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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up

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Speaker 1: straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Tuesday, March,

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Speaker 1: the middle of March, the IDEs of March, and oh boy,

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Speaker 1: do I have a good story from last night. But

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Speaker 1: first I gotta tell you abou our guest today. You

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Speaker 1: guys are gonna absolutely love him. If you're into brackets,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna love him. If you don't really care about

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Speaker 1: the brackets the NA tournament, well we can't be friends,

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Speaker 1: but um, you can still listen to what this gentleman

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Speaker 1: has to say in hopes that you can, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: win some money in your work bracket contest, or enter

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Speaker 1: some pools with friends and clean up and dominate, because

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Speaker 1: you know that's what we like to do here, make

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Speaker 1: you guys some money. UM. Our guest is a guy

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Speaker 1: who bets a lot of college basketball. Um. He is

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Speaker 1: at NBC Sports. He has had a really good college

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Speaker 1: uh college basket about betting season. His name is Thomas Cassale.

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Speaker 1: He is very thoughtful and I think you'll really like

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Speaker 1: what he has to say about the tournament and hopefully

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Speaker 1: he can give you some winners. Really good stuff from Thomas.

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Speaker 1: But first, before we get to him, let me just

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Speaker 1: quickly buzz through what happened in the NFL, because chaos

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Speaker 1: seemed to go down. Oh my gosh. I know free

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Speaker 1: agency doesn't start for a couple of days officially, or

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Speaker 1: one or two days. But some of the stuff that's

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Speaker 1: just buzzing around is madness. Jarvis Landry's done in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: It's funny. Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry were supposed to

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Speaker 1: be like the two guys who helped put Baker Mayfield

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Speaker 1: they cut loose Jarvis and I get it makes sense financially,

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Speaker 1: but nevertheless, Um, so they got a Marie Cooper. We

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Speaker 1: don't even talk about Amari Cooper. Goodness gracious. Uh. The

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Speaker 1: NFL stuff from the weekend kind of got over overshadow

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Speaker 1: by Tom Brady, but it's just the Browns overhaul is interesting.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're done. I think they're gonna get

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Speaker 1: into Deshaun Watson sweepstakes players and picks. It makes sense, right, Um,

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, you're not doing anything with him, You're not

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Speaker 1: giving him an extension. It's over for him, So why

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Speaker 1: not try to punt. And you know, if you have

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Speaker 1: up hell Nick Chubb, you do whatever you have to

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Speaker 1: to get a quarterback. Um Elsewhere in the league, the

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Speaker 1: Chargers continue to absolutely go all in to make it

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. I'm not gonna even say super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: but they they're trying to get to the playoffs. The

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Speaker 1: first move was Khalil Mac last week. Listen. I know

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Speaker 1: some people thought it was an overpay. Fine, that's cool

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Speaker 1: that you think that. I get it. That being said,

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mac and Bosa on opposite ends, as long as

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Speaker 1: they're healthy, that is a deadly offense defensive line. You

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Speaker 1: can't double team both of them. And oh, by the way,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers went out and got j C. Jackson, arguably

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Speaker 1: the best cornerback on the market. He was really really

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Speaker 1: good in New England. Now, I know a lot of

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Speaker 1: buyer's remorse with guys from New England. They end up

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Speaker 1: We'll see with j. C. Jackson. But my goodness, that

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Speaker 1: Charger defense Derwin, James, Bosa, Mac Jackson, they are really stacked.

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Speaker 1: If they can stop the run. They had still have

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Speaker 1: I know the a f C. West is loaded, but um,

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Speaker 1: twelve games. I like the Charges a lot. Next year,

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Speaker 1: who doesn't I need to mention my Jets stole yes,

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Speaker 1: stole c j Uzama from the Bengals three years, four

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Speaker 1: million dollars. I like it. You know, the Zack Wilson's

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Speaker 1: Thomas Casale of CBS Sports. No. Jason likes to think

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Speaker 1: I don't want know if I want to call him

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Speaker 1: he's been on a heater in college basketball gambling. He

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Speaker 1: a pretty nice background. Thomas Casale, NBC Sports. How are you, man,

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Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. You are located upstate New York,

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Speaker 1: Vermont has a decided home court advantage. I'm told, yeah,

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Speaker 1: But so how you feel it? First of all, I'll

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Speaker 1: gambling on tournaments and all that stuff. A lot of

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Speaker 1: people just, you know, they Thomas, it's kind of a bummer.

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Speaker 1: But college basketball has mostly become a one month sport

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Speaker 1: That's kind of good. Oh, Virginia Tech just won the

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Speaker 1: So you're looking at teams that win their conference tournaments, right,

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Speaker 1: so it's not that unexpected to see them when their tournaments.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you get some of these teams like Richmond.

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Speaker 1: how much do you, by the way, how much do

424
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Speaker 1: you put stock in like veterans versus young kids? Because

425
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Speaker 1: I believe Arizona is the youngest team in the field

426
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Speaker 1: according to Ken Palm, they're either first or second something

427
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Speaker 1: like that. I put it more into mid majors. A

428
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Speaker 1: team like Vermont, who I don't think I had a

429
00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,720
Speaker 1: good draw, but very experienced. I like teams that have

430
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 1: gone to the tournament before and and are and are returning.

431
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,200
Speaker 1: You know, I remember years ago with Vermont, they played

432
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Speaker 1: Syracuse and I had them on the money line because

433
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Speaker 1: it was their third time in the tournament with the

434
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Speaker 1: same kids, uh, and they ended up beating the cuse

435
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Speaker 1: the So I do look at that a lot. I

436
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,120
Speaker 1: think teams like Arizona, I don't think it hurts so much,

437
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,439
Speaker 1: just because they're so talented and they're so deep. So

438
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Speaker 1: they get a couple of guys can play four games,

439
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,719
Speaker 1: and they got other guys ready to roll. The other

440
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,760
Speaker 1: thing with Arizona, and I picked them to win it

441
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,119
Speaker 1: all is just gonna be the defense against better teams,

442
00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,640
Speaker 1: right can make it? They you can't just outscore everybody

443
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,560
Speaker 1: in the tournament. At some point you're gonna have a

444
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Speaker 1: rock fight where you've got a close game where your

445
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 1: defense has to step up a little. Yeah, that's a

446
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,040
Speaker 1: great point. I'm trying to think of what teams that

447
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Speaker 1: applies to mid majors veterans. I guess Loyola would bela Yeah,

448
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,160
Speaker 1: I love Loyola. I have them, I have them beating Villanova.

449
00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,320
Speaker 1: I don't think this is a very strong goal team.

450
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,119
Speaker 1: I think Loyola is gonna blow Ohio State out, I

451
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 1: really do. I think that's gonna be like a double

452
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Speaker 1: digit win for the Ramblers. They match up well. Ohio

453
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,879
Speaker 1: States a little beat up coming into the tournament. I

454
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Speaker 1: just think they're one and done it again this year. Yeah,

455
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 1: they just don't look good. Uh interesting over Villanova, there's

456
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Speaker 1: all this hype. I mean, people love Jay Wright, obviously, Gillespie,

457
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 1: people love you. Look at that team after Gillespie and

458
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,480
Speaker 1: Samuel's do do they really have anything? You hit it

459
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 1: on the money for me. The way Loyola has defended

460
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Speaker 1: this last month, now that they're healthy again, I think

461
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,560
Speaker 1: that presents a tough matchup problem for Villanova. Now listen,

462
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Speaker 1: Obviously Loyola has to score, so I mean that could

463
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Speaker 1: be a game with three minutes to go. But the

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Speaker 1: way Loyola's defense matches up with a Villanova team that

465
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Speaker 1: doesn't have a ton of scores, I think that's the

466
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Speaker 1: Wildcat's weakness and why I don't really have them going

467
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Speaker 1: far this year. Yeah, I don't know. Does San Diego

468
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,680
Speaker 1: State qualify as a mid major? No? Yeah, No, they're

469
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Speaker 1: they're very experienced. My problem with San Diego State, and

470
00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,120
Speaker 1: it's always gonna be this, is that do they score enough?

471
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: You know, they just have those games when they play

472
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,679
Speaker 1: in the forties and low fifties, and when you get

473
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Speaker 1: in the tournament, you just can't you have one of

474
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Speaker 1: those and you might be going home that they're very

475
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Speaker 1: experienced against Buddy Beheim and that was a terrible matchup

476
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Speaker 1: for them because they couldn't play the zone. If the

477
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Speaker 1: Zone played them a hundred times, they'd be against them brutal.

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482
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Speaker 1: let's go for double digit upsets. I'll just toss out

483
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Speaker 1: a couple of you. I mean it's not big, but

484
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Speaker 1: Davidson over Michigan State bad matchup for s party And

485
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 1: you think I get caught looking ahead to coach k Well,

486
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: you know I don't's got the duke Michigan State game.

487
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: I just don't think Michigan State is very good. You

488
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 1: know that's not my issue with them. I don't have

489
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: a great read on David said, I haven't had a

490
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: great read on the eight ten for most of the year.

491
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Speaker 1: I do lean to them in this game, just because

492
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be able to to rebound and

493
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 1: defend against Michigan. Is that be a close game? Right?

494
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 1: So I could go either way, but I lean Davidson, Um,

495
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 1: you a b and everybody's new favorite player, Jelly Walker

496
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Speaker 1: Um against Houston. Houston's it's weird. I I think you

497
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Speaker 1: might have had this note that Houston has one win

498
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Speaker 1: over tournament team this year. Yep, that's uh. They have

499
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Speaker 1: to They have two wins over tournament teams, one of

500
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,159
Speaker 1: them Bryant and the other one was Memphis on Sunday,

501
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 1: So they're best wins outside of Memphis were Virginia and Oregon. Now,

502
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying Houston isn't talented. They obviously are. But

503
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Speaker 1: they lost two players for the season. People you know

504
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: sometimes forget about that two key players for the season

505
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 1: back in November December, and they haven't really played anyone.

506
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Speaker 1: So are they that good? I have you a B

507
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 1: in that game. I think they are a live dog. Uh,

508
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a heck of a game. I think

509
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be one of the best first round matchups

510
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Speaker 1: of Round one. And I took the eight and a

511
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 1: half nine points there, and I wouldn't be surprised if

512
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,360
Speaker 1: they upset them so huge. I don't. I guess Houston

513
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: doesn't totally fall into that mid major category. They did

514
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: the final four last year. They have four seniors. But

515
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,359
Speaker 1: you're right, Sasser, done for the year. Uh they lost

516
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Speaker 1: another kid. Damn you have them going down to you

517
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Speaker 1: a B. I do? I mean I And when I

518
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Speaker 1: pick upsets, one of the ways I do it is

519
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: if I don't have that team going far and they

520
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 1: do end up winning. I don't think Houston's gonna go

521
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Speaker 1: that far this year. So if I picked the upset

522
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Speaker 1: in my bracket, if it doesn't happen. I don't think

523
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,199
Speaker 1: it's gonna kill me. The same thing with Illinois. I

524
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: got Chatanooga being Illinois. I have no love at all

525
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Speaker 1: from the line. I none. I don't know where the

526
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 1: love comes from with that team. They have two players

527
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,919
Speaker 1: and a bunch of guys out there. How about this one,

528
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 1: the jack Rabbit San Diego State and Providence I saw,

529
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: I think I saw a stet that San Diego State

530
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Speaker 1: has not lost since December. Yeah the I mean they

531
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,200
Speaker 1: haven't really played anybody, but still impressive to go through

532
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: a conference which teams know you right and and and

533
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 1: go undefeated. I was looking to I knew seeing the

534
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: everyone knew that South Dakota State was going to be

535
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: one of those sexy picks, right. They shoot the ball

536
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,840
Speaker 1: like crazy. I was hoping they would play a more

537
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: athletic teams so I could go against them. Providence isn't

538
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 1: really that team. I'm not as down on Providence as

539
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: some other people, but I do think that's a tough

540
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: matchup and I could see the jack Rabbits winning that one. Yeah,

541
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 1: that you're right. I mean the the mocks and um,

542
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: the jack Rabbits there, they're fun and they almost seem like, um,

543
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 1: the public underdogs so far at the tournament. Would you

544
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 1: agree in the first thing? Yeah, And I'm a little

545
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 1: bit upset because I've been on chattan Ubas since November

546
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,160
Speaker 1: and that that stinking game where they made the shot

547
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,440
Speaker 1: at the buzzer. I just looked up and I said, oh, darn,

548
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 1: everybody and their mothers, right. I was kind of hoping

549
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: they would be one of those teams nobody was talking about.

550
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,239
Speaker 1: But that really goes to TV though, too, Like who

551
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,320
Speaker 1: were the talking heads talking up? Because listen, I I

552
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 1: mentioned this last year when I bet against Colgate. No

553
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: one on Earth watched Colgate, so don't tell me you

554
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: like because you've never seen them. That was more people

555
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 1: on TV saying watch out for Colgate. So that's really

556
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 1: where it's coming from. This is this is weird. So

557
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: I um, one of the guys on Cold Gate has

558
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,920
Speaker 1: a podcast that he does with the guy from Shot Quality,

559
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 1: and they had me on their last year. So I'm

560
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: talking to the kid, you know, he's it's Tucker Richardson,

561
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: who's one of their leading scores. He's a great, great

562
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: three points And I'm talking about the podcast that I'm

563
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: just learning I'm like, you guys are gonna be good.

564
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: He's like, oh, we're yeah, we're stacked. And then they

565
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: come out and they lose a ton of games early.

566
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've uh, like, they struggled, but

567
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: then oh, is that what you were losing money on

568
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: them early? No, but they they you know, one of

569
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: their players was injured for a while too, the Nelly commings,

570
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: so their their guard who really generates all the offense

571
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: off you know, off the dribble. So that's kind of

572
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: when they were really struggling. And then he came back

573
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: and they started getting in the groove. But you're right,

574
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: they were very disappointing at the beginning of I bet

575
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 1: him against Lehigh and they gave up like ninety five points,

576
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: and jeez, what went on here? You know what you're betting?

577
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: You're betting Lehigh Colgate in December? Oh yeah, I don't

578
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: wanna um pump you up too much, but some a

579
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: couple of guys did tell me that you are responsible

580
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,919
Speaker 1: for moving some markets in college basketball. Um, you know,

581
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: I don't how do you handle a question like that.

582
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: You could be brutally honest, it doesn't matter. I don't

583
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: consider myself like a sharp pro better. I I just

584
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,919
Speaker 1: you know, I look at everything. I don't bet. I

585
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: think sometimes especially on Twitter, people just bet one way.

586
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's their brand or you know

587
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: what I mean, like their fade in the public, or

588
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: they're a contrary. And I kind of take everything into account. Yeah,

589
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: I look at markets and line moves. But if I

590
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 1: really like something, I'm gonna bet it. That's just the

591
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: way I do it. And I think in those smaller conferences,

592
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: you know, if you follow them, like I know some

593
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: people are on Yale. Yale is the second best team

594
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: in the IVY League, so you're betting that. I listen.

595
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: I want to bet against Purdue as much as anyone,

596
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: but Princeton was the best team in the IVY League

597
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: and I didn't get in. So I don't want to

598
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: bet the second best team in the IVY League, who

599
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: showed that they cannot play against physical teams like Seaton

600
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: Hall early in the season. Now against the Purdue team that,

601
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: whatever you think about him, is pretty athletic. Yeah, Perdue.

602
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: It basically has three future NBA players. I mean Williams.

603
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna be like a star

604
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: or anything. But he's gonna be in the NBA, right, Yeah,

605
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. I think that's why they're so

606
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: disappointing is that they looked so good early. I mean,

607
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: we talked about Auburn, but Perdue even more so, like

608
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: what happened down the stretch here. But they're kind of

609
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: built to beat bad team. But I don't want to

610
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: say Yale's bad inferior teams. The way they play their style,

611
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: with the height and the and the speed, I think

612
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna give Yale a lot of trouble. Yeah, I

613
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: looked at Yale and again Ken Palm. I know everybody

614
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: looks at Kempom, But according to Kempom, Yale lost to

615
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: Seaton Hall by thirty six, they lost to Auburn by twenty,

616
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: and they lost to St. Mary's by twenty seven. So

617
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: you're stepping out of conference against tournament teams and you're

618
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: getting absolutely destroyed. I don't know how there is a

619
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: case for them against Purdue except think you're fading Perdue

620
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: because they're per don't right, and you're you're you're expecting

621
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,719
Speaker 1: the thing about upsets and Betton underdogs. Uh, some of

622
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: these games are like thirty point games, like some of

623
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Speaker 1: the favorites just go out and what people too, that's

624
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: not it's not like uh, I think people think of

625
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: March madness. They think every game is decided at the buzzer,

626
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: and it's not so. I mean, you know, listen, I'm

627
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: a St. Peter's guy, but Kentucky is gonna cream them.

628
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: So you know, you're not really getting any value with

629
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: seventeen points or some of these other teams. How are

630
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: you handling the Baylor situation? They seem to be the

631
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: least respected number one seed. I saw one, uh one

632
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: of these metrics. I think it was Ed Fang's Power

633
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: Ranks that they have a five percent chance to win

634
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: the championship, which is like barely. It's below like Auburn

635
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,479
Speaker 1: and Kentucky. Where where are you on Baylor? Yeah? I

636
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: would say that in the Kasali power rankings they are

637
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: the probably the most overvalued weakest one seed that I

638
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,560
Speaker 1: can remember. Um and the problem is injuries. You know,

639
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: not only did they lose their post play. You're the

640
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 1: best post player, LJ. Cryer, one of those hot players.

641
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: It's probably not gonna play anytime soon. Uh, So you know,

642
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,239
Speaker 1: you start losing a bunch of players like that, and

643
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 1: it adds up this was I actually think the Big

644
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: twelve is a touch overrated to That's why I hate

645
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: myself for having Kansas UM. But the I think there

646
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: was three good teams in that conference and the rest

647
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: of the conference was the Texas Texas them. No, they're not,

648
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: although I will say this, you mentioned Virginia Tech. Virginia

649
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: Tech struggles with ball, pressuring athletic guards. You can watch

650
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: a game against Memphis and they had all kinds of

651
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: trouble with the ball. I'm telling you, I don't like Texas,

652
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: but Virginia Tech could be that popular first round pick

653
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: that sinks a lot of people. Interesting. Um, that Texas team.

654
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: What happened to Trey Mitchell? I saw he like left

655
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: the team personal reasons. No, it's one of those things,

656
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: you know, Jason, where I think you went out and

657
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: you got a lot of talent, but the talent has

658
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: never meshed in Beard system. The in my opinion, he's

659
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: coaching five star kids like he's coached three star kids

660
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. You know what I'm saying, Like, you

661
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: gotta let these guys go. Sometimes they're athletes. The just

662
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: let them play, and I mean it's like Hoosiers, I'm

663
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 1: watching you gotta pass the ball four times. I mean,

664
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: just let these guys. These guys are more talented than TCU.

665
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: Let you know, let him go. That's interesting you say

666
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: that because I think back to some of these Duke

667
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 1: choke jobs with like Jason Tatum on the roster and

668
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: you can't get out of opening weekend, And um, I

669
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: just wonder about Paolo and Duke and I think he's

670
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: an incredible talent. But I watched and they're they're stretches

671
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: where he doesn't get touches, and I'm like, what are

672
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: they doing? In Calipartis had had some of the some

673
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: same issues. Man, where they you've got like a future

674
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 1: star and like Devin Booker was not getting looks when

675
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: he was in Kentucky. I know they were stacked, but still, um,

676
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: where are you on Duke we I mean, we haven't

677
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: really touched on them. Duke is perplexing to me because

678
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: I feel like there's something else going on there. That

679
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: team has shown no effort at all. Now listen, I'm

680
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: a Syracuse guy. Buddy Beheim is not the best player

681
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: in the country, but you he might be more important

682
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: to Syracuse than any player in America. You lose Buddy

683
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: Beheim and have trouble beating that team, that raises a

684
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: huge red flag. I mean, listen, Gonzaga, Kentucky, Kansas. They

685
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: win that game by thirty points against Syracuse. They have nothing,

686
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: no depth at all. And what I saw and what

687
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 1: I saw in the other games in the a SEC

688
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: tournament and at the end of the year against North

689
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: Carolina are guys who aren't playing defense. They're just standing there.

690
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: It's you know, I think everybody expected Duke to wake

691
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: up after that North Carolina lost, but I haven't seen

692
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: it on the defensive end. And I don't know. This

693
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: doesn't look like a team that's coming together at the

694
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 1: right time of the year. Do you have any theories

695
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: as to what's going on? I know they have like

696
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: three or four first round picks. Do you think some

697
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: of it is, Hey, we're just super talented. We're gonna

698
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: go into the tournament and roll is it? Hey, I

699
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: gotta you know, my my agent on the download is

700
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: telling me that I gotta get more shots up and

701
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: what what do you what's your best guesses to what's

702
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,479
Speaker 1: happening internally? Is there too much pressure with the coach

703
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,919
Speaker 1: ky stuff looming. It's just my guess, but I don't

704
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,439
Speaker 1: think Coach K the way they handled his final year

705
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: has has gone that great. He's got another guy doing

706
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: press uh you know, halftime talks with the media and

707
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: press conferences like he's the coach now and Coach K

708
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 1: isn't the coach. And you know, they had that huge

709
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 1: thing for North Carolina, which listen, I understand how big

710
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: Coach K has been in college basketball. You know, Jim

711
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: Beeheim has been big, but that whole thing against North

712
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: Carolina was borderline embarrassing. I thought it just, uh, you know,

713
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: it's just too much. And I think you might be right.

714
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: You know, I worked for the Patriots the year they

715
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: were undefeated and lost to the Giants, and I remember

716
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 1: after the year, some of the guys said to me,

717
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: the pressure just from your family members and your your

718
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: brothers and your mother. You gotta go undefeated. You gotta

719
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,800
Speaker 1: go undefeated. It says it's way more than the media.

720
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: But Sonia and I'm just wondering if there's a lot

721
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: of internal pressure on those kids, win for coach K,

722
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: win for Coach K, because something doesn't look right there. Yeah,

723
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 1: well wait, wait, hold on, what college basketball? For a

724
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: second pause, You worked for the Patriots. Yeah, I worked

725
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: for the team newspaper for a while. Oh. I was like,

726
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: wait a, you're working for Belichick. So Patriots players, the

727
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: pressure of the undefeated season wore them wore them down. Yeah,

728
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 1: And it wasn't from the media because it was after

729
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 1: the season and they were just talking about it's like,

730
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 1: you know, and I think it was Roosevelt Colvin. Actually

731
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,439
Speaker 1: he was the one who said it to me. He's like, man,

732
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: He's like, it's just NonStop from my mother, from my cousin,

733
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: from my brother. Man, you guys are going undefeated. And

734
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: he said, that's way worse than any outside pressure from

735
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: the media or you guys, he said, we don't care

736
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: about that stuff. Yeah, when you call your relatives, the

737
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: last thing you want to hear about is your undefeated run.

738
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

739
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,680
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741
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: f s R to listen live. I am curious, do

742
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: you think that this uh, you know, we watched that

743
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: U c l A. Gonzaga game in the Final four.

744
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: I wonder if that was some of that undefeated because

745
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: that U c l A team was. We would agree

746
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: they just got on a heat or late. But Um,

747
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: you think there's pressure like that on Gonzaga this year

748
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,360
Speaker 1: or not really because you know they have lost a

749
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: couple of games. Yeah, I don't think there's as much

750
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: pressure on Gonzaga this year. Last year I thought was

751
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: a little bit unique because I honestly thought it was

752
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: two teams and the rest of the world, and those

753
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: two teams met in the final. So I think Gonzaga

754
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: had more pressure than Baylor because they were fighting the

755
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: undefeated season. You know, more people were talking about Gonzaga,

756
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: and I mean Baylor kind of was just there and

757
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: they were the most talented team in the country all year.

758
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: They just lost a few games, you know. So I

759
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: do think last year they had a lot more pressure

760
00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:52,959
Speaker 1: on them than this year. All Right, So we'll wrap

761
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: up with this, Thomas um most likely double digitc to

762
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: get to the Elite Eight. We'll just go one more

763
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,879
Speaker 1: than the Sweet sixteen because a lot of at least

764
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: two or three will be in the mix for the

765
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen. Yeah, so double DIGITCY to get to the

766
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: Elite eight, the elite e. Um, what's it's like? Loyola?

767
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: Interesting to give me Loyola? I think they got a

768
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: shot to really make a run in this tournament. I

769
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: was gonna counter with, I know Michigan is not truly

770
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: a double digitcy given their brand in the program, but

771
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: are they Is there something there in Michigan? I know

772
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: they haven't. They've been up and down and inconsistent. But

773
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: when you can trot out Dickinson, a seven footer who's

774
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: all American basically, and then the the the young, the

775
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: freshman kid who's incredible and suppose he's not there yet,

776
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: but um, they it feels like there's talent there. They

777
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: just haven't got it together yet. Are they a threat? Yeah?

778
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 1: I think you bring up a good point because you're

779
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: looking at teams like North Carolina, teams like Michigan who

780
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: have been inconsistent, but when you match them up talent wise,

781
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: you know how they have a heck of a lot

782
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: more talent than Loyola. Right, So you know those our teams,

783
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,240
Speaker 1: if they get right, as this turn does, everything starts

784
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: over now. It doesn't matter what you did in November

785
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: and December. So just at a pure talent level. I

786
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,879
Speaker 1: think North Carolina and Michigan can cause some problems. It's

787
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: just which team's gonna show up every night, first number

788
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: one seed to get knocked out. We'd probably both agree Baylor, right, Yeah,

789
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: I think they would have issues with North kif it's

790
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 1: North Carolina in the second round and then you know

791
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 1: U c l A there, I think they got some problems.

792
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 1: Game you most want to see in the tournament? I

793
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: think most people have answered Gonzaga Arizona, but you you

794
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: would say that would be the most fun game to

795
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: watch if in terms of betting, for me, it would

796
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,760
Speaker 1: be Kentucky and Gonzaga because I think Kentucky has everything

797
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: to bother the Zags. They have a low post game,

798
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: they have guards that can get off the dribble. That

799
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 1: to me is the nightmare matchup for Gonzaga. So really

800
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: so that could be a final force. So do you

801
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: have Kentucky in the championship? I do against Arizona Kansas Arizona.

802
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: Huh yeah, I mean so it sounds like you like

803
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: a little I mean I'm very chalky here like Gonzaga.

804
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 1: You know, we'll we'll be my I'll ride down a lot.

805
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 1: I like Arizona, but you always have to fill out

806
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: one upset Brackett And I mean I'm having trouble going

807
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: against Gonzaga and Arizona and even Kentucky. Yeah, I took.

808
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: I ended up going with Yukon just to do it

809
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: because I like Yukon. But I do think there's gonna

810
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: be some chances here. I mean North Carolina, I don't know,

811
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,720
Speaker 1: you know, uh, just just looking at some lower seeds.

812
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: I do think this is gonna be a crazy tournament.

813
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: I know I picked Chalk for the final four, but

814
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: it's just because I don't know what twelve seeds gonna

815
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: make it. It's uh. I do think you could see

816
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: a lot of surprises, and it wouldn't wouldn't surprise me

817
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: at all at the end of this first weekend, if

818
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: there's a couple of one and two seeds sitting at home,

819
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 1: what about U c l A any trouble with Akron

820
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 1: because they play that slow down, grind it out style.

821
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: So what that is gonna happen is, if you like

822
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: live betting, see how that game is going early, is

823
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: Acron in it, because if they are, they're gonna shorten

824
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 1: that game down to nothing. Now, if they get. If

825
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: they're down fourteen to two, the game's gonna be over

826
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: because they can't limit possessions. So that would be a

827
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: good live betting opportunity. I think, see if Akron can

828
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,400
Speaker 1: withstand that first ten minutes and stay close. I was

829
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 1: onto Kent State because of you. You've been touting them heavily,

830
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: and I didn't even realize that they had guys suspended

831
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,840
Speaker 1: for the championship game for them stupid snapchat thing. But

832
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 1: this is an Acron team. They got swept by Kent

833
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: State in the regular season, and I don't know, I

834
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: can State probably beat him in the championship, right? So

835
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: is Akron one of those teams that, like you said,

836
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,240
Speaker 1: Yale the second best team in the IVY. Is Akron

837
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: the second best team in that in that conference? They

838
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,359
Speaker 1: are that? I mean, they've won eight in a row,

839
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: but people can say with that that was gonna be

840
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: a close game anyway. Their rivals they hate each other,

841
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: but you know, losing your first or second best player

842
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: for the first half and being down nine, it's not

843
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: ideal in the championship game. Right. So Can't State would

844
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: have been a team I took in this tournament if

845
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: they had a good matchup. As you pointed out, I

846
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: can't back Akron because I think that the second best

847
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: team in AH, you know, mediocre conference. Alright, final two questions. Um,

848
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: you know I like this Tennessee team. Obviously the great

849
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: run in the SEC tournament. They're in that bracket with

850
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 1: Loyola and Villanova. I saw a stat that Rick Barnes

851
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: noted March choke artist one eleven and one against the

852
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: spread in his last thirteen nc A Tournament games. Is

853
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: this a guy you can trust? Like Tennessee to the

854
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 1: final four. A lot of people are gonna have that see.

855
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: Tennessee is a team that I was late to get

856
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: on because I just didn't believe in uh And they're

857
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: better than I thought. They have better guard play than

858
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: I that I anticipated. They defend well. But again, that's

859
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: a team that I know. It's the hot pick. I

860
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: wouldn't want to see him play Arizona as somebody who

861
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: has Arizona. I think that's one of the teams that

862
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 1: could beat them. They defend them and they'll they'll obviously

863
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: score against him, but I do think there's a chance

864
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: they could get tripped up before that. You know, sometimes

865
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: Tennessee does have those games. You know, we saw it

866
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 1: against Arkansas and the one sent loss where they end

867
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: up with forty five or fifty points too, So that'll

868
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 1: be interesting to see. We'll close out with the team

869
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: that I I can't quit This team, Iowa Hawkeyes. Fun

870
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: is that? Listen, Toma. I don't know how much pick

871
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: up basketball you play. If I could play for any

872
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: team in the country, I might want to play for

873
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: Iowa because basically they just give everybody the green light

874
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 1: from three. Uh. Keegan Murray's could be like a Kemba

875
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: Walker type guy. Um, I just look at Iowa. They

876
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 1: were a team easy to root for. I'll never forget

877
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: last year during the tournament. I watched, you know, Luca Garza,

878
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: they got smoked by Oregon, and I think I tweeted

879
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 1: out that, um, you know, next year's team is going

880
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: to be better than this one though, and and Scott

881
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: Van Pelt came after me. It was like, no way,

882
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 1: no shot. And I look at this Iowa team, I'm like,

883
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: this team can do some damage. I mean, everybody had

884
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: Oregon last year in the second round, right, I think

885
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: this Io team can make a run here. So here's

886
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: what's Here's what's gonna happen. They're gonna kill Richmond. That's

887
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 1: one of my first round picks. They're gonna absolutely murder him.

888
00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 1: All right, So that one's done. Then I think Creighton

889
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: in San Diego State are two nice teams. They're not

890
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 1: gonna be able to score enough against Iowa. Uh wait wait,

891
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: I will play Sorry, Yeah, that's the the So if

892
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: if that's South Dakota State, the Iowa will be one

893
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: of my biggest bets of the term because they're gonna

894
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: play the same style and I have This is why

895
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 1: I took uh against Colgate last year. I learned this

896
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: years ago when Cianna played Arkansas and played a similar

897
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: style with him. If two teams are playing the same style,

898
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 1: the exact same style, you take the team that has

899
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: more five star players, bar depth and more height, and

900
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 1: that's that would be Iowa. That will be a popular

901
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,959
Speaker 1: pick in round two the jack Rabbits. But I will

902
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 1: be on Iowa big. And then you're looking at a

903
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: matchup you know with Kansas, right or who they It

904
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: would be Kansas unless you think something of great Nurse. Yeah,

905
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: and so the that to me, that's the winner there

906
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: and I struggled picking that game. I think my bias

907
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: against the Big Ten has me with Kansas. But the

908
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: winner there, I think it's gonna go to the final four. Yeah.

909
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: That Iowa team, they're fun right there. They're eating like

910
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 1: Big ten teams, you know, like i Ohio State in

911
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: Illinois kind of boring, this Iowa team and they just jacket.

912
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: They don't play any defense though, which obviously you never

913
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: want that in March exactly. And and again that's why

914
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,240
Speaker 1: I I really like that second round game. I mean, listen,

915
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: the Jacker Rabbits will score, but Io was just gonna score.

916
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: I mean, you got me really excited about that game. Now,

917
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 1: I just, uh, I'm really now I'm looking forward to

918
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: the second round. Yeah, yeah, alright, Thomas Cassale, thank you

919
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: so much for taking the time. Man. We love your work. Obviously,

920
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: you guys gotta follow him on social media. Obviously knows

921
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: his gambling stuff. You were what was it I saw

922
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,080
Speaker 1: you had? Like you were on like twenty two games

923
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: over something like that. Yeah. I had a really good

924
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: basketball season. I I've been I've been doing well all

925
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: year thankfully. You know, it doesn't always go that way,

926
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,879
Speaker 1: but the way I cap has turned out well for

927
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,919
Speaker 1: the for this season. It's great man. Congratulations, thanks a lot,

928
00:44:57,920 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 1: and good luck the rest of the way. Thanks for

929
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 1: happen to me. I appreciate it.