oh, well, the Packers

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Speaker 1: there's no way they're doing that. The Jets move is simple, Hey,

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Speaker 1: we got Zach Wilson. Well, there is one ace trump

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Speaker 1: Maybe they're haggling over how who's paying how much of

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Speaker 1: his salary next season. I'm sure all those games are

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Speaker 1: That can't help me. So now he put the onus

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Speaker 1: make a decision. What are you going to get? Just

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Speaker 1: this relationship. This is trending toward becoming as bad as

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Speaker 1: So it's not about the Jets, it's about Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: So essentially, if you're the Packers, how long do you

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Speaker 1: give up two first I don't think so. This is

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Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Aaron Rodgers. This is not what

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Speaker 1: I think the Packers overestimated what the market was for

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and it's really one team, the New York Jets.

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Speaker 1: worst case scenario, you give up two number ones Rodgers

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Speaker 1: who thirty nine gets hurt. Next year you got Zack

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Speaker 1: NCAA tournament talking picks with Thomas Kascale. It is lengthy.

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Speaker 1: Good luck, enjoy the tournament. Obviously, I'll be on social

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Speaker 1: Jason likes to think he knows everything when it comes

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Speaker 1: to sports. I know what sports dance wants, but for

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Speaker 1: everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does. Let's

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Speaker 1: opprescient college basketball prognosticator. He is keeps moving on up

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Speaker 1: every time I feel like I talked to him online.

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Speaker 1: He's got a new job because people are trying to

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Speaker 1: hire him left and right. Maybe he'll be at Fox

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Speaker 1: with my guy Andrew Lynch, who was at Fox. Let's

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Speaker 1: bring in Thomas Cassali. Did I say it right, Thomas?

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Speaker 1: You got it? Yeah? Thomas college basketball Expert, The tournament

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Speaker 1: is finally here. I'm excited, You're excited. I don't want

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Speaker 1: a Christmas morning vibe. Unfortunately, Thomas, I gotta say, some

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Speaker 1: the past. It feels like the market is just way

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Speaker 1: tighter than Like, I don't see a ton of edges

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Speaker 1: in the first round. I agree. I actually only bet

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Speaker 1: like football, like in college football or pro football. I

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Speaker 1: and they'll slow the game down. They got a ball

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Speaker 1: handler and Boogie Yellois. I think that's a tough matchup

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Speaker 1: for Marquette. If it's Michigan State, Markuetta run them right

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Speaker 1: off the floor. So again, it depends on who wins

426
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Speaker 1: that first round game. I also think Arizona's fraudulent, but

427
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Speaker 1: they're in the fraud bracket with Baylor and Create in

428
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Speaker 1: the two biggest fraud in college basketball. So the you know,

429
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: I think Arizona can do can get through there. But

430
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Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting. I mean it's there's gonna be

431
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Speaker 1: a lot of those type of teams that people are

432
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Speaker 1: too high on who maybe didn't watch basketball all season,

433
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Speaker 1: Like Creating is who they are. Listen, I'm sitting on

434
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Speaker 1: twenty two K. If Creton wins, it all. So I'm

435
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Speaker 1: telling it to you straight. That team never came together

436
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Speaker 1: like me and others thought they would when I bet

437
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 1: him way back last April at one hundred to one.

438
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 1: It's just not there. So all of a sudden, they're

439
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 1: gonna wake up and it's gonna doesn't work that way.

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Speaker 1: I don't think. Yeah, it's a Franfrachilla was on yesterday

441
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: and said that they had some chemistry issues with Columa,

442
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,359
Speaker 1: tickets of bad shots, wanting to show the NBA he

443
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Speaker 1: can be a three point shooter and all this crap

444
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Speaker 1: um that because he's he's the guy. He's the guy

445
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Speaker 1: who never really came on who people like me were expecting,

446
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Speaker 1: because remember nobody, when everybody was piling on Creton, everybody

447
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Speaker 1: forgot they lost two of their top three scores last year.

448
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Speaker 1: That was part of the equation. So when someone like

449
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Speaker 1: me liked them, we were thinking a couple of those

450
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Speaker 1: younger kids were going to step up. And that's what

451
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Speaker 1: hasn't happened to make them the dangerous team I thought

452
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Speaker 1: they would be. Yeah, they lost who I was at Hawkins, Yeah,

453
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Speaker 1: and then another forward. But I remember their game against Kansas.

454
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Speaker 1: I had Kansas in a Calcutta last year, and I'm

455
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Speaker 1: sweating bullets because this is way closer, and I'm almost

456
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Speaker 1: certain they covered that game. And I'll be honest, I

457
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Speaker 1: think Kluma was the best player on the court in

458
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Speaker 1: that game. He was, and you know, that was kind

459
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Speaker 1: of what you were looking forward to this year with

460
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Speaker 1: a healthy team. Remember they had the injuries last year

461
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Speaker 1: late in the season, you know, to them hard and

462
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Speaker 1: Culprinner down low. That kind of kind of hurt them

463
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Speaker 1: a little bit and you were thinking, geez, you know,

464
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Speaker 1: then they get the transfer from South Dakota State. But yeah, yeah, yeah,

465
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Speaker 1: But you know, Craig is an interesting story because this

466
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Speaker 1: no money's new and you know, kids from South Dakota

467
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Speaker 1: State are asking for a million dollars. I don't know,

468
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Speaker 1: he played in the Summit League. Maybe he's not worth

469
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Speaker 1: a million dollars, you know what I mean. And I

470
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Speaker 1: think that's where some of the Chemist's free issues might be. Well,

471
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Speaker 1: the other thing with Crayton is is there a chance

472
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Speaker 1: the veteran coach McDermott can step in and say, guys, listen,

473
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Speaker 1: we've got a shot as long as we play our

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Speaker 1: game and nobody tries to be a hero worries about

475
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Speaker 1: the scouts or worries about any of the crap. We

476
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Speaker 1: can make a run because I'll be you know, NC

477
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Speaker 1: State's not going to be easy. They got an NBA

478
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Speaker 1: player in their starting lineup. I think Baylor, like you said,

479
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Speaker 1: is a big fraud. But you know, Missouri Utah State,

480
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Speaker 1: I don't. I like Missouri, nobody else seems to. And

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Speaker 1: then Arizona is good, but I'm not. I just don't

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Speaker 1: see it. And I'll tell you this. We're in a

483
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Speaker 1: Calcutta and you know, let's just say that a computer

484
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Speaker 1: model really likes Arizona as they're like undervalued because nobody

485
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Speaker 1: seems to like them. And I don't know, Thomas. I

486
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Speaker 1: watch them. They're not pleasing on the eye. They've got

487
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Speaker 1: no athletic wings, their guards are They just got a

488
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Speaker 1: bunch of size. Why can't Creton go on a run

489
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Speaker 1: and make the regional final? So this is why I

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Speaker 1: have my doubts. I took Creton even though I don't

491
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Speaker 1: like them, to win the Big East Tournament because I

492
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Speaker 1: thought this is the easiest path to a title game.

493
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Speaker 1: Like I didn't know if they would beat U Connor

494
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Speaker 1: Marquette in the title game. But I thought they'd get there. Yeah,

495
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Speaker 1: and I thought the performance against against Xavier was the

496
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Speaker 1: worst performance I saw by any team this season, and

497
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Speaker 1: that was last week. So there's there's My question is

498
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Speaker 1: like if they had started playing best, remember last year

499
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Speaker 1: and people say, well, what about North Carolina? Well, North

500
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Speaker 1: Carolina played pretty good at the end of the season

501
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Speaker 1: last year, Like that was a team that was underachieving

502
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Speaker 1: last year, but at the end of the season you

503
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Speaker 1: started to see, Hey, this kind of looks like the

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Speaker 1: team we thought we were gonna see. I've never seen

505
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Speaker 1: that out of Creton, So yeah, could they go on

506
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Speaker 1: a run? And maybe I agree with you about Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I do like Missouri. I think too many people are

508
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Speaker 1: on Utah State. I think Missouri's the our team and

509
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Speaker 1: there's a lot of question marks in that in the bracket,

510
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Speaker 1: so the reason, but that's why I think Alabama has

511
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Speaker 1: the easiest road the final four of any one seed.

512
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Speaker 1: I think there's just too many teams here that didn't

513
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Speaker 1: didn't an Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk

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Speaker 1: about all of them, but I want to go back

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Speaker 1: to what you said about in North Carolina. I was

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Speaker 1: looking back at their run last year. Listen man, that

520
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Speaker 1: game against I had UCLA against them, and that was

521
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Speaker 1: a gut wrenching loss. I felt like UCLA had the

522
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Speaker 1: game and blew it. And I don't know, maybe we

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Speaker 1: could disagree. I thought North Carolina got lucky as hell

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Speaker 1: at points in that tournament they got I thought super

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Speaker 1: lucky against Duke and against UCLA late. I don't know what.

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Speaker 1: Maybe we could disagree, but yeah, no, I'm not saying

527
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying they played better down the stretch of

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Speaker 1: the regular season, where I know some people who liked

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Speaker 1: them as a nine seed. I didn't, but I know

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Speaker 1: people who liked them because they had started playing better.

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen that from Crayton, and I think bay

532
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: Cock was big. Obviously he was playing at the top

533
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Speaker 1: level of the tournament. But I would agree with you

534
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Speaker 1: at at anytime North Carolina wins, they get lucky because

535
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Speaker 1: they have a terrible coach. Oh Jeezy went to my

536
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 1: high school, bro Way before me, But yeah, that's it.

537
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 1: And they also had the guard was at Caleb Love,

538
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Speaker 1: who was thinking about the NBA after that tournament run,

539
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Speaker 1: and he just this season he's just jacking shots like

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Speaker 1: I mean, like me and direct ley, you know, I

541
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: get the ball that's going up, you know, right, and

542
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 1: and that that kind of killed the chemistry. But let's

543
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 1: go to Alabama. It's interesting. No, I could guarantee you Thomas,

544
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: all these talking heads on TV pick in Alabama in

545
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 1: the final four six months ago, they could not have

546
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Speaker 1: named any players other than Brandon Miller. I'm looking at Alabama.

547
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: Last year they lost to Notre Dame. They actually got

548
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Speaker 1: smoked in the NCAA tournament. Remember that last year, yep,

549
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 1: I couldn't play any events. And you look at their

550
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: team from last year and they're like an almost an

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Speaker 1: entirely new team. And again, when you've got a bunch

552
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Speaker 1: of old veteran teams, does that concern you with an

553
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Speaker 1: Alabama team. I don't know who here has some postseason

554
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Speaker 1: wins quick quiterly maybe from two years ago. Like, I

555
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,640
Speaker 1: don't know if any of these guys are all winners,

556
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 1: do you well? I actually had an Alabama plus eight

557
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: hunter to win the SEC because I thought their team

558
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Speaker 1: last year was Creighton's team this year, like it just

559
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: didn't come together. Like you looked at the team on

560
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 1: paper and you're like, why are they it Just something

561
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: wasn't right. And you know, I knew they were adding

562
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 1: the freshman. They're the big time freshman, you know. And

563
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: they also got Sears, the guard from Ohio who has

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Speaker 1: tournament experienced. He won a game in the tournament with

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Speaker 1: against Virginia the YEP and so that I thought the

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Speaker 1: chemistry and just the players they had this year were

567
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Speaker 1: better than last year. Something just didn't gel together last year,

568
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Speaker 1: and sometimes that happens, but I think Alabama happened. At

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Speaker 1: the end of the regular season. They were men to lead,

570
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Speaker 1: drained from all the off the court stuff. You could

571
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Speaker 1: see it on the port. Then the SEC tournament started

572
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,719
Speaker 1: and that looked like they were back to be in Alabama. UM,

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Speaker 1: the way they play, the way they space, they're the

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Speaker 1: only SEC team I like SEC team. I like. I

575
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Speaker 1: think the SEC they all play the same style. They're

576
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Speaker 1: all slashers, they can't shoot. Um. You know, they all

577
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Speaker 1: have the same kind of players. To me, Alabama is

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Speaker 1: a little bit different than the way the rest of

579
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Speaker 1: the SEC plays basketball. MM. Interesting. UM, so I tweeted

580
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Speaker 1: out something along the lines of Brandon Miller, could he

581
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Speaker 1: go on a Danny Manning type run? Now, I know,

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00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: Danny Manning probably before your time. You're a young guy. No,

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Speaker 1: that's the last time I want to put a bracket

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Speaker 1: pool when nineteen eighty eight or like that. So Danny

585
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Speaker 1: Manning was they were They were not a number one seed.

586
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Speaker 1: Obviously not the favorite coming in that being said, someone

587
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Speaker 1: sent me a DM. I'm not going to say who Hey, Jay,

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Speaker 1: it's interesting you bring up Danny Manning. What was the

589
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Speaker 1: last time a freshman went on a massive run in

590
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Speaker 1: the NCAA tournament? And I was like, well, let me

591
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 1: think start going back, and they're like, oh, that hasn't happened.

592
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Speaker 1: Is it Carmelo in Carmelo Yeah, And it's like, oh,

593
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 1: so maybe freshman don't totally dominate now, Paolo bancro was

594
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Speaker 1: incredible last year. They didn't. I don't even think they

595
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Speaker 1: got to the final four? Right. Did they lose in

596
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Speaker 1: the final four or lead eight? I forget, but yeah,

597
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Speaker 1: they it was at least eight. I think that that

598
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: was a great game. I love Yeah. So anyways, just

599
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Speaker 1: been good fresh I don't think Kemba Walker was a

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Speaker 1: freshman when they went on the run. Gordon Hayward couldn't

601
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Speaker 1: quite do it. I think Curry was a sophomore, so

602
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 1: there really we haven't seen a freshman do it. Is

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Speaker 1: Brandon Miller capable of that. I don't like them to

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Speaker 1: win at all. I think they can make a Final

605
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Speaker 1: four run, like if you're filling out brackets because of

606
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Speaker 1: the region that they're in. Here's my problem with Alabama.

607
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: They're gonna shoot threes no matter what. If you look

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Speaker 1: at their losses, they shot an average at over twenty

609
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: two threes in those games, but they shot just over

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Speaker 1: thirty four percent. So that's how you're gonna be Alabama

611
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: is the day that they're they're ball Their shots aren't

612
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: falling from three because they're gonna keep putting them up.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot to like about the team.

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Speaker 1: I also wouldn't be surprised if, let's just supposing San

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Speaker 1: Diego State finally wins a game in the tournament, gets

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Speaker 1: by that first round game, right mental the mental hurdle,

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Speaker 1: you know, over they kind of match up pretty well

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Speaker 1: with Alabama. I don't know if they'll win the first

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Speaker 1: round game, but if they can get there, they can

620
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Speaker 1: d that team up and have and maybe Alabama starts

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Speaker 1: missing some outside shots, they can kind of slow them

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Speaker 1: down a little bit. That would be an interesting matchup,

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Speaker 1: I think. But there's not a lot of teams like

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Speaker 1: Virginia I don't like at all. You know, West Virginia

625
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: doesn't play enough defense. I don't think Maryland can beat them.

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Speaker 1: So there's not a lot there really standing in Alabama's way. Interesting.

627
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Speaker 1: San Diego State has two starters in the UM that

628
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: are transfers. The kid Bradley had a wolful game life year.

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Speaker 1: I was on them and they lost. I just I

630
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: haven't seen enough of them. The numbers for them are

631
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: kind of good defensively, but offensively, yikes. You know, you

632
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Speaker 1: go in a scoring drought against Alabama and you're in

633
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Speaker 1: some major trouble. I don't know they got. They got

634
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: smashed pretty bad by Arizona, but played dark and such tough. Interesting.

635
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: I hadn't considered them on a major run. One team

636
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: we haven't really drilled down on a number one seat

637
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: is Perdue. I can't remember the last time that everybody

638
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: has said Perdue's going down before this week, either, Sweet

639
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: sixteen or before, and are we sure we're not missing

640
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: anything with the Boilermakers. Well, Perdue's a very good team.

641
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: You look at their non conference They've beaten some really

642
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: good teams this year. They have the most dominant player

643
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: in college basketball that can get you pretty farm. I

644
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: do think there's some holes in Perdue, especially at the

645
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: guard position. That's where I worry about them. Their guards

646
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: are kind of untested. Again, we don't see teams in

647
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: the Big Ten press, but when Penn State and Rutgers

648
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: got down against them in the Big Ten Tournament and

649
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: pressed though they were throwing the ball all over the place.

650
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: That's my concern. Is an athletic backcourt that I think

651
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: they would be Florida Atlantic. I think Memphis gives them

652
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: a much different kind of challenge. So that would be

653
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: my worry with Purdue. But to your point, Jason, you

654
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: look at these teams here, like Duke Tennessee, you know

655
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: Kansas State, which is by far the weakest three seed

656
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: in the tournament, you know USC Marquette. There's not a

657
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: lot of world beaters in that placket. Yeah, so yeah,

658
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: I think it's a popular pick to the fade Purdue.

659
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: But I'll say this if they get by that. If

660
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: it's Memphis and Purdue second round and Purdue wins, I

661
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: think they go to the final four. Mm. Interesting, Now

662
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: I'm looking at those early season wins. Wow, Marquette, West, Virginia, Gonzagabite.

663
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: Yeah eighteen, Duke smashed Duke. Now Duke was, but then

664
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: I look at Perdue. They start too freshmen in the backcourt.

665
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: Now Edie is a different species seven four, you know,

666
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: absolutely dominant inside. I just wonder, let me ask you this.

667
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: In the NBA playoffs, it's like a totally different game

668
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: in than a regular season. Is that the case in

669
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: the NCAA tournament? And if so, do you think I

670
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 1: mean Zach Edie was going a bunch against up against

671
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: a bunch of smurfs last year in Saint Peter's and

672
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: he had arguably his worst game in the season. Sixteen minutes,

673
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: eleven points, five turnovers and they lose. You know, I

674
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: don't think Edie is gonna eat the way everybody saw

675
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: him eat in the regular season, do you. Well, you know,

676
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: you gotta that's who's he gonna play, right, Like Duke

677
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: has a big front line, they can challenge him the

678
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: you know, I think Memphis can give the Guards trouble,

679
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: but they don't have a ton of size down low.

680
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: So it really depends on who he's gonna play, like

681
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: Kansas state that they don't have a ton of size

682
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 1: down low. So I think he's got a good region

683
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: for that. But it all starts over now, you know

684
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: what I mean. Like that's why guys like me you

685
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: don't have an edge. We had an edge back in

686
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: November and December and January when I was picking games

687
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: on Monday for Friday, looking at the schedule, looking at

688
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: where Lions would be off, you know, Betton, Mass Lowell.

689
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: But now we all got the games at the same time,

690
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: the numbers were released at you know, everything was so

691
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: there's not a big edge here. But yeah, I would

692
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: say ed I think is in the right bracket, like

693
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: the monster bracket is that lower half of the West.

694
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: Good God, TCU as a sixth seed, they're better than

695
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: most of the three seeds. You know, you got Gonzaga,

696
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: you got UCLA, you got Yukon. In that, you got Kansas.

697
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: That's where I think he would have struggled more against

698
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: some of those big, physical front lines. All right, let

699
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: me just throw a couple of games at you, Indiana,

700
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: Kent State. I see a lot of people on Kent State.

701
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: What's going on? K State's a really good team that

702
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: you know. They played Gonzaga tough, they played Houston tough.

703
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: They have great guard play. For me, the numbers not

704
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: big enough. Uh, it's you know, sitting four four and

705
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,760
Speaker 1: a half. You're talking about last year's Alabama team. Similar

706
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,919
Speaker 1: here with Indiana. Right, they could lose in the first round,

707
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: they could make the final four. Nobody really knows that.

708
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: It really depends who shows up. You know. Again, I'm

709
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: not a huge fan of their coach. I think I

710
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: think he gets out coached sometimes. So Ken Ken State,

711
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: I'll say this, out of all the popular upset picks,

712
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: they're the most talented. That's the most talented team. So

713
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: lost to Houston by five, Gonzaga by seven, Charleston by two.

714
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: Interesting um close, but no cigar um. Sixth seed, that's

715
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: the most dangerous to make a run. Iowa State, Creighton,

716
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:47,879
Speaker 1: m TCU or Kentucky. I think TCU easy on that one.

717
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: They they just they're a tough match. See. I think

718
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: some of these big twelve teams they got to be

719
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: taking a deep breath that they're getting out of that

720
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 1: conference beating each other up all the time, you know,

721
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: and you look at TC you I think they're the

722
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: best team that you mentioned. But again, their second round

723
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: game Gonzaga, I mean that they beat Gonzaga UCLA. How's

724
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: that for trying to make a run. You know, we

725
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: mentioned Creighton the Kentucky I have no love for it

726
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: at all. Iowa States an interesting team because the way

727
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: they played defensively. I think if they get Xavier in

728
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: the next round, that would be a good matchup for them,

729
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: and I could see them moving on to the sweet

730
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: sixteen Xavier's dot could Um No, maybe I just sour

731
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: on them because they beat like you said, they beat

732
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: our Creighton, our Creton team uh in tournament. All right,

733
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 1: we'll wrap up with you know, there's a million obviously

734
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: thirty two first round games excluding the first four. You know, Thomas,

735
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: I felt like last year the betting was just up

736
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: and down you end up five hundred. I almost felt

737
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,720
Speaker 1: like the value is in filling out, getting in bracket

738
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: pools where if you can predict a little bit of

739
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 1: chaos you can do well and maybe if even if

740
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: you don't win, you could you know, finish second or

741
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: third and make some money and then betting in the

742
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: later rounds, like after the first round. Because listen, man,

743
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: some of these first round dogs look tasty, and as

744
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 1: you said, the lines are just too short. I agree

745
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 1: with you, especially this year. I'm looking at some projected

746
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,400
Speaker 1: second round matchups that will probably end up being my

747
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: bigger bets of the tournament. There's nothing in the first round.

748
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, yeah, you know, listen, I'm kind of

749
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: a contrarian on this one. I think Saint Mary's is

750
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: gonna stifle the hack out of DCU. I think they're

751
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: gonna slow that game down as long as they can

752
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 1: beat the press. I think they slow it down. But

753
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: remember DCU had DCU has trouble on the half court. Yeah,

754
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,280
Speaker 1: so you know, that's one game, and I like Yukon

755
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: to be iona. But in the second round, I think

756
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,760
Speaker 1: there's some really interesting matchups if you want to take dogs.

757
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: That's where I think the dogs start barking more as

758
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: in the second round, when you're getting more value in

759
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: the line. So are you looking at Saint Mary's against

760
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: Yukon because you kind will probably be favored. Yeah, No,

761
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,800
Speaker 1: I don't think that's not a great matchup for Saint Mary's.

762
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: I think I think Yukon they're gonna do some damage

763
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,919
Speaker 1: in this tournament. I think they lost last season. They

764
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: have that huge front line that's going to give a

765
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 1: bunch of teams trouble. But you look at that second

766
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: round right like if it's Memphis per Due, USC Marquette,

767
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: you know there's a couple of games there. You know,

768
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: Aubur Houston, We'll see what that line is, Kansas, Arkansas.

769
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: You know Arkansas, they still have really good players. So

770
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 1: there's some second round games that could shape up that look.

771
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: And you know, I'll tell you right now, if Virginia

772
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: wins the first round game, whoever they play in the

773
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,720
Speaker 1: second round game, I'm taking that team. Yeah, I would agree,

774
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: just to go back real quick to Saint Mary's. So

775
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: what I recall from Yukon watching them down the stretch

776
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: inability to guard point guards is embarrassing. And I mean,

777
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: I know he's a freshman, but the kid Mahaney It's

778
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: Mary's is really nice. I want to make a case

779
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 1: for Saint mary I want them to go on a

780
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: run because I bought a futures on the but I mean,

781
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: it has no chance. That. Being said, they're a fun

782
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: team to watch. Yeah, I think he's really good. Logan Johnson,

783
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: he's a bucket getter. Any case you wouldn't take up

784
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: against huh just because of the if you looked at

785
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: where Saint mary struggled against Gonzaga, was a size right. Really,

786
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: Gonzaga won all three of those games. They dominated to

787
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: the other one they were up until ten minutes to

788
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: go when Saint Mary's came out a huge comeback and

789
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,800
Speaker 1: won in overtime. But Gonzaga for the most part, really

790
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 1: controlled all three of those games. And I think Yukon

791
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: can do that similarly. But what you said you know

792
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: about the point guard, I think it's different. Like everybody's

793
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: talking about the BYU game where they pressed them and

794
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: almost came back. I think it's different in college when

795
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: you throw us press on these kids and they get

796
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 1: surprised by it. They've had five six days to prepare now, Yeah,

797
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 1: and they have ball hammers. So that's why I'm not

798
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: so sure that VCUS press is gonna bother them. But

799
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: it's an interesting team. And listen, we'll have to see

800
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,320
Speaker 1: what that Yukon line is because when it comes to

801
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: a team like Saint Mary's. Prefer to take them getting

802
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: a lot of points then laying fourteen or fifteen points.

803
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: All right, I didn't ask about Kansas. We can wrap up,

804
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: I say, no shot or to repeat. I don't even

805
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: see them getting in the final four. I think they're

806
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: a little bit overrated. No depth at all. This injury

807
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: to mcculor doesn't seem great. I'm already hoping Arkansas is

808
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: getting like seven six seven you think in the second round. Yeah,

809
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: and that's uh, you know, we gotta look and see

810
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: who wins that game, right, Uh, I think, yeah, I

811
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: think Kansas will be Illinois. And you don't have Arkansas advancing. No,

812
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: I think they Kennedy. I have Arkansas winning that game. Okay, Yeah,

813
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: then I think it's a dead even game with Kansas.

814
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: Kansas is problem this year, which is unique. They don't

815
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: have any front line size, but you always, you know,

816
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: you remember Kansas, there's always a big guy down there

817
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,240
Speaker 1: doing something, you know, and they just don't have that depth,

818
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: so they can get pushed around in the paint. And

819
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 1: this is a terrible draw in that region. I you know,

820
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: you got your Arkansas, Saint Mary's Yukon, PCU, Gonzaga, UCLA.

821
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: I would say if I had to bet on which

822
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: one seed wouldn't make the final four, Kansas, to me,

823
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: would have the shortest odds. I don't think they get there.

824
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: You're right, McCormick. Last year it was the big guy

825
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: and looking right now, Holy hell. They have a freshman

826
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 1: Uday who plays a little bit. But you're right. Jaalen

827
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 1: Wilson is their guy. Gritty Dick's like a perimeter player. Yeah,

828
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,320
Speaker 1: they're gonna, They're gonna. Arkansas is like three pros on

829
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: their team, and I know they were injured a lot

830
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:31,760
Speaker 1: and freshman's spottiness, but I kind of like Arkansas. Arkansas

831
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: will give them a lot of trouble, especially if Kansas

832
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,399
Speaker 1: tries to play fast, because Kansas, Kansas one of those

833
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: teams that will play kind of any way you want

834
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: to play. They're adaptable. But if Arkansas can get that

835
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: game going back and forth and get their athletes out

836
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: running with Kansas, I think that's a very very interesting matchup,

837
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: and I'm with you. I would take the points in

838
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 1: round two with the Hodds if they get there, all right.

839
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: Thomas Casale Action Network, I see the Larry Johnson jersey

840
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: hanging in the background as well as the Is that

841
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan? Yeah? Yes, yeah? What was what was your

842
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Speaker 1: what was your favorite team of those two? Oh? My

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Speaker 1: favorite team ever, hands down, UNLV. Yeah, that's my favorite

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Speaker 1: team ever. That's uh. I to this day, I cannot

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Speaker 1: watch Anderson Hunt's final shot against Duke because I still

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Speaker 1: think it's going to go in heartbreaking, heartbreaking. Hey, so

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Speaker 1: do you remember the year prior um Bobby Hurley was

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Speaker 1: so nervous to face that he had like the runs

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Speaker 1: before the game. I was scared to death. That's I

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Speaker 1: was watching it in my college dorm and they came

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Speaker 1: out and I said, oh my god, this game's over

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Speaker 1: look at those guys. They and you know the Duke's credit.

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Speaker 1: They came back the next year, but yes, by like

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Speaker 1: thirty though, didn't they Oh they got Yeah, they got

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Speaker 1: an annihilation. That was That team was a juggernaut. But

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Speaker 1: all right, Thomas to join the tournament. Sure everybody will

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Speaker 1: be following you on social media for the picks. To

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Speaker 1: take it easy, man, Thanks for having me. I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate it.