1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason mcintyrell. What's up, straight 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Friday March. 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: You can tell this is not a great morning for me. 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: The McIntire brackets Calcutta Gonzaga is out. Yes, it's over. 5 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: Chet Soft pushed around. I would go in on the kid, 6 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: but I think he's still eighteen. Not right, right, Drew Timmy, 7 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: I mean, Mark Few, Should I just start? Should I 8 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: just go? Choke artist? Gonzaga is essentially the Buffalo Bills 9 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: of college basketball, really really good every year, get to 10 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: the finals and then loose. And this one, I mean 11 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: Arkansas night and a half for favorites. They took money 12 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: all week. This is eight and a half. I got 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: an eight and a half. I'm like, oh, closing line value, baby, 14 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: They closed and I think nine and a half. And 15 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: then I don't think they lead for a second in 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: the second half, maybe briefly when Chet hit a three. Chet, 17 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: by the way is I mean, I could probably spend 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: ten minutes just thrashing Chet homegrun. You know he ended 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: with eleven and fourteen, but he fouled out. I mean, 20 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: I will say the two foul calls against them, more 21 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 1: joke the final two, he's going straight up. He's tall. Listen, 22 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a podcast about college troops. I 23 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: may mention the Lakers later. No, we're not doing the Lakers. 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: This is gonna be all college troops because all these 25 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: people are upset at me for talking about Duke and 26 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: rooting for them. But we'll get to that lately. I 27 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: just think in a tournament where Baylor got knocked out 28 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: last weekend, Gonzaga got lacked out, knocked out last night. Arizona, 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: I mean, and they got trounced. Now that was a 30 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: little more expected. The line was I think one and 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: a half, so like that, that's a close game. But 32 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: you could tell early Arizona, you know, they handled the 33 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: TCU pressure, and Houston just browbeat them the entire game. 34 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just physical. Arizona made a run. I 35 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: think they cut it to one early second half and 36 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: they're like, okay, we got this, and then the kid 37 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: Um what's his name, she'd Shed just went off and 38 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: it was yeah, Shed, Jabal shed twenty one. Um Edwards 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: had nineteen, and the guy do who was so good, 40 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: Ben Matherin, you know, definitely a lottery pick. He was 41 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: looked at and considered, you know, can he get top five? 42 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: And he just overwhelmed four for fourteen and Arizona's done. 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: The lone survivor was Duke. And I can't tell Rob 44 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: what you know. Gonzaga getting bounced really killed me. We'll 45 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: talk about that Calcutta later. It's a sore subject. But 46 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, Rob, what's the bigger story Gonzaga choking 47 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: or Duke surviving and advancing? Duke will now, of course, 48 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: um they will meet. Oh my gosh, they're gonna face 49 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: in Arkansas. Obviously, Douke will face Arkansas. Duke will be 50 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: a favorite in that game. But Rob, I don't know 51 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: what's the bigger story. You think Duke winning or Gonzaga choking. Oh, 52 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: it's Gonzaga because you know, coach k making the Elite 53 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: eight is nothing shocking. I think he's done it like 54 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: seventeen times in his career, So there's nothing unusual about that. Um, 55 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: especially when you consider how much talent is on that 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: roster and they got what four maybe five first round 57 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: picks on that team something like that, it's Gonzaga. Gonzaga 58 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: has made the n C Double a tournament as the 59 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: one seed five different times going back, lost in the 60 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: second round, lost in the title game, lost in the 61 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: Elite Eight, lost in the title game, lost in the 62 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: sweet sixteen. Like, at what point, I mean, your Buffalo 63 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: Bills analogy was good, but this is what I thought. 64 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: At what point do you start calling mark for you? 65 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: The Doc Rivers of college basketball. Well, Rivers has a chip. 66 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: He also has the record of being the guy who 67 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: blowed the most three one leads, like you can't always 68 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: have arguably one of the more talented teams in the 69 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: country because Gonzaga, at least of the last four or 70 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: five years, you can't say they're a mid major anymore. 71 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: Like they are a powerhouse. They are getting five star 72 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: guys year in and year out, and they still find 73 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: ways to lose. Well, listen when you if you really 74 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: want to get real about the situation a the conference 75 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: they play in the w c C. I know it 76 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: was strong this year with San Francisco and St. Mary's, 77 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: But here's the reality, rob if they played in the SEC, 78 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: they would have I don't know what seven nine losses, Right, 79 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: They're not going through this gauntlet like they scraped by 80 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: Memphis with an epic comeback Memphis. They go up against 81 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: Arkansas pressure fifteen turnovers. Like nem Hard played out of 82 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: his mind against Memphis. He was incredible. He was two 83 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: for eleven with five turnovers against Arkansas pressure. And I'll say, 84 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: I'll be I'll be honest. I was hyping them hard Man. 85 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: What a game that guy had against Memphis. Senior point 86 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: guard six five kind of looks like you could play 87 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: in the league. He couldn't handle the pressure. You're like 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: five floaters in the lane. I'm talking bunnies that I 89 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: would make three, Okay, he just he kept climbing him. 90 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: And when you see the point guard struggle like that 91 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: against the pressure, you see the pressure. They get sped 92 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: up the entire time by the Arkansas pressure extended out 93 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: past the three point line. Then you get the ball 94 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: and it's like I got It's like a hot potato. 95 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: Five of twenty one on threes five they had fifteen turnovers. 96 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: Homegren fouled out all their guys who were awesome during 97 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: the season, basically shot the bed drew Timmy did have, 98 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: but again, like what does that matter? Five turn They 99 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: would get it in the post and they would swarm 100 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: him quickly, and he would be a little slow to 101 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: make his move. And again you watched Hunter Dickinson and 102 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: Drew Timmy, two bigs who should have dominated. By the way, 103 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: Villanova a nice pull away to beat Michigan. Dickinson had 104 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: a good game, but again it's like you just swarmed 105 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: the big guy with these fast, pack rat type players. 106 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: And I gotta be honest, we saw it. Arkansas has 107 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: some dogs, Memphis had some dogs. These junkyard dog players 108 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: who are scrappy, they're gonna be going full tilt the 109 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: whole time. And Gondaga doesn't have that. Gonzaga is now 110 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: recruiting the way Notre Dame miss for football, where hey, 111 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a few pros, we're gonna have really 112 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: good uh scholar athletes, And then you get in a 113 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: big game against the SEC and Notre Dame gets shellacked. 114 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how how much you want 115 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: to compare college basketball to college football, but Notre Dame 116 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: doesn't play in a conference. They play like good not 117 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: great teams, and then they go up against Alabama or 118 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: s or Georgia and I gets smoked. And it's the 119 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: same deal with Gonzaga. We saw them wilt under the 120 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: Baylor pressure last year, and here it is Memphis they struggle, 121 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: and then Arkansas they lose. I gotta be honest, this 122 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:58,239 Speaker 1: is a stunner. I did not anticipate this. Um and listen, 123 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 1: you know we we bid fifty four thousand dollars on 124 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: them in the in the Calcutta, and um, there's still 125 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: a chance we make money in the Calcutta if Kansas 126 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: wins at all. If Kansas gets to the championship, I 127 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: think we break even or narrow loss. But overall, this 128 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: was as bad a result as I mean. It was 129 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: obviously losing Memphis would have been worse, but the tournament now, 130 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: having lost Gonzaga and Arizona and Baylor, I thought it law, 131 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: I thought it was losing luster. And again not a 132 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: popular take, but I don't know how you weren't rooting 133 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: for Duke on Thursday night. If you want to see 134 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: future NBA players in the Final four next weekend, and 135 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: you want to tune in for the Championship, and you 136 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: want to see the best the college basketball's to offer, 137 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: you want to see these stars. And when you lose 138 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: Matherin and you lose shet homegrown New potential stories not 139 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: there yet, Timmy, he's a star in the sport, you know. 140 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: I mean again, I'm not I'm not bashing Texas Tech 141 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: in Houston and even Arkansas. By the way, Arkansas will 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: go down to Duke. That's gonna happen. Sorry, Duke's point 143 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: guard can handle the pressure. The kid roaches incredible. We'll 144 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: get to Duke in a second. But like Villanova, Houston 145 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: is going to be a literal rock fight. It is 146 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: going to be half court, super scrappy. A lot of fouls, 147 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: prison rules could be, there could be how they call 148 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: it inside because that's basically Villanova plays tenacious half court defense. 149 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: Michigan shot from the field, like Houston is not a 150 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: good offensive team. Arizona's rotations were slow. They were a 151 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: young team. The Arizona lost should not surprise the way 152 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: the Gonzaga lost us. That being said, Rob were you 153 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: rooting for Duke? And again, I'm not talking about coach 154 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 1: K because everybody took it as oh you like coach K. 155 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: Who could like that guy? Oh he's the worst. I 156 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: don't care about it. I don't I care about watching 157 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: the best. And when you have Banchero and Roach and more, 158 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: Griffin's dad played the NBA like that's a stacked team. 159 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: They don't play a lot of events, but you know 160 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,359 Speaker 1: what they do rob they finished strong. The stat is staggering. 161 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: Duke shot seventy in the second half, did not miss 162 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: a shot from the field in the final seven and 163 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: a half minutes. This is the same thing with Michigan State. 164 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: Remember Michigan State close late and then the Superstars took over. 165 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: You're not running great sets. Coach k is not a 166 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: great coach. It doesn't matter when you've got four future 167 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: NBA players, and you know Calapari has to be at 168 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: home kicking himself. I got transfers. I should have just 169 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 1: got freshman superstars when you have four of them, I 170 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: mean Arizona only had really two, and one's a seven footer. 171 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Duke's guys are like wings guards, guys who 172 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: can get the ball, break you down off the dribble, 173 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: and just and and and take you to the to 174 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: the tin. All Dukes starters in double figures. Benchero twenty two, 175 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: UM the bench had a grand total of two points 176 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: and they pull away late to win. Fox Sports Radio 177 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 178 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com 179 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: and within the I Heart Radio app search f s 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: R to listen live. Were you rooting for Duke late 181 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: on Thursday? Rob aside from the fact that I have 182 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: Duke in my bracket, so take that out. So of 183 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: course I was rooting for them in that regard. But yeah, 184 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: because I wanted to see uh Ban Carroll, by the way, 185 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: that's how you pronounced that. I wanted to see him more, 186 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, because I was glued to the game before 187 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 1: watching chet Homegrin. I didn't like what you said about it. 188 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: You just reec check Homegren like he had a bad game. 189 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: He was their best player through that whole game. It's 190 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: just he got some really shitty foul calls. That's man. 191 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: He thought he was that good. He was, he was 192 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: that good. I thought he was their best player. He 193 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: was their most impactful player because Drew tim I know, 194 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: he had the points, but he was turning the ball 195 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: over like crazy. Chet Homegren was the only line of 196 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: defense there at the back end. And when he started 197 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: getting it going is when the game started to get close. 198 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: And then those two really bad foul calls in the 199 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: second half that you know, utimately lets him filing out, 200 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: But that's beside the point. But you know, I wanted 201 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: to see the best players. I know that our our 202 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: friend of the show, um Tim Brando's going at it 203 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: with you on Twitter. I don't know if you saw 204 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: it where you mentioned wanting to see the stars play 205 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: and him saying, you know, I like college basketball. I 206 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: I can watch those guys in the NBA if I 207 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: wanted to watch him. I want to watch college basketball. 208 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: And to me, that's part of the problem for why 209 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: college basketball is only really popular during March, because the 210 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: guys who are the college basketball truthers, they like the 211 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: forty eight to fifty two games. They like, you know, 212 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys who are all upper classmen that 213 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: you've never seen before or never heard of, you know, 214 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: grinding their way through the tournament like and that's cool 215 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: for you. But if you want to rope in the 216 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: casual fan, if you want to have this be a 217 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: ratings thing, which is ultimately what the goal of the 218 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: tournament is, you need either Marquis name players or Marquee 219 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: name schools. Thankfully for US, Duke has both. Now that's 220 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: not even counting the coach k Swan song narrative, it's 221 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: gonna be pushed down our throats in the next forty 222 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: eight hours. So of course I was rooting for Duke. Yeah, 223 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: I I saw the Timbraando stuff. I mean, Matt Liner. 224 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: It's kind of on my side rooting for Duke. I 225 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: don't know about you. I you know, like I really 226 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: I want to see the best, right. It's like if 227 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: you if you want to see a Grand Slam tennis final, 228 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: if it's Nadal Federer, I'll check it out. If it's 229 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 1: the fifteen seed against the sixth seed, two guys that 230 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: barely know, chances are I'm not going to give a look, 231 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: are you? Yeah? Okay, and I'm that that doesn't make 232 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: me like a tennis snob or a basketball snob. But 233 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: like that Duke team is stacked. And I'll tell you 234 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 1: right now, like you know, Saturday, I'll already tell you. 235 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: You know, Sun has two basketball games, has a soccer game. 236 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: We have a couple other commitments. And it's like, okay, 237 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: if that were Arkansas and in Texas, tech on my 238 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: making sure I'm at a TV for Arkansas. Now, I'm sorry, 239 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm not watching it on my phone, but I need 240 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 1: to see Duke Arkansas. I like the Arkansas pressure will 241 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: be good, but I'm not like some kind of dupe fanboy. 242 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: And all these people are saying, well what about how 243 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: could you root for them when they had who's the 244 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: guy who was tripping Grace and Allen? I'm like, what 245 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: does that have to do with Duke against Texas Tech 246 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: with six minutes to go? What does Grace and Allen 247 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: or even coach k Like? I know they keep showing 248 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: him on the sideline, they keep showing his wife like 249 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: that storyline to me like, I don't really care. Now 250 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: I will ask I need to ask you this because 251 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: I was at a bar for the first half, actually 252 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: the full game for the Gonzaga game, and you know 253 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: you can't hear the TV, but they kept showing replays 254 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: of the homeground two last fouls. What were what were 255 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: they saying that it was okay and not like, Look, 256 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: if you want to say that that's a foul, I 257 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: disagree because I think the verticality rules in effect, he 258 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: went straight up, his hands straight up, and that should 259 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: have been a foul. But if you are going to 260 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: call it a foul, then you need to call it 261 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: consistently throughout the game there were too many intes and 262 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say it was slanted one way or 263 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: the other, but there were too many instances where they'd 264 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: call it ticky tack on one side and the other 265 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: side of guy's getting mauled and nothing. And that's where 266 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: that's the problem with officiated. And that was one thing 267 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: I said immediately after the game is it's unfortunate that 268 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: in a game like this where the number one scene 269 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: goes down Arkansas, you know, continues this this run that 270 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: they're on and everyone should be very excited about what 271 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: they're doing. Coach Musselman, who I used to get on 272 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: my shows way back in the day before he got 273 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: his researches back in coaching, that should be the story 274 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: instead immediately after the game for the first i'd say 275 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: probably ten minutes of the last ten minutes of the 276 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: game into the ten minutes after the game, and ended 277 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: mad that officiated it was bad man, That officiating was terrible. 278 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: That that's what the narrative was surrounding that game. The 279 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: officiating is what ultimately I'm not saying because I wouldn't 280 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: have want either way, but that was the big headline. 281 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: And when you're talking about that first. That's how you 282 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: know that you have a problem. You know, if if 283 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: it was check Home Grin or anybody else. The fact 284 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: is that you have one of the best players out 285 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: of the game because of calls that were not being 286 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: called consistently on either side throughout the game. It was 287 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: just terrible and the announcer we're talking about it. It 288 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: wasn't just on social media. It was a big problem. Yeah. Um, 289 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: I'm just hopeful Rob that we get a better whistle tonight. 290 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: Now tonight we don't have as many defensive happy teams. 291 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: Providence Kansas. I'll tell you I will be rooting for 292 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: Kansas probably like I've never rooted for a team before. Um. Yes, 293 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: including Jets a f C championship against the Steelers or 294 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: against the Colts. They lost both. I may have to 295 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: use the winnings I had. I had the one good 296 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: bet that I did when was Villanova money line Duke 297 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: money line parlay paid pretty nicely, but cancels out the 298 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: Gonzaga losses, which we're just devastating, Arizona loss not going either. Miami, 299 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: IWA stayed like not a great game Friday night. You 300 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: see l as big Rob you have them in the 301 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: final four. That's one of the teams I have in 302 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: the final four. I mean, my brackets are toasted at 303 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: this point. But I'm just curious. You're not a big 304 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: college hoops guy. If you see l A gets bounced, 305 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: and I hope they don't, what's your interest level going forward? Wow? 306 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: I have to watch it for work either way, So 307 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: I'm probably the wrong person asked for that kind of thing. Um. 308 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: But even if U C. L A wasn't in, I'm 309 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: gonna watch Duke because of ban Caro, because of coach 310 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: k I would have watched Gonzaga because of chet home Grin. 311 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: But other than that, there's hardly any interest for me 312 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: because I'm not a guy who all those the sport religiously. 313 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: So where I know who the Houston backcourt is and 314 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: what their stories are, I don't know the Arizona front 315 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: court is in their stories are like I want to see, 316 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: like to your point, the guys, so I'm going to 317 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: see at the next level, and I want to see 318 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: exactly how good they are now so I can predict 319 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: the more forward. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 320 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 321 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio dot Com and within the i 322 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live 323 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: before the tournament. One of the great predictors of success 324 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: in the last nineteen tournaments has been the Ken Pom numbers, 325 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: and we talked about this. You have to be top 326 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: twenty adjusted offensive efficiency, top twenty adjust defensive efficiency. Only 327 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: five teams fit that heading into the tournament. One of 328 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: them got knocked out last weekend. That would be Baylor. 329 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: Another one got knocked out Thursday night, that would be Gonzaga. 330 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: The other three are you ready, Rob, I'm ready, Arizona 331 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: knocked out Thursday. Houston still alive, play Villanova u c 332 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: l A the last one. This would be an unprecedented tournament. 333 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: Seventeen of the last nineteam we're top twenty offensive efficiency 334 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: and defensive. Now, even if you want to say, what 335 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: about top thirty, you know three teams, why don't you extended? 336 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: Here are the other ones in the top thirty. Kentucky gone, 337 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: Kansas alive, Auburn gone, Villanova alive, Illinois gone. This has 338 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: been a crazy tournament anyway you slice it like it's funny. 339 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: If you and you're not gonna go back and listen. 340 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: About two weeks I had said I liked the Arkansas 341 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: team better last year. I had them going far and 342 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: they had a devastating loss to Baylor in the I 343 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: think it was in the Elite eight after they squeaked 344 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: by Oral Roberts. And I really like that team. I 345 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: didn't like him as much this year, And amazingly, they're 346 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: gonna get just as far as they did last year. 347 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: And you know, Rob, you made a good point before 348 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: we recorded, Like it's weird. The people who are die 349 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: hard college basketball fans who followed all year usually are 350 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: never right about anything in the tournament because it's crazy. 351 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: It's total chaos. It almost hurts you to have watched 352 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: teams in November and December, right, Rob, It's like, you remember, Hey, 353 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: this guy on Duke Um what's his name, Kiel's holy call. 354 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: He had twenty five. He had twenty five against Kentucky. 355 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: Robbie played fourteen minutes in the Sweet sixteen game and 356 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 1: took three shots and missed them all. He had twenty 357 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: five points against Kentucky. So you're like, oh my gosh, Kiels, 358 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: this guy is a huge X factor. He's like the 359 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: third guy off the bench and played fourteen minutes. So 360 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: like expound on your point, Rob about how and this 361 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: doesn't It's not not a nice thing to say about 362 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: the sport, but paying attention early is like kind of 363 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: a hindrance when it comes to march. Oh yeah, it's 364 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 1: paralysis by analysis. Like this is not at the NBA 365 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: where the best team is gonna win at the time. 366 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: Because it's a series. These things kind of work themselves 367 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: out in a one and done format. Anything can happen. 368 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: You know, you're Gonzaga, perfect example. They're one of the 369 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: best shooting team in the country. I think I read 370 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: before the game and they and they couldn't hit the 371 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: red side of a barn last night. This is just 372 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,239 Speaker 1: an example, all right. As you guys know, I work 373 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio produced the Odd Couple shameless plug. 374 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: If you go through our roster of weekday talent, you'll say, Hey, 375 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: if I want to hear an NBA take, I'm probably 376 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: I'm might listen to everybody. I'm probably gonna go to 377 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: Chris Bruce Hard. If I want a college football take, 378 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: I'm gonna listen to everybody, but I'm probably gonna go 379 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: to like Brady Quinn, you know, like there's certain guys 380 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna navigate too because you feel like they're insight 381 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 1: into the sport is going to be just a little 382 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: bit better than the average weekday host. So if you 383 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: want to talk college basketball on Fox Sports Radio, the 384 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: weekday guy gonna go to is Doug Gottlieb. Doug Gottlieb 385 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: not only played at high level college basketball, he does 386 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: some work announcing games during the season that he's more 387 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 1: plugged in than probably anybody who works there. We have 388 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: a bracket challenge at Fox Sports Radio. Me, who did 389 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: not watch a full game all season. I've watched pieces 390 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: of a lot of games, never sat and watched the 391 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: full game. Even U c l A just comes too busy, 392 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, through getting into Friday night action. I have 393 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: forty four points in our in our bracket challenge, Doug Gottlieb, 394 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: who has watched more college basketball in like a weekend 395 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 1: than I've watched in a year, has thirty six. In 396 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: what world am I? What is that better than Doug 397 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: Gottlieb at breaking down college basketball? I'm not, but because 398 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: he knows these teams inside now, just the way you 399 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: do for writing for Fox sports dot Com and you're 400 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: and you're gambling columns. You know these teams so well 401 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: that you know what should happen in all these games. 402 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: You know that this team is better than this team 403 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: at this this team handles the press, this one doesn't, 404 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: this one shoots a while, this one doesn't. Blah blah 405 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: blah blah. The problem is in the one and done format, 406 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: none of that stuff hardly ever takes place. You know, 407 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: you get lucky. One guy starts making jumpers that you 408 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: weren't expecting. You don't expect Duke to not miss a 409 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: shop for seven minutes to close the game. You know, 410 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: like that kind of stuff. You can't project forward from 411 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 1: watching them in December. So there's a reason why guys 412 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: like Jason McIntyre, who dropped fifty dollars on Gonzaga, is 413 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: over here opening up the podcast, crying into his microphone, 414 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: and someone like me, who didn't watch anything, is feeling 415 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 1: really really good on this Friday morning. Well, just just 416 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: to be clear, we're in a group that laid fifty 417 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: on a group. I am the big bunny guy in 418 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: the group. I just looked at another bracket contest that 419 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: we're in, and you know, all these guys of course 420 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: know that I have a podcast. As they listened to 421 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: you know, I had to kind of couch some of 422 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: my picks this yere because last year they listened uh, 423 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: and a lot of people kind of copied me. So 424 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 1: I was in contention for a lot of the bracket contests. 425 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: But if you don't get nail every single pick and 426 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 1: they know your picks, they just go kind of go 427 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 1: opposite on a couple of boom you lose. A couple 428 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: of uh coin flip games, you lose. I just look 429 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 1: at a bracket contest I'm in, Uh, guys, I am 430 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: currently twenty three. Now it's not by a lot. Uh. 431 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: You look at total points. The leader has fifty five. 432 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: I have thirty eight, and you know ten has forty four. 433 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: So like the gap is not huge, But like everybody 434 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: and their mom has Gonzaga, there's an x by almost everyone. 435 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: One guy has Kansas, who's left, Two guys have Kansas, 436 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: and three guys have Kansas and the leader has Duke 437 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: kind of flukey. I mean remember Duke was supposed to 438 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: have problems with Davidson or Michigan State, and they did 439 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: with Michigan State, but they survived. They were supposed to 440 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: have problems with UM Texas Tech. They did. They survived. 441 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna and of course, you know, my kids entered 442 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: some local contests and they were a little devastated. I 443 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: don't know if you guys saw my Instagram stories, but 444 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: I was at the bar and texting with my daughter 445 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: and I was like, you know, Gonzaga lost. I'm crying 446 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: and she's like, come home. I was like why, and 447 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: she's like, you don't want to be crying in public, 448 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: and I was like, this is awesome, you know. Um 449 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: So my actually, my son is not doing that badly. 450 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: He's in the mix. He had Gonzaga, but he's in 451 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: sixth UM. He has Kansas left in the final four, 452 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: but like everybody had Gonzaga Arizona, so just filed us 453 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: away for next year. You got to zag when everybody zigs. 454 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,239 Speaker 1: Everybody loves the number one seed, and it looks like 455 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,959 Speaker 1: Kansas is the final hope to for a number one 456 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 1: seed to advance. I'm on Kansas. I'll tell you right now. 457 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: I did already bet the under on Villanova Houston under 458 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: one twenty eight. That's criminally low. But I mean, if 459 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: you know anything about Houston, they don't allow points. I 460 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: mean Arizona. Did Arizona even get sixty points? Yeah, Arizona 461 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: got to sixty barely. So that Lanta one thirty two, 462 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: but um, a ton of free throws in that one, 463 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: and you know Arizona thirty three. I just think that's 464 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: gonna be a total slug fest. So I get the 465 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: under one and I'm on Kansas. This is a big 466 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: one for me. Um, I probably should just stick around 467 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: the money line, um and listen, there is still the 468 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: possibility that the tournament could be saved. You get a Kansas, 469 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: you get Duke, you see l a Villanova. That's kind 470 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: of blue blood's right, that's very blue blood. That might 471 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 1: be the blue bloody is final four that we've had 472 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: in guess longer because it would be uh to a four, 473 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: two and a one not what not the traditional Gonzaga 474 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Arizona that everybody had, right, Um, I don't know, Rob, well, 475 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: you were like you and you know this better than 476 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: I do. But if you get the Duke, you cel 477 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: a Villanova, Kansas, how many lottery picks? Just what one? 478 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: That that might be another issue? What's that if you 479 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: get that final four that you mentioned, Duke U c 480 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: l A, Villanova, Kansas. How many lottery picks are in 481 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: that final four? Kansas might have one, Duke might have to. 482 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,479 Speaker 1: I don't think you c l A has any, and 483 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: I don't think Villanova has any, so that that could 484 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: be in the thing where it's like hey you well, hey, 485 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: you got the blue Bloods, but you didn't really get 486 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 1: the super State at the Stars. But there is name 487 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: recognition with the brand. Villanova has two titles in the 488 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: last like six years. U c l A is freaking 489 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 1: u c l A. Kansas is the Champions of the 490 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: Midwest always, and Duke is Dukes. So that's actually a 491 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: winning final four. I mean, listen, remember a couple of 492 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: years ago, who was it Virginia Texas Tech? Is that 493 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: what it was? Yes? And it did with like a 494 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: really bad replay on the side where that ended poorly. 495 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: The ratings were like the worst ever. But even though 496 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: it was a good game, it was like, wait, who's 497 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: playing in this game again? I think DeAndre Hunter was 498 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: there for Virginia. There was a kid that got drafted 499 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: from Texas Tech who's like already out of the league, 500 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: Jared Jarrett Cover. Yeah, I mean he was like by 501 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: the way, it's my guy. Is he in the G 502 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: League or Sons? And I think I don't know, but 503 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: I remember that name, so he's my guy from now 504 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: some Um, Yeah, that was a that was a solid game. 505 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: But again, like again, you know it's a Monday night. 506 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: You have to stay up past eleven appointment viewing. And 507 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: again the TV habits have changed. Rob I was talking, 508 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: you know, my in laws are here, and you know 509 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: we're talking about TV shows and it's like weird, Like 510 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: you know, I I hyped up bel Air here right, 511 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: and I caught up watched the first uh six episodes, 512 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: and then I like went one day and I was like, oh, 513 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: there's not a new episode yet. And I literally forgot 514 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: about it until like yesterday and I was like, wait 515 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: a minute, I've got two episodes. Yeah, Like if you 516 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: don't have the old school, like hey, Tuesday eight o'clock, 517 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: Who's the Boss is on? Like I there's other shows 518 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,719 Speaker 1: that I watched. If you forget and they only released 519 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: one a week, It's like I don't even know what 520 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: day these things are released. It's tough college basketball. You 521 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: know what's coming and you look at the game and 522 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: you're like, I'm gonna go ahead and pass on that one, right, 523 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's not the case. You're right. You're right. 524 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: By the way, don't let e from salam here that 525 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: you weren't appointment viewing Fresh Prints, because he takes very 526 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: He takes a lot of pride in knowing that that 527 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: was one of our most listened to episodes ever when 528 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 1: he was on to talk about Fresh Prince. So if 529 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: he knows that you missed two episodes, I didn't miss 530 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: you technically, don't miss right, you just forgot that the 531 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: show could be streamed with a new episode. Because, by 532 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: the way, dudes, every show have its own day that 533 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: they come out. I do remember, because my son would 534 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: check almost daily. Um not bobo yeah, Bobo fat. It 535 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: would come out every Wednesday, so we would try to 536 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: watch it Thursday. But like, I don't know about these 537 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: other shows, like I don't know when the new season 538 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: of oz are drops or uh, you like Reacher on 539 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: Amazon Prime, they just released the whole season. That to 540 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: me is great. So you just like it's the most 541 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: recent thing you watched. All right, let me say check 542 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: the next one, and a couple of days later you 543 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: call up whatever Amazon Prime. Oh, reach same thing with 544 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: The Morning Show on Apple and a couple other shows. 545 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: But I I guess I don't have this streaming stuff 546 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: totally figured out yet. Anyways, rob Any big weekend plans ahead, Well, 547 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna watch U c l A tonight. Um 548 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: But the other problem is that my wife's birthday is 549 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: on Sunday, so if they win, it could get real 550 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: squirrely in the Gara household on Sunday, me trying to 551 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: watch the game but also entertaining my wife on her birthday. 552 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: What do you guys, Are you guys going to Disney 553 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: or something? Well, yeah, because we have a two year 554 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: old daughters, of course, that's one thing that we're gonna do. 555 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: And then I love how you just casually toss that. 556 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: You know, some people are like once every like three 557 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: years they go to Disney. You just got what we 558 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: got annual passes. Do you have a fast pass? Uh? 559 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: I don't need it because I'm going like the same 560 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: six rides. You know, I have a two year old? 561 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: What am I gonna be gonna do? So? Um So 562 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: the Sunday, it's that's an actual birthday. We're gonna go 563 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: on to days and none with the three of us 564 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: Monday is when it's just the husband and wifetimes. We'll 565 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: get massages and go out to dinner and that kind 566 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: of stuff. So that'd be cool. Wow, spicy. It's some 567 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: big birthday weekend, expensive birthday weekend. It probably will be, 568 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: especially if you have to uh yeah, if you bet 569 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: on U C L A and lose. Yeah that um, 570 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I think the NFL musical 571 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: chair stuff is over. Baker Mayfield could get signed somewhere, 572 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: traded or um. Jimmy Garoppolo is still out there, and 573 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,959 Speaker 1: of course NBA picks up next week. The Lakers tied 574 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: for the ninth seed with the Pels. I'm not as 575 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: fascinated by this as others because the Spurs still have 576 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: to catch the Lakers. Now. If the Lakers go oh 577 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,239 Speaker 1: in two against the Pelicans, Spurs could catch him. But 578 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: there's they set out Lebron against the Sixers and they're 579 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: saving him for this Pelicans game. So, and Anthony Davis 580 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: expected to come back first week in April. I'll say 581 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: March throws me off so bad. With the calendar. You 582 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: said first week of April. I just had to look 583 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: down at the date, even though I ad it twenty 584 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: five minutes ago. I still knew, like first week of 585 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: APLE always said, oh that's right, I know. I got 586 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: the taxes coming up Easter, my fifteen year wedding anniversary, 587 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: like lots of stuff in the Yeah, I know. I 588 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: looked at it's crystal on the fifteen year anniversary. Okay, 589 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: I had to do something big. I guess it's not 590 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: like you just lost fifty and then I did that. 591 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: If that were the case, would make it to anniversary. 592 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: All right, we'll talk to you guys on Monday.