1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Hope you had a great weekend. Everybody ready 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: to go after a two year await selection Sunday, We're 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: ready to fill out our brackets and you can be 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: involved in our bracket challenge. Everybody can get into the pool. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: All you have to do is sign up for the 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: newsletter dan Patrick dot com and once you sign up, 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: you can submit your bracket and then you can see 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: where you stand with the celebrities that we have. Where 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: else can you be in a bracket challenge with the 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: likes of Jake from State Farm, Michael Douglas, Brian Cranston, 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: Darius Rucker, Jim Parsons, Guy Fieri, Bob Costas, Mark Cuban, 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: John Oates of Hall and Oates, Jack Nicholas, Alex Ovechkin, 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler, Wayne Gretzky, just to name a few. You're 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: making a few of those up and you'll see your name, 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: you know, in the bracket challenge where you stand with 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: those selebrities. Those are just some of the celebrities that 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: we have and I didn't make up any name there. 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: Jack Nicholas is involved, Michael Douglas is involved, Jake from 20 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 1: State Farm even Tag Team Scoop it is Alex Ovechkin. 21 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: I don't even know if he knows anything about college basketball. 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. You can be involved and the bracket 23 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,279 Speaker 1: challenge doesn't cost you anything. It's just pride is at stake. 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: You sign up for the newsletter and you can enter 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: your bracket and you're ready to go. We'll have some 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: fun with that. But don't expect this to be a 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: normal NCUBAA tournament. There's there's still some serious health challenges 28 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: out there, and Jay Billis is going to join us. 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: If a team can't play, then what happens to that 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: team in the tournament. We saw what happened in conference tournaments, 31 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: but it's going to be harder than ever to fill 32 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: out a respectable brackett. A disrupted regular season throw everything 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: off balance. Teams like Virginia and Kansas and Duke they 34 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: had to pull out of their conference tournaments. But even 35 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: with all the upheaval, there'll be some pleasant surprises. There'll 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: be some familiar faces. Those are the coaches. Patrick Ewing, 37 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: who will join us later on this morning, leading Georgetown 38 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: to the Big East title, Rick Patino, leading Iona to 39 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 1: a conference title in a tournament birth. You still have 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: some star power in there, some players who will be 41 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: playing in the NBA next year, but there's less star 42 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: power than usual. There's no Zion Williamson, there's no that 43 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: one name you got to see. But there will be 44 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: players where you will fall in love with them because 45 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: you'll love their story or how they play or both. 46 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: And not to sound like a CBS promo, but you know, 47 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: this is where legends are made. Even if it's not 48 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: your normal tournament. It's just I'm glad that it's back. 49 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: Whatever it is, I'm glad that it's back considering where 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: we were a year ago. This program is brought to 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: you by brought to you by the great folks. Had 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: built bar sixteen grams of protein, low calorie, low carb 53 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: and it tastes great. That's the key. 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So 63 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: the number one seeds Gonzaga, Baylor, Illinois, Michigan Duke is out. 64 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: Duke not even playing in the n I. Drew Brees 65 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: has announced his retirement, and it looks like Jamis Winston 66 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: will be the starter, at least projected to be the 67 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: starter in New Orleans, which is what I've been saying 68 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: for many many months now. Taysom Hill's fascinating. He's not 69 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,119 Speaker 1: my starting quarterback Jamis Winston, and hopefully through osmosis or proxy, 70 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: he learned how to play the position a little bit 71 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: better being around Drew Brees and Sean Payton eight seven 72 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: seven three DP show email address DP at Dan Patrick 73 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: dot com. Mike Florio will join us on loan from 74 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: Pro Football Talk first day that you can start to 75 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: negotiate with free agents. Aaron Jones stays with the Green 76 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. You got Nick's nets coming up tonight, Lakers 77 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: at the Warriors. Mclovin, do you have a poll question 78 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: for me today? Yes? Okay? What is the biggest tournament 79 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: storyline today. It's Monday. You know, I know everyone's included 80 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: into all the teams, but I'll give you some choices. 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: Gonzaga going in undefeated, Duke not being there, COVID contingencies 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: as I call it, or familiar faces Patrick Ewing and 83 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: Rick Pattino being in the field. And I was gonna 84 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: throw in, are there any stars that people want to watch? 85 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: I know, Kay Cunningham, Luca Garza. I don't think that 86 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: there's any star people are tuning in for. Cunningham is 87 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: probably more MUSSYTV. I mean, Luca Garza, you'll watch and 88 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: you'll go, how does he get it done? You know, 89 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: he's not fast, he doesn't jump. Um. You kind of 90 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: look at him and you go, he's the Big Ten. 91 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: I think he's back to back Big Ten Player of 92 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: the Year honors. Yeah, yeah, I would say it's it's 93 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: Gonzaga going undefeated, and then I would put COVID contingencies. 94 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: You know, once the tournament starts, we're not going to go, 95 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: boy I wish the Duke was here. Duke's not any good. 96 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: You might go, boy, I wish Duke was in there 97 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: so we could root against them, or it doesn't feel 98 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: like a tournament without coach k Patrick Hewing and Rick Bettino. 99 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: As much as I love what you know both of those, 100 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: did you know they may be one and done. Probably 101 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: will be one and done. Um. I would say Gonzaga 102 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: going undefeated, trying to navigate, you know, a crazy year 103 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: and then going into the tournament and then trying to 104 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: do what hasn't happened since nineteen seventy six. And they 105 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: should be the favorites right now. They have been a 106 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: great team from start to finish. It's just there will 107 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: be one game in the tournament, guaranteed where the outcome 108 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: will hang in the balance for Gonzaga. If Gonzaga goes undefeated, 109 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to blow through everybody and 110 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: win by double digits. There will be one game at 111 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: least where down three with five minutes to go. It 112 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: just happens because and sometimes there's no rhyme or reason 113 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: where you go, how are they you know, losing to 114 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: that team, or how is that team staying with Gonzaga? 115 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: Foul trouble, somebody gets hurt, somebody is not great, somebody 116 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: is great on the other team. Whatever it is, it 117 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: happens every tournament where we go, how did that happen? 118 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: And it'll happen in this tournament. They'll be probably five 119 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: to ten moments where you go, I can't believe that 120 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: just happened. Yeah, McLevin. Watching ESPN last night, it feels 121 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: like no one wants to go Chalk, but everyone's afraid 122 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: not to pick Gonzaga. All the experts that's a one team. 123 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: They're like, you know, they're scared of Gonzaga. And it 124 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: never works out, does it. I mean, the number one 125 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: seed never overall doesn't usually win. Well, that's where you 126 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: have your research that you did prior to the show, 127 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: and then you say, do you realize the number of 128 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: times that the number one seed is that would have 129 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: been great? You have that? Oh, you don't have that information. 130 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: I did hear a stat that most of the time, 131 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: the teams that win their conference tourney do not win 132 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: the tournament. Most times there's only been two conference tournament 133 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: winners in the last eight years to win their the 134 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: NCAA tournament. And I cannot verify that. I was gonna say, 135 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: are you sure about that? Now? I'm not totally sure, 136 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: vaguely sure. That's why Ethan is here. I mean, if 137 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: you say it with authority, then I guess I'll believe you. 138 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: But you know, when it comes to these kind of situations, 139 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: that's where I usually rely on Ethan because, yeah, you 140 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: know Ethan, he provides our stats, and maybe Ethan could 141 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: do what you should have done maybe fifteen minutes ago. 142 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: That's why. But I do I always make the mistake 143 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: where I watch a tournament and I see whoever wins 144 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: at I'm like, oh, they're awesome, They're gonna wait it, 145 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: and it never seems to really work out that way. Well, 146 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: that's where everybody's like Illinois, Illinois, they're great, and I'm like, yeah, 147 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: they were Alabama, but they went into overtime Alabama. Well, 148 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: I love the way Alabama play. We're all experts. We 149 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: became experts to this weekend. And Paul, what is the 150 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: limit on the number of times you can mention Illinois 151 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: in the tournament? I've moved out from Illinois' on a 152 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: Georgetown Danya paranoia is back. Oh, coach is okay, Well 153 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: that's good, so Paul will not bring up Illinois. It's 154 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: like any tied to the state of Illinois. Paully latches 155 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: onto it. Yeah, And he was telling me Illinois. Nowhere 156 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: near Chicago. It's like four hours away? Is that kind 157 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: of like two and a half south Chambanna? All right? 158 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: What other poll questions? Okay? And by the way, every Monday, 159 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: best and worst of the weekend, which is sol that 160 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: you liked you didn't like? And can dial this up? 161 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: Age seven seven three DP shows say good morning to 162 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: our great radio partners around the country and our TV 163 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: partner Peacock, which you can watch for free, download the 164 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: app and watch all three hours. He asked me club, 165 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: I I have a staith post question. Let's probably had 166 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,599 Speaker 1: another college basketball Paul. Okay, it's like it's well, you 167 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: would talking about things in this tournament. I know it's 168 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: not the league, but the fact that Rick Pattino is 169 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: back in the NSA tournament. If you would have said 170 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: three years ago, when he's in Greece doing whatever he 171 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: was doing over there collecting a check, that Rick Pettino 172 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: would be in the NSA Tournament and MIKESA Chefski would not. 173 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: This guy's got more than nine lives. What you think 174 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 1: of him. The fact that he's present, well he can 175 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: still coach that. I mean, it should never be lost 176 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: on anybody. With all the baggage, all the drama, everything 177 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: that went on with Rick Pattino. At the end of 178 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: the day, as we like to say, he is one 179 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: of the five greatest coaches that we have right now 180 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: in college basketball. He truly is. This is his fifth 181 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: team that he's taken to the tournament. He can coach big, 182 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: he can coach small, he can shoot the three. I 183 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: mean he's he's done it in variety of ways. And 184 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: Rick Pattino can coach. And I know you probably go, well, 185 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: of course, they can all coach. Now, he's the kind 186 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: of guy that can take your players and beat you, 187 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: or he can take his players and beat you. He's 188 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: just that talented. Now, is Ionah going to do anything 189 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: in the tournament? Maybe you get a win, but he 190 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: got them there. That's it. I mean, that's the important 191 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: part is when he was hired and you probably thought, 192 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: as I did, Wow, Iona, this was Kentucky and Louisville 193 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: and coached in the NBA and coached the Knicks, coach Celtics. 194 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: He's won championships and here he is at IONA. But 195 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: he knows how to coach. He knows it. It's they're 196 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: like Tom Izzo just knows how to coach. Jim Beheim 197 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: knows how to coach in big games, big moments. May 198 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: not be great during the regular season, but you don't 199 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: want to face teams coached by those guys, and you're 200 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: gonna have a couple of those matchups where you're going 201 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: to realize the difference in you know, the level of 202 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 1: coaching strategy, not panicking out guessing your opponent. Yeah mc, wait, 203 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 1: do you mean he's top five now or historically No? Five? Now? Wow? 204 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: That's a that's so you think he's still that good. 205 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: That's great. I mean, I will look at what he 206 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: just did. But I feel like there's a lot of 207 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: hot coaches like NATO's at Alabama is red hot, Chaka 208 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 1: Smart and Chris Beard, and like, I feel like the 209 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: young guys get a lot of the pub Nobody, you know, 210 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: nobody talks about Rick Petino like that except for you. Now. Yeah, 211 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: but Patino has been doing it for forty years. This 212 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: isn't a Hey, I had a good run. People want 213 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: new though, they like they want the new strategy guy. 214 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: I get that, but I want to remind people of 215 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: there are guys who just know how to coach in 216 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: a big moment. And that's what the NCUBAA tournament is 217 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: when it comes down to, and we don't do it. 218 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: We don't talk about it because we don't want to 219 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: offend anybody. But there are coaching mismatches, and that's sort 220 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: of those on the inside will tell you, you you know, 221 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: when it comes down to, hey, this could be a 222 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: three point two point one point game, who's coaching and 223 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: that coach is coaches are the consistent in the constant 224 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: in the NCAA tournament comes down to we always think 225 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: of the coaches because the players are one and done, 226 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: the marquee players, and you know that that is what 227 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: you single out, like Jim Beeheim's been running this zone 228 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: defense forever forever, and we get to the tournament, we 229 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: say the same thing, and you've got to solve that 230 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: Syracuse defense. They somehow pull off wins that you probably 231 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: don't think they should. Michigan State Tom Izzo, same way, 232 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: interchangeable parts. The constant is tom Izzo, and he doesn't 233 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: always have Mark Key talent. He doesn't always have one 234 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: and donors. Same with Syracuse. That's where you got a coach. 235 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: You can't just say, hey, go out there and get 236 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: me a bucket and it shouldn't be lost on people 237 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: that you do have these guys who've been doing it 238 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: a long, long, long time. All right, what else do 239 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: you have? In Clovin? Okay, Saints question not who will start, 240 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: but who do If you were the GM coach, who 241 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: would you start? I'll give you some choices. Jameis Winston, 242 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill, the richest quarterback in NFL history, by the way, 243 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: as for five minutes, Teddy Bridgewater is in the odds, 244 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, Sam Darnold or Alex Smith, who's also in 245 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: high up in the Vegas odds. Of those guys, if 246 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: we put that up on the poll on the website, 247 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: who do you think people would pick? Not who will 248 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: get it, but who would you want? I would save 249 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: Jameis Winston over Bridgewater and Mariota and those guys. Yeah, 250 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: that's why I picked him. Just remind you, do you 251 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: want to ask me the question again? And I'll still 252 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: take Jameis Winston just trying to Okay, Yeah, I'm gonna 253 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: guess that Jamis Winston understands the position far more than 254 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: he ever did before he got to New Orleans, and 255 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: this is his chance because he can have a Ryan 256 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: Tannehill kind of resurgence here and he can get paid. 257 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: He's not costing me a lot of money. Bridgewater probably 258 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: will cost me, or Sam Darnold would cost me. I 259 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: don't want to. I don't want Alex Smith, Mariota, No, 260 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill. Now I guess it would be Teddy Bridgewater 261 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: or Jamis Winston. I mean, if Sam Darnold is kicked 262 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: to the curb, I'd just be curious about that. But no, 263 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: I would say Jameis Winston. Right now, what else do 264 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: you have? Okay, Drew Brees retired? Yeah, and I have 265 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: strong thoughts on this. Is he a top five all 266 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: time quarterback? Yes? Or no? Let me save that. How 267 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: about how about I do that in the second second hour? 268 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: Love it? Yeah, I'll let that when marinate a little 269 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: bit because I got Florio coming up second hour and 270 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: I can always ask in that question. But Drew Brees, 271 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: we weren't sure we'd been told. And then the longer 272 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: it went, he put out that workout video. But he 273 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: was on the Today Show and he made the official 274 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: announcement that he is going to retire. Here is Drew 275 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: Brees on that decision. Well, I am going to be 276 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: working for NBC. I'm part of the team now, a 277 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: your team, so I'm listen. I'm excited about that journey. 278 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: I'm excited to stay very closely connected with the game 279 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: of football. And he also talked about his well. I 280 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: like how it was a big shocker to the to 281 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: the host of the Today Show, Wheah. He also talked 282 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: about his legacy. Whenever you leave once after and go 283 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: on to the next one, I think you hoped to 284 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: have left the legacy behind it where you left it 285 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: better than when you found it. And I think that's 286 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: always been my philosophy. That's always the way I've tried 287 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: to approach life. And these are memories and these relationships 288 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: that will last a lifetime and we're all better for 289 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: it them. Yeah, and so is the city of New Orleans, 290 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: because you go back and we'll do this next hour. 291 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: But imagine that decision that Drew Brees instead of going 292 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: to the Dolphins. Nick Saban's the coach, and he decided 293 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: that he was going to go to New Orleans. Nobody 294 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: goes to New Orleans back then, but Drew wanted to 295 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: go there. And you know what he did. What he 296 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: meant to the city that's where you can put him 297 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: up on the Mount rushmore of quarterbacks, of what one 298 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: quarterback means to a city. I mean, it's a different list, 299 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: but what Drew Brees meant to the city and what 300 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: he did when he was not on the football field 301 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: is remarkable and in trying times with Hurricane Katrina, but 302 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: you know, he played the sport the right way. You 303 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 1: have you know, the shoulder injury, and usually that's you know, 304 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: career purgatory or death for a quarterback, and he made 305 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: it work and is as accurate as any the most 306 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: accurate quarterback of all time. And some numbers that are 307 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: historical there, but we'll talk about that coming up. Next down. 308 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: Jay Billis is going to join us coming up. There's 309 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: no real outrage with a tournament because usually on this 310 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: Monday after selection Sunday, somebody got host. I'm just happy 311 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: to have basketball, you know, seating wise, did somebody get 312 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: in there higher or lower or however we phrase that. 313 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: I just want to know about the COVID contingency plans 314 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: of what if somebody has to pull out of the 315 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: tournament and then who gets to take their spot? What 316 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: if somebody has to pull out? I don't know in 317 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: the elite eight, Then who gets their spot? I don't 318 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: think there's four fits. Does the team that you just 319 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: beat do? Then they get to go in? It gets 320 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: you know, billis will help us understand all this that'll 321 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: be coming up. Jay is supposed to be smart, or 322 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: at least he gives the presentation. Then he's smart and 323 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: a lawyer. Nineteen after the hour, just getting started. On 324 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: this Monday, Dan and The Dans Dan Patrick Show Discover 325 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: the Discover card and discover something amazing. Discover matches all 326 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: the cash back you earn on your credit card at 327 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: the end of your first year, automatically, no limit on 328 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 1: how much you can earn. How amazing is that? 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Be sure to catch us live every weekday 337 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on 338 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on the 339 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the 340 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: Peacock app. Today, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every 341 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: weekday morning on my podcast, Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. 342 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: This isn't your typical sportspod pushing the same tired narratives 343 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: down your throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest 344 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: opinions on all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to 345 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: help you win big at the sports book, and all 346 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: the best guests. Do yourself a favor and listen to 347 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple 348 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up for 349 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: the DPU Show newsletter and you can be in our 350 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: bracket challenge. As I mentioned Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas, Yeah, 351 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: that Michael Douglas. He this second year in a row, 352 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: that he did it two years ago. He was so excited. 353 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: Bryan Cranston, Walter White, Darius Rucker, Jim Parsons, Guy Fieri's in. 354 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: Jack Nicholas is in, Alex Ovechkin is in Wayne Gretzky, 355 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler just to name a few. And you can 356 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: be in the bracket challenge. Why you have to do 357 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: is sign up for the newsletter and submit your bracket. Yes, Polly, 358 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: do you think Alex Ovechkin assumed he would be the 359 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: greatest hockey player in our bracket tournament? Like he's thinking himself, 360 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta be. Who else is there? Chris? 361 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: Come on, let's bringing Jay billis ESPN college basketball analyst 362 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: and in case you forget, he was a very good 363 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: college basketball player in his own right. Jay, do you 364 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: remember your first tournament game when you were at Duke. Yes. 365 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: We played in Pullman, Washington, and stayed in Moscow, Idaho, 366 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: and so it was not not much of an introduction 367 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: into the glory of the tournament. We were probably felt 368 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: like we were more quarantined and isolated than the guys 369 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. Right now, who was the best player you 370 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: played against that year? That dead left Fremp. We played 371 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: Washington at Washington State in the second round. That was 372 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: back before the tournament expanded, so it was nineteen eighty four, 373 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: so we had to buy We didn't play a first 374 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: round game. We had to buy into the second round 375 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: and played played dead left shremp and Christian Velop and Washington. 376 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 1: How'd you do? They beat us by one and Johnny 377 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: Dawkins got fouled on a lob and just taken out 378 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: and the referee just looked at him like, we're in Washington. 379 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: How surprised were you reaction to Duke nut getting in 380 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: this year? Not surprised at all. I thought the only 381 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: shot they had to get to get in in was 382 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: beating Florida State and go into the semifinals of the 383 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: a SEC tournament and playing well there. I don't think 384 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: they had to win, but they had to play well, 385 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 1: and the coronavirus thing having a player test positive took 386 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: them out of it. So I wasn't surprised at all. 387 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: What about the COVID contingency plans of what happens during 388 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: the tournament. When the tournament gets started, if a team 389 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: has to pull out, what happens. Let's say it's an 390 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: Elite eight or a Sweet sixteen, what happens to that matchup? 391 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: They just moved the other one on. So once the 392 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: tournament starts, everything's locked in. If something happens between now 393 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: and then, they'll take one of the last four teams 394 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: in order. When the last four teams left out, I 395 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: think Louisville was the first one, and they'll just put 396 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: them into that slot no matter what the seed is. 397 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: So if a you know, if a sixteen seed goes 398 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: out because of virus issues and cannot play, then they 399 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: slot Louisville in there. So a number one seed is 400 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: going to be going. Really we get Louisville as a 401 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: sixteen seed. That's not fair, that's not fair, but it's 402 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: just it's the only way they can do it. I 403 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: guess theoretically you could, you could shift up one bracket 404 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: and and just reseat it, but that that way everybody 405 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: has to redo their scouting and their preparation and all 406 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: that stuff. You're just better off just sticking it to 407 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: one team rather than the whole bracket. It's kind of 408 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: like an airplane flight, like if you miss a flight, 409 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: or if they cancel a flight, they don't they don't 410 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: just pook everybody on the next one and inconvenience everybody, 411 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: they just didn't convenience have one flight. But are you 412 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 1: going to have these four teams that are sort of 413 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: in the undecked circle. They're quarantining, practicing, ready to go 414 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: just in case. That's yes, they're testing and ready. They 415 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: had to notify the selection committee that they're willing to 416 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: go if they're called. I don't anticipate that happening, but 417 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: who knows. There's a lot of things you didn't anticipate. 418 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: But but you know, the conference tournaments, I mean, it 419 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: was some big names with Virginia Duke and Kansas having 420 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: an issue, but otherwise everything went off pretty well. I 421 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: think the I think the big issue Dan was there 422 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: was a little bit of trauma there. You know, it 423 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: was one year basically to the day, and all of 424 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: a sudden, you had a few teams drop all, you know, 425 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 1: within twenty four hours, and it started to feel like 426 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: deja vu all over again a little bit. But but 427 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, intellectually, you knew that this is not that 428 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: big of a deal. I mean, it certainly sucks for 429 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: those teams and their fans and the coaches all that stuff, 430 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: but it wasn't it wasn't anything going to derail you know, 431 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: the conference tournaments and TV and all that stuff. The 432 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: business is going to go on, no matter how many people, 433 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: you know, have to have to bow out of this 434 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like there's any outrage today. Normally the day after, 435 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, we're railing against a team that got in 436 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: or seated too high or a team that didn't get in, 437 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: is there any outrage. No, Maybe that's because we're just 438 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: happy to have it. But the committee did a pretty 439 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: good job. I mean, there were some things that I 440 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: didn't care for, but nothing where you're going really like, 441 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: are you guys you know the balls round right, We've 442 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: had those in the past. We didn't have that this year. UM, 443 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 1: So overall, I think it was pretty good. And you know, 444 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: I mean you could cure. There are a couple of 445 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: things I don't like that the committee does usually, and 446 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: that is, um, I don't like it when they put 447 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: mid major against mid major m and because you know, 448 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: one of them loses, and you know, that's when you 449 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: go put any time you can put the little guy 450 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: against a big shot and let's see what happens, because 451 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: that's what people seem to want. And it is a 452 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: television event after all, and they know that too. But overall, 453 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: I thought it was I thought it was pretty good 454 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: and pretty balanced. That was the best part of it 455 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: was there's no region you're going well, that one's a 456 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: fair and this one's easy. They all seem seem pretty 457 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: pretty balanced, which is I think the number one thing 458 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: to do for any committee. Jay Bills, ESPN College Basketball Analysts, 459 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: you mentioned this is a TV show. I was wondering 460 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: about this. If Zion was still on Duke this year 461 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: and they were thirteen and eleven, would would the committee 462 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: look at Duke differently? If you had a Marquis Mussey 463 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: player like that. Well that's part of the problem. Dan 464 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: is a Zion or on Duke's team, they wouldn't be 465 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: thirty maybe twenty four, maybe twenty three and one. Okay, 466 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: come on, all right, well that but that's the issue 467 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: with them is they didn't have they didn't have superstar talent. 468 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: They had they had good talent, and they were just 469 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: kind of just like everybody else this year. They had 470 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: good players and youth and all that. But you know, 471 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: so with Kentucky and Duke, you know, people, some people 472 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: were saying, ah, one and done, it doesn't work anymore. Well, 473 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 1: it works at Oklahoma State, and it works at Gonzaga, 474 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: and it works at USC. You know, they just didn't 475 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: get the superstars this year and Kentucky and Duke usually 476 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: do I wonder about, you know, once we get done 477 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: with the one and done, how that's going to change 478 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: what the blue bloods do recruiting wise, or how that's 479 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: going to affect the mid majors. Do you do you 480 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: see a seismic shift there that now, all of a sudden, 481 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: Dukes getting the guy who's going to stay three years maybe, 482 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: but they're also going to get They'll get the best 483 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: players anyway, and they'll be more active in the transfer market. 484 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: That's going to be a bigger deal going forward. You're 485 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: going to see players that identify themselves as being really 486 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: good are going to go Heck, I can go to 487 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: Duker Kentucky now and you'll see that more often. But 488 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm not convinced that one and Done is going away it. 489 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 1: You know, you may see other avenues. But if if 490 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: the NCAA wise is up or if the Supreme Court 491 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: says they have to, players are going to be able 492 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: to make money. And if they can make money, college 493 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: is going to be a pretty good option. What is 494 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: your philosophy in filling out a bracket? Mine is be 495 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: careful of the upsets that you're looking for, because you know, 496 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: saying the five twelve happens, it's picking the right five twelve. 497 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: And this year a lot of the double digit upsets 498 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: are going to be major conference teams that are are 499 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: the double digit seed, whether it's Rutgers or Syracuse or 500 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: Michigan State or things like that. Those don't seem to 501 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 1: be as appealing. But I don't. I look at who 502 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: I think is gonna advance the team. I think that's 503 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: gonna advance in the bracket, and I don't worry as 504 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: much about the upsets because those are the first weekend 505 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: fun things. And you know, when you start thinking about 506 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: like a fifteen seed or something, two seeds are one 507 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty two and eight against fifteen seeds, you know, 508 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: sometimes it seems like, hey, those fifteen this team can 509 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: really play. They can play, but they don't win as 510 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: often as you think. And then they don't win a 511 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: second game. So when you start thinking about Florida Gulf 512 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: Coast or something, that's great, but it's happened once, and 513 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: you've got gotta be a little careful of stuff that's 514 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: only happened once. Gunzaga's chances here of going undefeated, you know, 515 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: obviously it hasn't happened since nineteen seventy six. But given 516 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: everything that's happened, is that on the same level as 517 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: what Indiana did with Bob Knight? Yeah? Yeah, I think so, 518 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I think the field is a 519 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 1: little bit younger now than it was back then. That's 520 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: the only difference between football and basketball. The players now 521 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: are better than they've ever been. So if Gonzaga played 522 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: that Indiana team, they drilled them, but the players were older, 523 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: and so that's the only thing that would give them 524 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: more of a chance. It's like if you took you know, 525 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: the nineteen seventy two Nebraska Cornhuskers and they played against 526 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: Alabama this year, who do you think to win? Alabama 527 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: to drub them? But football hasn't changed. The ages of 528 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: the players haven't changed. The ages have changed in basketball. 529 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: That's the only thing that makes it where you could say, Okay, 530 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: the teams of yesteryear would do really well against the 531 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: teams now is because you'd have seniors playing against freshman 532 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: at times you got a surprise team. It's not going 533 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: to be a surprise if you tell me what your 534 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: surprise team is. Yeah, I mean, there are a couple 535 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: they're like the upsets I see are in the West 536 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: before they get their season shut down by Gonzaga. I 537 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: think both UC Santa Barbara and Ohio you are really 538 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: good picks there. Ohio You's got a player named Jason 539 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: Preston's point guard that is the LaMelo Ball of this tournament. Um, 540 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: he's a triple double guy. The averages about sixteen, seven 541 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: and seven and really really talent. He's going to be 542 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: a first round NBA draft pick. And UCSB has really 543 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: good guards in addition to a fantastic party area called 544 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: Isla Vista, which is a wonderful place if you're young 545 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: and want to have a few beers and enjoy yourself. 546 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: Ila Vista as a place to go. Do you remember 547 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: the first time you played against Jordan? Yes, absolutely, Um. 548 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,239 Speaker 1: It was at a pickup game in Chapel Hill at 549 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: a place called Woolen. Jim and and we were we 550 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,239 Speaker 1: were the number one ranked recruiting class, and we went 551 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: over to Chapel Hill to play and h and after 552 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: playing against you, Jordan and those guys, we were kind 553 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: of looking at ourselves, going, I don't know if this 554 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: is gonna This might not have been a good decision. 555 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: And then and then you know, like people would say, hey, 556 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: did you know in college that Jordan was going to 557 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: be great? Like, yeah, yeah, we did. We knew. Um, 558 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: you know when you played against him and Lynn Bias 559 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: and Ralph Sampson, you're kind of going, all right, whoever 560 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: said all men are created? That's ps Like, that's just 561 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: not true. I try to tell people about Lynn Bias 562 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: that you know, he had that explosion like Dominique Wilkins 563 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: type explosion there, but um, but he could shoot it too. 564 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: He was a beautiful jump shooter. He was superman like, 565 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: like we used to call him Superman because we'd come 566 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: back to the huddle and one of our guys to go, 567 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: I'm trying to foul him and I can't foul. Did 568 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: you face Ewing? I did in high school. I played 569 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: against Patrick Ewing in high school. I don't know if 570 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: he were well. He probably remembers it, not because of 571 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: anything to do with me, but we played it in 572 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: a like as All Star van at Pepperdine in Malibu, 573 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: and one of my teammates, guy named Billy Knox, who 574 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: played at Saint Bernard's High School and then went to 575 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: Saint Mary's, shattered a backboard, uh, in warm ups and 576 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: so that was and then and then we wound up playing, 577 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: so it was it was it was fun playing against him. 578 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: Were you guarding him? Ye oh yeah, yeah, he had 579 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: a good game. I don't know if those two things 580 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: are related. I in uh, you know, when you talk 581 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: about a force in college basketball, I love Elijah one, 582 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: but you know, viewing his presence in what he meant 583 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: to the game and his coach and all of those things, 584 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: and you know, it's hard to describe it to somebody 585 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: unless they saw it, they experienced what Hoya paranoia was 586 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: all about. Yeah, Hoya paranoia, that part of it. And 587 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: then just how dominant he was as a player. That um, 588 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: you know, back then, the center was the feared position. 589 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: And you know, if you were a dominant center, you 590 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: were the first pick in the draft. It wasn't a 591 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: discussion point. And that's why Elijah Wan went number one 592 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: over Jordan or Sam Bowie went number two. You know 593 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: that would never happen today, but back then it happened routinely. 594 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: But when when Ewing dunked it Remember in the title 595 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: game in eighty two, he was goaltending all these shots 596 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: and the announcers were going, what is he doing? And 597 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: John Thompson knew exactly. He wanted to let everybody, you know, 598 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: he wanted you to let everybody know that he was there. 599 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: They did, and they almost won that game. I wonder 600 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: what Ralph Samson would have been like in today's game. 601 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: It feels like they poor Zingi's type feel to him. 602 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: He would have been just as dominant as he was 603 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: back then. Like people forget he was the MVP of 604 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: the All Star Game in eighty five, the average twenty 605 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: and ten for a period of years, but then he 606 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: got hurt and once it was like a thoroughbred horse 607 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: having bad, bad knees. That's what happened. I remember going, 608 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: I was in Houston doing something in the late eighties 609 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: and I went to a game and he was with 610 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: the Sacramento Kings and he couldn't run anymore, and I 611 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: was it was so sad, because you know, he was 612 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: such he was so great like he should have been. 613 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: It was like almost like Walton, you know, with his 614 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: feet um it diminished what he was as a pro. 615 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: But both of them were Hall of famers, Nay Smith 616 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: hall of famers on their college careers alone. Uh, you know, 617 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: two of the greatest that I've ever played. I think, 618 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: who did you pick to win it? On? Yeahza, I 619 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: think it Zag is the best team, UM and Gonzaga 620 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 1: in Illinois. I mean, I think there's gonna be a 621 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 1: little bit of chaos in the in the first weekend, 622 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 1: but I think the top teams are pretty strong. The 623 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: one I'm I'm concerned about is Michigan because Isaiah Livers 624 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: has been out and if he's not back and then 625 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: they've got Ella, they probably have LSU in the second round. 626 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: I don't know that LSU is going to get beat 627 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: by Saint Bonaventro, though Saint Bonaventri is pretty good. The 628 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: fighting woad bombs UM. But I think I think Michigan 629 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: is the only one that that you're going, oh man, 630 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: without Livers, maybe maybe they could trip up a little bit. 631 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,399 Speaker 1: Thanks as always, Jay will hopefully check in with during 632 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: the tournament, and my best to the boys. Uh there 633 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: in Bristol. Should have been dating last year, Dan. Yeah, 634 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 1: now they're going to the n I T I know sucks. Yeah, 635 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: Eastern Kentucky hasn't been the same since you left it. 636 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: Oh my god, you know they have been not any good, 637 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: not any good, Jay Andy, They've been consistent. Thank you, Buddin. 638 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: That's Jay. Billis a former do great, very underrated college 639 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: career by the way, I think thousand points thousand rebounds, 640 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: but just not a typical center back then like Jay. 641 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: Now he would probably you know, he would fare a 642 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 1: lot better, it feels like. But back then, when that's 643 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: your center and you're going against you know these guys 644 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: Ralph Sampson seven to four. Uh, that's it's not gonna 645 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: it's not gonna end. Well, yeah, Paul, I think viewers 646 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: are so used to j on TV. They know he 647 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: played basketball, but he was a high All American and 648 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: the fact that he faced bias, he faced Gordon face Ewing. 649 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: Those stories are out there. This program brought to you 650 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: by Mercedes Benz. They go far beyond from their customization options, 651 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:13,359 Speaker 1: cutting edge check, five star sales service and financial support crew. 652 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,399 Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz vans built equipped an engineer to get ready 653 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: for anything, Go the extra mini, take the all important 654 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: first step into an authorized dealership. Today, phone calls coming up, 655 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 1: best and words through the weekend. But when we return, 656 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: it's our play of the day back after this. Thanks 657 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: for listening to the Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure 658 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: to catch us live every weekday morning nine until noon 659 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and 660 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,000 Speaker 1: you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR 661 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: or stream us live on the Peacock app. Oh my God. 662 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: Play of the Day. Play this is the play on 663 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: the day. Check this out. Smart gets it into watch, 664 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,239 Speaker 1: threw it away, You'll run it down to the back porch. 665 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: You will take it to the top of the art. 666 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:11,720 Speaker 1: Watch for three. Yes, that's a great game. That's courtesy 667 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: a Lirifield IMG. Alabama holds on to beat LSU. First 668 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: SEC tournament championship in thirty years for Alabama. By the way, 669 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,239 Speaker 1: the last six NCAA tournaments, only one national champ was 670 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,800 Speaker 1: a team that won its conference tournament. That was Villanova 671 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Coming up next Alabama against Iona That 672 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: will be on Saturday. 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McClement, Well, I put 680 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: up what's the biggest storyline Monday of tournament week and 681 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 1: it's actually number one as COVID concerns with Gonzaga being 682 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: undefeated right behind it. Yeah, I figured it was Gonzaga. 683 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,439 Speaker 1: I understand doing it today with what's going to happen 684 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: or could happen the next couple of days, and trying 685 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: to get everybody healthy, safe and be able to start 686 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,760 Speaker 1: this tournament. But as Jay said, once the tournament starts, 687 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:24,240 Speaker 1: that's it. Nobody is allowed in. And it starts on Friday, 688 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: officially starts on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, that's your first 689 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,880 Speaker 1: two rounds. Just so you know, plan accordingly. Yea McLevin. 690 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: You know on Sunday slea Sunday, I kept thinking about 691 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,759 Speaker 1: that question you asked Mark Few about being a mid 692 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,239 Speaker 1: major and how he took conception to it. I still 693 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:40,920 Speaker 1: think of them as a mid major. I can't get 694 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: past it, you know. I don't view them as a 695 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: blue blood, even though they kind of are. No and 696 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,319 Speaker 1: they should be, but they don't have any titles. They 697 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 1: played in a title game. But I mean, I was 698 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: asking coach because there is from the outside looking in, 699 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 1: and I look, it's tongue in cheek for me because 700 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 1: I follow college basketball, but I think from the outside 701 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: looking in, the casual fan looks at Gonzaga as a 702 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 1: mid major. Now they shouldn't, but they do because we 703 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: don't talk about Gonzaga usually until the tournament. Now this 704 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: year being the number one team in the country, then 705 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: we've looked at them differently. And you've had some of 706 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: the blue bloods who have fallen off. But it choosing 707 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: in the tournament where Gonzaga will go on a run 708 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: and we'll go that's right. They usually have a good 709 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: team come tournament time. But you know, he took exception 710 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: to it, but they're so close to it. He lives 711 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: at every single day and that you're not viewed as 712 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:42,319 Speaker 1: on par with Duke or Kansas or Kentucky, and they 713 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't be from the standpoint of, you know, the overall 714 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,320 Speaker 1: historical part of this because they haven't won. You know, 715 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: those other programs have won titles, but the perception is Gonzaga. 716 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 1: It's a cute little story where they located again, you know, 717 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,319 Speaker 1: one of those that that's the feeling you usually get. 718 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: But if you're filling out your brackets, I'm sure that 719 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: you're going to have quite a few people putting Gunzaga 720 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 1: in there as your national champion. Yes, Paul. And if 721 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,239 Speaker 1: you go back in the past twenty thirty years, no 722 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: team that's not at least considered a high end college 723 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: basketball team. I think Virginia winning two years ago was 724 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: one of the bigger non top five type teams because 725 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,720 Speaker 1: if you look at the past twenty years, it's Kentucky 726 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: or Louisville or U Connor Duke or North Carolina or 727 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,440 Speaker 1: Kansas again or Florida again. There's no wild teams and 728 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: they're Syracuse once in a while, Arizona once in a while, Ucla. 729 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,359 Speaker 1: There's you know, there's no Weber State coming and winning 730 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,640 Speaker 1: a title in this thing. It is strange to see 731 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,600 Speaker 1: UCLA versus Michigan State just to get into the tournament. 732 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: And you always think, certainly back in the sixties and 733 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: seventies with UCLA and they had moments after that, but 734 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: Michigan State, Michigan State is current where Tom Izzo somehow, 735 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: some way gets his team into the Elite eight. You 736 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,440 Speaker 1: may not know the roster, somehow, some way gets his 737 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 1: team in. And a lot of these coaches, they're so 738 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 1: good at preparing that if you give them two, three, 739 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,920 Speaker 1: four days to prepare for somebody, that's when the coaching 740 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:14,799 Speaker 1: really comes in and it can be an advantage. They 741 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 1: just know what they're doing, getting your team ready, what 742 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: you scout for, playing a neutral site against an opponent, 743 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 1: and Izzo has been able to do that. That's why 744 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,120 Speaker 1: he's a Hall of Famer. Aaron Jones is staying in 745 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,480 Speaker 1: Green Bay. I think there was speculation, quite a bit 746 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: of speculation that maybe they just would move on from 747 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones because they weren't sure how costly he was 748 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: going to be. Feels like he gave the Green Bay 749 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: Packers a hometown discount there, and I wondered about the 750 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,120 Speaker 1: mileage on Aaron Jones. You know, a lot of these guys, 751 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,800 Speaker 1: if I look at what they did in college. You know, 752 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,120 Speaker 1: Christi McCaffrey had a lot of carries, a lot of 753 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 1: carries at Stanford, Leonard Fournette. By the time you get in, 754 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,120 Speaker 1: even if you get in as a junior, you've ad 755 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 1: seven hundred carries in college. Maybe even more or touches, 756 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,400 Speaker 1: but I don't know the mileage on Aaron Jones. I 757 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: do love what Aaron Jones does. But if Green Bay 758 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: is going to make it to the Super Bowl, offensive line, 759 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: and I gotta have somebody on the defense that takes 760 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 1: the ball away. I have to have a game changing 761 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: kind of defensive player, but offensive line, as you saw 762 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,960 Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay. If Tampa Bay is reloading on that 763 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:36,000 Speaker 1: defensive line, you still have that glaring, glaring weakness. Yeah yeah, 764 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones has never had a three hundred carry season. 765 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 1: Two years ago two and thirty six carries last year 766 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:42,680 Speaker 1: two d and one. He shares the ball a lot 767 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 1: with that vacuum. Yeah yeah, club. I have no idea 768 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,839 Speaker 1: without looking up whereon Jones went to college. I've never 769 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:54,200 Speaker 1: heard his college mentioned. It must be a small school 770 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: because I've never He's not like him. Everybody gets one guest, Todd, 771 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:06,520 Speaker 1: Where'd Aaron Jones go? 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