WEBVTT - Live From The Bracket: Episode 1 | March Madness, Travel & Joel McHale 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.559 This has shown me something podcast with Marriott Bonboy checking 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:03.040 in and. 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:05.680 We are live from the bracket. 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:10.720 The tournament is upon us, sixty eight teams all dreaming 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:11.160 of making it. 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:12.840 To the final four, and we are right outside the 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.120 JW Marriott here in Indianapolis, one. 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:16.840 Of our favorite March Madness traditions, and. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:17.840 On this side of the hotel. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.520 This is quite literally the biggest bracket I've ever seen 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:21.520 in my entire life. 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:24.680 This bracket is forty seven thousand square feet and it 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:26.960 covers eighteen floors here at the JW Marriott. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:30.040 It's made up of eight hundred different pieces, and by 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:32.320 tip off of round one, it will have all sixty 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:33.560 eight teams listed. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.559 As the results of the tournament unfold. The bracket is 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:39.040 updated until a champion is crowned. Pictures don't do it justice. 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:40.080 You got to come see it in person. 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:42.120 We have an amazing show coming up and our guest 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:43.479 is none other than Joel mcchale. 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.920 Will be your guest. It's such a perfect design to tailgate. 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.280 It is boats all best. Campbell's name was Mayhem. Yes, 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.920 I'm in a lot of hotel duke basketball game with 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:53.560 Ken Jeong. 0:00:53.640 --> 0:01:00.000 Let's come on our favorite game day stories. They don't 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:01.960 always happen on the court. Sometimes they happen in the 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.679 hotel lobby or over a pregame meal. 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We have NCAA trophies back there, the real ones. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.120 Let's not like, that's the real ones that they'll hold. 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:18.440 So dial in. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:19.680 Can we also hit on that? 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.200 Live from the Bracket is what we're doing with our 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:24.560 podcast for March Madness with Mary bon Boy. 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:26.919 Not only are we doing it with Mary bon Boy, 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.560 it's a real thing that anyone can see with their 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.680 own eyes from the whole state of Indiana. But the 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:34.320 bracket looks great. It's massive. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:35.840 Wait can we I did not know this? 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.640 So this is so cool because the bracket the eye 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.079 looks tiny, but in real life it's like the size 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:42.240 of west Like it is. 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:46.560 It is a two six one. That being said, this 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.560 is our first episode. And while we are here for 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.519 our first episode in this beautiful Western our next guest 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.520 will be Joel McHale and he'll be sitting right there 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.640 next to Sophie. Not here yet, but we're excited. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.520 Okay, let's actually talk about this bracket. 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.920 Sophie. As someone who's school did not make the Unstably 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.960 tournament this year, I have no other choice but to 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.560 channel my inner childhood and we'll be a Miszoo fan. 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.359 Well, we barely made it. I was nervous. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:12.200 I wasn't thinking we were we were gonna make it. 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.200 But I'm definitely right at Miszoo. Like, yeah, I love 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.240 a good Cinderella store. And I'm not saying we're totally 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.440 Cinderella story, but we're definitely underdogs. Yeah, and I'm I'm 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.080 for it. I think we have I think we have 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:22.639 some potential. 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:26.600 Miszoom not a not a tournament team in my time, huh. 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:28.880 They just I feel like every time as Us made 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.360 the tournament, they choke, except for that year, Marcus didn't remember. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.280 Why did you even put that in the atmosphere. 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.760 No, I'm just I'm just saying, like, if they're going 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.920 to do something different, it would be good. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.560 Well, maybe we just needed your support finally to like 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.440 bring the good vibes. They said, you said you're a 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.280 vibe guy. Yeah, I'm mister vibes, So bring the good vibes. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.800 That's fine. Florida's a one seed obviously, Yeah, they've been 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:54.240 good at basketball since we were little. Yeah, and Duke Duke. Yeah, 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:55.640 but I just mean, you don't think of Florida as 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.200 like a powerhouse basketball school, but they kind. 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.520 Of have always been really good. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:02.520 I am an underdog guy for the tournament obviously, So 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.200 like if a Duke or U and C play, I 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.120 want I always want him out. I just we've talked 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.720 about this so much, but how Inil's kind of changed 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:11.880 what the tournament is. It's just harder to get a 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.960 little school to the top when everyone's gone there after 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:17.080 a good sophomore season. 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:19.080 Wait, that is so true. 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.800 So it's really if you win your conference is how 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.840 kind of smallerish schools would get in. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.000 That is how you get in. But like I think 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.960 teams used to make runs because they had seniors and 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.440 juniors who were probably under recruited out of high school. Yeah, 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:34.839 and then went to these mid major schools and like 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.719 developed or grew or whatever in college and then had 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:42.760 a good two or three guys with them. And now 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.240 if someone say some dude's like six foot his senior 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.240 of high school grows to like six three, like he's 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.200 going to get stolen if he has a good freshman 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.560 or sophomore year going to get stolen. Like, it's just 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:57.240 a very different landscape, and I think it is objectively 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.240 much more challenging for small schools to like build the 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.679 team and develop a team that can make a tournament. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.840 Oh no, those are great perspective. 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.839 In the spirit of how things have changed with college sports. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.360 And we were talking about it earlier, but like now 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.719 these teams in the Big Ten are in California and 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:15.800 they have to fly all over the country NonStop, like 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.800 even in the regular season, So like maybe teams are 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.839 more prepared for the weird travel. 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.960 No, I feel like they're more prepared. I mean, and 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.039 a lot of these people are used to the commercial flights. 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:28.120 Now, staying at hotels. 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.760 They're a routine, so it's not like it's anything crazy. 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.160 I do think time zones, if you're not used to 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.000 it could hit a little different, But if you're used 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:40.800 to it, then it's not really a thing. I think 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.280 Mazoo got lucky because they are playing in Saint Louis. 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:45.840 It was two hours away from Columbia. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.960 You should give a PSA to Miszoo fans to show. 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.200 Down to Saint Louis thousand percent, And I think they 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.120 naturally will. They had a heavy fan base this year, 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:54.640 so I think they're going to be just fine. 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.120 Who are they playing Miami? 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.960 Oh oh, and some tea on that so see what 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.919 Young was actually an assistant coach for Mazoo under gates 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.800 like his whole career, and now he's he's either the 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:08.919 head coach of Miami or an assistant. So that's gonna 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.719 be there's like some family family ties up in there. 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.920 That's nice. Yeah, and we're also we mentioned this before, 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:18.880 but how the women's tournament first two rounds are home games, 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.640 so you you earn to play in your own gym 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.120 with your own fans, whereas men's bracket, you don't get 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.159 that opportunity if you're a top what would be an 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.440 eight top eight seed? Has it always been that way 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:36.159 ever since I've watched the women's tournament, they all there 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.640 have been home games because Montana se obviously we're always 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.600 like a fourteen or something and we always traveled for 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.119 men it always I don't think that they've ever played 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.520 home games. No, because they make such a big deal 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.120 out of this city, like on Selection Sunday, the cities 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.320 and like the regions are such a big part of 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.320 these teams get chosen. So that's definitely been a thing forever. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.680 But it's fun. I like, at someone who loves geography, 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.120 I like Selection Sunday to see what cities get to 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.800 host and like what teams are probably going to a 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.760 city that they've never played in before, like a part 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:08.159 of the country that they don't get to play in. 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.200 And if you're a player, it's probably fun if you 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:11.560 played in the SEC your whole life and you get 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.400 to go to like Seattle. Can I say. 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:16.440 Something though, I think from experience being I went to 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:19.720 four and CAA tournaments all four years, which is flex No, 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:20.440 I'm not flexing. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:21.280 You can flex now. 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.400 I don't want to flex. I'm just saying it's experience. 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.000 This is like I'm saying, this is some validation. No, 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.560 I will say, you would think that it would be 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.559 cool to like go to a new state, new city, 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:35.640 kind of new region ish area, and it almost is 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.480 not like you kind of want in the in the tournament. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.840 You want experience matters. Records all go out the window, 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.360 doesn't matter. Rankings go out the window. And so I 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.760 think the only thing that really helps is when maybe 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.720 you've been there before, you've played there before, you. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.360 Have some Oh yeah, that's what you're saying. 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.720 I sucked out saying this word familiar familiar familiarity. 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.040 Yeah, thank you sophism. 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.560 But I truly do think that that matters. And so 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.480 my junior year we got sent out to Stanford and 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.080 like that was the gym is different, the vibes are 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.400 different on the West coast, like weird. We played a 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.280 tournament in Phoenix one time and it's just like it's 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:13.239 just different and weird. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:14.000 Yeah you know what I mean. 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.400 So like if it was SEC team or in uh 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.280 that kind of part of the nation, Like it was like, Okay, 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:20.560 this is like my bread and butter, this is my 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.680 home so pros and cons there well. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.920 And you're also again women's bracket. Your first two rounds, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.480 you're playing in the team you're playing's home environment, so 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.600 like they're objectively more familiar and they have a home 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.439 field home court advantage that teams in the first and 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.040 second round in the instrument don't have. 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.560 Wait, I also have another advantage. It could be an 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.640 advantage or disadvantage in the tournament. SEC is known for 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.800 like being the most athletic and like most physical, and 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:47.240 so you get used to that type of. 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.480 Play where you play at back in the day when 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:50.760 I was. 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.959 There a PAC twelve team and they're like super high 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:56.880 IQ not physical, like very like and it is. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.800 It's difficult, just like different game styles totally. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.679 But it's different like can they match your physicality? Can 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.840 you out q their IQ like it is? 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:05.880 It's kind of cool. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.240 That's the beauty to me in like the tournament and 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.360 just getting to play schools that you don't normally get to. 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.760 Yeah, And like honestly SEC even in like the men's 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:16.920 they're big and so there's a lot of post play 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:20.440 where other conferences it's a lot of threes and layups. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.559 So it's like just the different style. That's kind of 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:23.440 why I love marsh. 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.000 Mannis though, just because you kind of get to see 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.480 every team's bread and butter. Yeah, and if you can 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.240 defend it or if you can play offense against it. 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.280 Yeah. Did you ever play against any like super teams? 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.280 You never played Yukon probably in the tournament, but did 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.760 you play I guess you played in South Carolina and 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:38.280 College South. 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:40.400 They won it like pretty much every year when I 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.400 was in college. I think we played Texas, who was 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.880 ranked three or four that was super good Stanford when 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:48.800 we were out there, Like we played a lot of 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:49.240 good teams. 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.400 I like to say one thing I liked about and 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.600 again this is like this small school part of me. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.800 But getting to see the girls who I saw in 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:58.959 the training room every day, and like these girls are 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:03.079 still baller obviously, Yeah, get like get to see them 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:07.080 play a national TV and like a super big moment. 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:11.200 Obviously we didn't like go on any runs or anything, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:12.920 but it's still like the girls, you know, getting to 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.000 watch them play on a stage that they don't always 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.559 get to and like show the world like that they 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.960 can ball. It was always fun to get to see, 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.719 like my friends do that whenever because our one is 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.600 actually actually super good. 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:28.400 Yeah, can we go into that real quick. This is 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:29.240 a little sentimental. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:30.400 Yeah, and this is like. 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.319 A big thank you, I would say, But we talk 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.839 about the athletes always traveling across the nation to different states. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.760 Dude, yeah, thank you to the parents. 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.960 Like the parents invest they travel, they work, and like 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.240 their stuff hasn't paid for, you know what I mean. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.400 And so in like the they're going to say like 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.840 training staff, coaches like TGA's. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.560 Mega fans, like that is a big deal. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.280 That I don't think they get enough credit and they 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.880 don't get their flowers, but I do. When you were 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.640 just talking about that, it really did like hit home. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.880 Like our parents or your guardians are people who just 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.960 love you. They invest in a lot of time too. 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.480 So when you make it to the Big Dance and 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.160 you get to go to a new region, you get 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:09.960 to do something different. 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:11.360 So do they you know what I mean? 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.640 And like they worked just as hard for us to 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.720 get there as we did. And so I hope that 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:21.080 parents and guardians and fans embrace this march as much 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.440 as the actual athletes, because this is a big deal 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:24.079 for everybody. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:25.600 Yeah, you don't know the next time your team will go, 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:26.480 So go to the game. 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.080 Hey yeah, some people get spoiled, some pe will get 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.240 spoil get spoiled, but also some people get jaded. 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.400 I'll say my mom and my brother went to I 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.240 think it was like maybe Omaha when MISSOI remember when 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.680 Zoo was a two seed and lost to like Baskets basketball. 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.880 George Mason or I don't think it's George Mason, but 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:45.080 was it George Mason? 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.720 Can we get it? Can we get a producer? Google? 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.440 They were two seed and lost in the first round, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.240 but my mom and brother went. Yes, but my mom 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:55.280 and brother were like, why would we ever go to 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.920 a March Madness game again? Because they they they tried 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:01.520 it and got just their hearts. Yeah, which is why. 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.520 But how cool that you get to experience all the emotions. 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.040 Yeah, that's why sports are beautiful. 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:06.320 YEP. 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.160 A sneaky part with March Madness, but also any tournament 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.520 is teams either playing before or after other teams and 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.200 kind of like being in the same gym, and you 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.920 get fans who were rooting for other fan bases because 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.640 you're just in the same arena. Did you ever play 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.240 before or after and have to like watch a team 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:24.559 that you were going to play next? 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:25.640 Yeah, all the time. 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:26.079 Yeah. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.840 And I want to shout out in Mazoonation because everywhere 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.360 we went everyone said that we had some of the 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:34.040 nicest fans, Like our hospitality was amazing. And that's not 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.439 just women's basketball. It was football, it was baseball, it 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.560 was soccer, volleyball, Like, we just have some nice fans. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.760 You're like, you know, you go to other tailgates and whatnot, 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.360 and you're trying to hang out and people like booh, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.400 but we are very welcoming and so I love that. 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.800 But I will say I think especially on the women's side, 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.320 we're just we just have to be like kind of 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.240 a tighter knit community, you know, like. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.640 We got to help each other out a little bit. 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.800 And so you would play and like even my my 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.640 parents and my family, they would watch teams before us 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.960 and be like, I really liked that player. I really 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.200 like how that coach interacted with her players and coach 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:06.400 the game, or you know. 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.120 Just the culture of the team. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.440 And so you definitely create fans and like, especially if 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:12.760 you lose, it's kind of hard to like. 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.600 But you also, you know, give credit where it's toe. 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:16.960 But for me as a player, I don't know if 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.840 I necessarily was like, oh, that team was really nicer, 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:20.520 I really want them. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:21.680 I'm like, no, screw that team. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:23.480 Yeah, you're more like the other I'm. 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.600 Too competitive, yeah, you know, but not in the I'm 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.959 not like I hope you guys lose all that type stuff. 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:29.000 I just hate to lose. You know. 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.839 One of my favorite tournament memories ever when I worked 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:35.000 at Bleacher Report, h remember Saint St. Peter's. This was 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:37.800 just a tiny, tiny, tiny school in New Jersey, and 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.760 they beat Kentucky, someone else big and then they beat Purdue. 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:43.400 They made the Elite eight. I was on the floor 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.960 with like a credential for the scheme, and they probably 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.360 had like one section of fans, but the whole like 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.959 the other teams in that city were like UCLA, You 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.400 and c and Purdue. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.040 I don't think just that arena, but I think the 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.719 whole nation became a fan of that. 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.480 Oh for sure, Like I love that. But yeah, part 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.520 of the reason I probably all those fans are rooting 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.640 for them is because they thought that it's an easier 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.600 out when they got to play them. Yeah, go lost. 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.520 I just remembering there. I mean, like none of these 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:11.400 people in here are actual fans of this school, but 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.560 they are so into this game and like rooting for 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.440 the underdog and that that's an experience you wouldn't get 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.480 on TV. No, that's like you have to be under 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.480 the roof and like see it all come to life 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.800 and feel that energy and that was dope. I actually 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:26.320 can't believe it took me this long to bring that up, 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:27.840 but that was like such a cool game to. 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:28.680 Be at Loyola. 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:33.320 When the nun became like totally March truly does sport 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:35.040 in general, but I think there's just more on the 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:39.720 line of March brings so many emotions and like you know, 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.560 as the as the bracket is just starting, yeah, there's 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:47.520 a lot of happy smiles, laughter, but also tears start happening. 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.640 You just work so fricking hard every year, and like 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.840 everyone's team truly has a journey in a special and 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.880 has ups and downs. There's so many good things that 0:14:57.920 --> 0:14:59.760 happen in a season, regardless of the team. 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.160 And so when it's over, I cried every. 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.200 Single time, Yeah, because I'm just like, like you're you're 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:08.160 just like you're exhausted, You're you're sad, You're you just 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.320 want it so bad. But then I've also been on 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:17.960 the other end on State yeah day no, no no. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.240 But it's also for Piece rock Bridgehi. 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.080 But I will say, like I when we want it 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.280 all to you still cry, Like that's just like emotion, 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.360 just like your hard work is just huh regardless if 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.040 you want are lost and it is sad. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.520 But that's why supports you are beautiful. Yeah, you can't 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.600 appreciate sunshine without rain, okay. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.160 Or a blizzard outside in Indianapolis. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.880 Okay, Sophie, we are going to play hotel power rankings 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.480 like this. Here's how it works. We're looking at a 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:50.440 list of fifty travel related experiences in ranking our top 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.880 five in order. You and I know each other well 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.840 enough now that we know we like different things facts. 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.920 You know what I mean. It's just some people something's 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:01.080 hit harder than others. Like a hotel wall that hits 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:01.840 so hard for my day. 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:03.400 I have never heard of that. 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:04.480 It's so hard for my day. 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:05.120 I never heard of that. 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:06.480 And like I know a pool with no one else 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:08.520 in it that's going to be in your top five thousand, 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:10.800 you know. Okay, so my top five. Here we go, 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.080 coming in at number five, opening the blackout curtains to 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.600 a great view. I think it's so it really brings 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.680 your spirits up. It could be could it be a 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:22.920 mountain side? Could it be the Las Vegas Strip? It 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:23.840 just sets the tone. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:25.480 Think about it, like when you have a good view, 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.280 you appreciate it and it makes you feel like you're 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:28.280 a part of that city. 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:28.960 Thousand percent. 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.960 You know, number four O West in Heavenly Bed. The 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:33.760 reason I don't have eyebags today is because they just 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:37.880 slept on one three hotel Jim. I think when you're 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.440 on the road a lot. Sometimes the only thing you 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.720 can do to feel better is move around, move your 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:46.400 bod inclined walker, pump some iron and renovated. Yeah, matters 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:50.320