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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello, Jason McIntyre,

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Speaker 1: Here Straight Fire for Monday, March two. What a weekend

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Speaker 1: we had in sports. Hope everybody had a safe, fun weekend.

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Speaker 1: If you follow my gambling picks, listen Friday and Saturday

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Speaker 1: we're incredible. Sunday less so, but holy cow, I love

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Speaker 1: the n c A tournament. We'll we'll get into it

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I know everybody's bracket is totally fubar

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Speaker 1: and some of these Sweet sixteen matchups are kind of ghastly. Um,

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Speaker 1: we do have college hoops today. We'll do best bets

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Speaker 1: at the end of the podcast, but before we get

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Speaker 1: to college hoops, because I know that you know, you

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Speaker 1: guys are watching the games, but not everybody cares deeply

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Speaker 1: about what went down and what's coming next because you

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Speaker 1: don't know any of the players or the coaches, like

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Speaker 1: nobody does. You just into the games for the gambling

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Speaker 1: aspect and the brackets. And now that Illinois's toast, it's like, geez,

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Speaker 1: my brackets screwed. Am I gonna check it? Or am

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Speaker 1: I gonna go out with my life? And holy hell,

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Speaker 1: what happened in the NBA? It was a bodybag weekend

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Speaker 1: in the NBA. That's the only way to sum it up.

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Speaker 1: When Lebron goes down Saturday with a high ankle, spring

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Speaker 1: out indefinitely, and then LaMelo Ball, the rookie of the year,

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Speaker 1: must see TV a guy and listen. This is a

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Speaker 1: peak behind the scenes here on the podcast. Obviously we

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Speaker 1: tracked the numbers. They matter, They mattered advertisers. We're bringing

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Speaker 1: on new advertisers all the time. We have noticed people

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Speaker 1: like LaMelo Ball a lot. We know they like him

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Speaker 1: on social media, but when his name comes up in

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Speaker 1: the podcast, people are listening to LaMelo Ball. He's not

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Speaker 1: at the level of Courier Lebron, but there is interest.

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Speaker 1: So when you find me talking about LaMelo more, oh,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people like LaMelo. That's why McIntire's onto.

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Speaker 1: We're early. You know, a lot of these shows are

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Speaker 1: not doing a ton of Amelo. But I'm telling you this,

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have a lot of games next year in

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Speaker 1: prime time on National TV the rest of this year.

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Speaker 1: Though he's out. He's done for the season. According to Woad,

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Speaker 1: fractured bone in his right wrist. Apparently he fell uh

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Speaker 1: it's injured, but you can go back in. And he

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Speaker 1: goes back in. Doesn't use his right wrist, he just doesn't.

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Speaker 1: He just plays with his left hand basically for the

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Speaker 1: rest of the game, not really a factor. And then

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Speaker 1: he was trying to give it a go on Sunday

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, they the x rays come back.

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Speaker 1: Oh jeez, bone is fractured. You're done. So he's out

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Speaker 1: for the season. Devastating for the Hornets, brutal for the league,

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Speaker 1: but not as big as Lebron. Okay, and the Lebron

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Speaker 1: situation is catastrophic. I'm not going overboard. This is not hyperbole.

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Speaker 1: This is real talk Lebron's high ankle sprain. I did

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Speaker 1: way too much research as I'm watching the games on

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Speaker 1: Sunday college basketball games about the high ankle sprains. So

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Speaker 1: this is what you need to know. Lebron has had

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Speaker 1: eight previous ankle sprains, not just high ankle, but eight

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Speaker 1: previous ankle sprains. He's only missed three games. Okay, Lebron

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Speaker 1: is a cyborg. We know that. However, he's now thirty

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Speaker 1: six according to some of the numbers crunched from some

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Speaker 1: of these internet doctors, not the kind of you google

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Speaker 1: when you're sick and you wonder if you have COVID.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about real doctors who track NBA injuries. Historically,

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Speaker 1: this is a multi week injury. Players have missed in

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Speaker 1: the range of ten to twelve games. Okay, But with Lebron,

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Speaker 1: the Lakers have to say, geez, do we want to

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Speaker 1: rush a thirty six year old back from an ankle

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Speaker 1: injury when we don't have Anthony Davis and we are

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Speaker 1: going to be in the playoffs And that's the big picture. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they're not gonna be top two in the West, that's obvious. Okay.

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Speaker 1: They lost on Saturday to the Hawks, who are like

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Speaker 1: and they got blown out Sunday by the Phoenix Suns.

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Speaker 1: No surprise, Um, Lakers are gonna go into a bit

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Speaker 1: of atail spin here. It's not gonna be the end

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Speaker 1: Denver in Portland. And we're looking at the Lakers now,

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Speaker 1: if we're assuming Lebron's out for four weeks, Okay, that

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Speaker 1: might be generous, It could be five, could be six.

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Speaker 1: We're looking at the Lakers falling to the five or

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Speaker 1: What's what's the big deal? Five or six days? Still

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Speaker 1: first of all, if Anthony Davis saying healthy, they're not

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Speaker 1: the greatest Laker homer of any podcast producer I know,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's the worst thing in the world

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Speaker 1: bloom is off the roads with the Jazz, and you

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Speaker 1: guys notice they're starting to come back to the pack

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Still have the best record in the NBA,

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Speaker 1: but it ain't buy much. Okay, the Phoenix Suns are

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Speaker 1: the dirty little secret. Nobody's really afraid of the Sun's either.

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Speaker 1: So all of a sudden, you're like, what are we

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Speaker 1: gonna have a home court advantage. Lebron's one, I believe,

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Speaker 1: three games sevens in his career, one against I think

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Speaker 1: of the NBA Finals. So like Game seven, ain't no

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Speaker 1: thang for Lebron. Hes gonna be fine as long as

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Speaker 1: the ankle's fine and Anthony Davis is fine, Lakers are fine.

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Speaker 1: So who do you want to avoid? Like does Denver

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Speaker 1: scare you? And that's when really start wondering, like are

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Speaker 1: we gonna see Lebron anytime soon? Now? This is devastating

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Speaker 1: for the league. This is absolutely brutal when you remove

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Speaker 1: this is another thing you know, if you got a

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Speaker 1: on Christmas and Marquee Days, but they saved them for

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Speaker 1: after football season when there are more eyeballs gravitating to

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Speaker 1: in the month of April, the Lakers are on ABC

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Speaker 1: Like Lakers are on twice this week at Zion. That

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Speaker 1: would have been a huge TNT game Lebron Zion, remember

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Speaker 1: But like, basically, the Lakers are not gonna be musty

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Speaker 1: White Mamba Alex Caruse show back. Um, you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Rob G's gonna hit me with, well, should the

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Speaker 1: I'm like, what are they gonna do. You're not unloading

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Speaker 1: Kuzma here for some rental this I'm sure Victor Oladipo's

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Speaker 1: money in the offseason. Lakers ain't paying him. You could

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Speaker 1: talk about packaging McKinney and uh Wes Matthews and you

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Speaker 1: know whatever for for Houston, unloading somebody because the Rockets

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Speaker 1: have lost twenty straight games. But I think the big

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Speaker 1: picture Lebron lost really comes down to the m v

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Speaker 1: Star break. He took it from Lebron. Oh, Joel embiads

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Speaker 1: Lebron is now the leader. Now Lebron goes down, and

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Speaker 1: we all know Lebron wanted to get in the m

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Speaker 1: v P race and win another one, of course, because

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Speaker 1: fifth m VP too, Ti Jordan's And I don't know now,

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Speaker 1: and beat him, Lebron will have missed a lot of games.

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Speaker 1: And now we're looking at Janice. Are we gonna give

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Speaker 1: him a third straight m VP awards? We can go

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Speaker 1: and soil his pants in the playoffs. So now we're

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Speaker 1: coming down to James Harden. And we talked about this

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Speaker 1: last month on the podcast. The real threat to Lebron

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Speaker 1: come down to the media. This is gonna be fascinating.

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Speaker 1: Will they vote for a guy who forced his way

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Speaker 1: Harden was packing on the pounds and he did the

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Speaker 1: had to do that. He gets out, he's on the nets.

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Speaker 1: ask you, if you you don't have an m v

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Speaker 1: James Harden needed to force his way out. How many

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Speaker 1: stars have we seen Rob in the last five years

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Speaker 1: forced the way out? Kyrie Irving forced his way out

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis force his way out of New Ones Like,

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Speaker 1: all these guys did it and guess what, It's worked

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Speaker 1: internally better than the media. Paul George has forced his

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Speaker 1: hang around and then all of a sudden, no, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: look at the difference. Man Houston has lost twenty straight games.

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Speaker 1: James Harden would be toiling on on a sub five

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Speaker 1: dumpster fire in Houston if he weren't out, And now

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Speaker 1: got no problem voting James Harden for m VP. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Rob does because you know he's in the tank

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Speaker 1: for Lebron. Why would I have a problem with James

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Speaker 1: hardwin m VP. I don't think that would be the

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Speaker 1: issue at all in my big board. But before Lebron

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Speaker 1: dance on campus, but nobody cares about or Roberts against Arkansas.

421
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Speaker 1: And then the nightcap is Syracuse Houston, which may make

422
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Speaker 1: your eyes bleed because Syracuse plays an ugly brand of basketball.

423
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 1: The two three zones slows down the game and Houston

424
00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 1: already loves to muck it up. By the way, what

425
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 1: a come back by Houston they I think they went

426
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Speaker 1: on a fourteen to two run to close the game

427
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Speaker 1: against Rutgers and survive. Pretty pretty wild ending. I bet

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Speaker 1: Rutgers in that game. And yes, thank you to all

429
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Speaker 1: the new Instagram followers who are waiting for the picks. Um,

430
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Speaker 1: you guys, saw I bet Houston, but I'm sorry I

431
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Speaker 1: bet Rutgers, but I had Houston go to the Final

432
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Speaker 1: four and some of my big money pools. Um, So

433
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Speaker 1: that was like the rare double win. A quick word

434
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Speaker 1: on Syracuse. Yes, they are usually unwatchable because of that zone,

435
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,399
Speaker 1: but holy hell, they got two white guards that can shoot.

436
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Speaker 1: A Gerard is one of the leading scorers in the

437
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Speaker 1: history of New York basketball. In high school basketball, he

438
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 1: was like a four year starter, you know, a white

439
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Speaker 1: guy who played in the Birds and average like forty

440
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Speaker 1: five a game. I'm not even kidding. And the kid

441
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: could just bomb from the outside. And then of course

442
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Speaker 1: there's the coach's son, Buddy Beheim, who, to me and

443
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Speaker 1: I'm sure rob rob G will agree, he is a

444
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Speaker 1: clone of Duncan Robinson. And I'll tell you right now,

445
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Speaker 1: Buddy Beheim will get looks in the NBA six six

446
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: skinny guy. He's not that athletic, he's not gonna take

447
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: you off the bounce, but the catch and shoot and

448
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 1: the quickness of the release. Go. Listen to Casey Jacobson's

449
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: podcast last week, uh Me and Casey Jacobson were talking

450
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Speaker 1: about players and the quick release and Buddy Beheim. I

451
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: mean he's going to be a Duncan Robinson type player.

452
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Speaker 1: And I mean Syracuse could win that game. They're not

453
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Speaker 1: pleasing on the eyes. Jim Beheim is just one of

454
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Speaker 1: the most annoying coaches in sports right now. I'm just

455
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Speaker 1: so over that guy. And I used to be a

456
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Speaker 1: huge Syracuse fan. Derrek Coleman, Billy Owen, Sherman, Douglas. Um,

457
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Speaker 1: I've always loved Syracuse, but like, those are not awesome

458
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Speaker 1: Sweet six team games. Now I'm going to devour with them.

459
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 1: I could guarantee you that I'm not going anywhere. I'll

460
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Speaker 1: be watching all those games. Um. This is how losery

461
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: I am about March Madness, folks. So this weekend for

462
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Speaker 1: a since Saturday, so I go to the radio show,

463
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Speaker 1: I go do it. I come home. I have my

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Speaker 1: wife put the TV both of them on, so when

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Speaker 1: I get home, I can just rewind if I missed anything.

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Speaker 1: And I why why would you miss anything? Jay, aren't

467
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Speaker 1: you watching? Yes, I'm driving on the highway back from

468
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Speaker 1: the radio show and I call up the March Madness

469
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Speaker 1: on demand app. It's like a delay, there's like a

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Speaker 1: thirty second delay or whatever. But I'm listening to the

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Speaker 1: game while I drive. And of course you know when

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Speaker 1: you stop, if there's a commercial, you switch games. I'm

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Speaker 1: that into it, folks. I got home Saturday and I

474
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Speaker 1: watched games the entire day and I did not leave

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Speaker 1: the house. I didn't do anything. Usually I like try

476
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: to go for a run or go do some basketball.

477
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Speaker 1: I didn't do anything. I watched college basketball. I gambled.

478
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Speaker 1: I like, you know, how all my brackets printed out

479
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: like a real big geek, and I like exed out

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Speaker 1: the ones. Even though you could just go to the

481
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: website and like see how your brackets are doing, I

482
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 1: still have them printed out because I just I love this.

483
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: I just get into it. It's three weeks, man, cut

484
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Speaker 1: me some slack. I can hear you laughing, rob g

485
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,439
Speaker 1: And like Sunday, you know, I had to do some

486
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Speaker 1: stuff with the fam um. Obviously. I made it as

487
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Speaker 1: quick as possible and like my son is born in

488
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Speaker 1: the in the middle of March madness. You know, I

489
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Speaker 1: think I talked about this Saturday on the radio show.

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Speaker 1: If you missed that podcast, it's in the feed. I

491
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: was watching March Madness in the waiting room. Now you do, guys,

492
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Speaker 1: if anybody who out there who's got kids, you know,

493
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Speaker 1: labor can take hours. So I'm not what Am I

494
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Speaker 1: gonna read a magazine or watch March madness. Now, of course,

495
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 1: this was before you could watch games on your phone,

496
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Speaker 1: and like, you know, I was just watching the one

497
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Speaker 1: game in the room, which is not nearly as fun,

498
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Speaker 1: but it's March madness. So now my son's birthday. Listen,

499
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: it's in the middle of March badness. The wife was

500
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Speaker 1: so good she let me push his birthday celebration back

501
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: so it wouldn't conflict with too many games, because like

502
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 1: if it's gonna cool, flict with opening weekend, like come on,

503
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 1: I need to see all the games. And we you know,

504
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,440
Speaker 1: she pushed it back, and she she gets it. Now

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Speaker 1: I have to like talk to her beforehand, like, hey,

506
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be unavailable basically for four days in the

507
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Speaker 1: house watching basketball and screaming it about the TV and

508
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,679
Speaker 1: cheering and um, and she gets it. So we're in

509
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: a good place with March madness. Um, I just rob

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Speaker 1: g I don't I'm curious, why don't you love March badness? Oh,

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Speaker 1: why would you think I don't love March Madness. Well,

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Speaker 1: I get the vibe in talking to you that you're

513
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Speaker 1: into it, but you're not, like, Hey, I'm staying home

514
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Speaker 1: to watch all the games. My life is being put

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Speaker 1: on hold. I'm pressing the pause button for three or

516
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Speaker 1: three or four days. Okay, let me clarify number one.

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Speaker 1: I do really enjoy March Madness. However, I hate watching

518
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Speaker 1: college basketball. I think it is so boring. I think

519
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: it is unimaginative. I think it is too slow. I

520
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 1: think that all the advancements the NBA made to spread

521
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: the court up and down make it more TV friendly,

522
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: college basketball has gone the exact opposite direction for teams

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Speaker 1: like Syracuse, like you mentioned um on Friday, the the

524
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Speaker 1: big Kid cunning Hand, everyone was so excited, see Oklahoma

525
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Speaker 1: State was Oklahoma State Liberty I think was them and

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Speaker 1: and it was was a thirty seven thirty five with

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Speaker 1: eight minutes left or eight minutes into the second half,

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Speaker 1: and it was just it was really bad to watch.

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Speaker 1: And and that kind of brings me to to the

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Speaker 1: Kate cunning Hand point overall, that I have just choose

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Speaker 1: your words carefully. He's a very talented player. I have

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Speaker 1: not been more underwound by a presumptive first number one

533
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Speaker 1: overall pick. He's not gonna be number one, but he's

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Speaker 1: he's very very good. Well from everything that I've read,

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Speaker 1: he is the number one prospect. It's Kate Cunningham, Jalen Sugs,

536
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Speaker 1: and I think Jalen Green from the G League are

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Speaker 1: the three guys that people mentioned the most and every

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Speaker 1: and most of the people that I talked to around

539
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Speaker 1: the NBA and you and I know a lot of

540
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Speaker 1: the same people all say Kate Cunningham looks like he's

541
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Speaker 1: going to be the guy. In two tournament games nine

542
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Speaker 1: of thirty four shooting, he There hasn't been a number

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Speaker 1: one overall pick be that bad in the tournament since

544
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Speaker 1: two thousand thirteen. Anthony Bennett. Oh gosh, Anthony benev un

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Speaker 1: l V. Well, he should have never been the number

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Speaker 1: one pick. They lost in the first round, right they did. Now,

547
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Speaker 1: now there's been guys like Ben Simmons didn't make the tournament,

548
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Speaker 1: make the tournament, false, didn't make the tournament. There was

549
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Speaker 1: no tournament last year for Anthony Edwards. But I have

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Speaker 1: a hard time imagining a guy who is supposed to

551
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Speaker 1: be a difference maker at the next level being that

552
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Speaker 1: bad in the n C Double A tournament, if you

553
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Speaker 1: can have guys like Mike Conley, who has been very

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Speaker 1: up friend about this, saying that if he did not

555
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Speaker 1: advance as far as they did in the tournament, he

556
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Speaker 1: doesn't go in the top five. He said, he probably

557
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Speaker 1: goes back to school to be That's what That's what

558
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Speaker 1: he said. He said himself several times. He's like, if

559
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Speaker 1: we get knocked down in the second round, I think

560
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Speaker 1: it was second round where they they want by like

561
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Speaker 1: a buzzer beater from one of his teammates, because I'm

562
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Speaker 1: going back to school. If Ty Jerome can go from

563
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Speaker 1: a late second round pick to a late first round

564
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Speaker 1: pick because he leaves Virginia to the to the national championship,

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Speaker 1: then why doesn't it go the other way where a

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Speaker 1: guy like Kate Cunningham can be total trash to be

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Speaker 1: lack of a better, he wasn't good at all at

568
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Speaker 1: all in the tournament. How can he not slip in

569
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Speaker 1: the draft? Now? He yeah, because, well, um several factors.

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Speaker 1: First of all, his coach, um, the style of offense,

571
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Speaker 1: safe play, his teammates. I will say, if you look back.

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Speaker 1: I think it was thirteen years ago. Steph Curry put Davidson. Okay,

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Speaker 1: are they a low major? Mid major? I think they're

574
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Speaker 1: low like a mid major would be a low major.

575
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Speaker 1: So he put Davidson on his back and dropped forty

576
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Speaker 1: on Gonzaga and he beat Georgetown, and I think he

577
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Speaker 1: beat somebody else and then lost to Kansas in the

578
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Speaker 1: Elite eight. Okay, Steph Curry did that, and they these

579
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Speaker 1: dumb NBA teams still drafted Johnny Flynn and Ricky Rubio

580
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Speaker 1: ahead of Curry. Okay. My favorite story about this is

581
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Speaker 1: Steph Curry went to a workout leading up to the

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Speaker 1: NBA with Tyreek Evans and they and I forget the

583
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Speaker 1: team it was. It might have been Memphis, I don't know.

584
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Speaker 1: Had them play one on one. Okay. Tyreek Evans was

585
00:32:55,720 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: a bullyball dude in Memphis. His mixtape is really impressive. Okay,

586
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: He's like, I could get buckets and he destroyed. He

587
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: murdered Curry one on one. Okay, in a one on

588
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Speaker 1: one game. What do you think is gonna happen? You know,

589
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: Curry was a slight dude back then, and they were,

590
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: oh god, we gotta take dry Evans. He ended up

591
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Speaker 1: winning Rookie of the Year, and in hindsight, like, you know,

592
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Speaker 1: Curry Goes, you know, wins two m VP Awards, Greatest

593
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Speaker 1: shooter in the history of the league. Um, you know

594
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Speaker 1: how many times I forgot about it? Three titles, whatever

595
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: it is. And like some of these guys at college

596
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 1: like look incredible, and then they get to the league

597
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Speaker 1: and I don't know, Listen, Jalen sugs in Gonzaga's forty

598
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Speaker 1: point when I at like six points. Scotty Barnes, okay,

599
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: kidd at fs you really talented. He's got like a

600
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler thing going on where he could be like

601
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Speaker 1: a point forward. He's long, he can handle. He had

602
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Speaker 1: four points against UNC Greensboro and the UNC Greensboro point

603
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Speaker 1: guard who was like the Conference player of the Year twice.

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Speaker 1: The deep it's a player of the year. He's like

605
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: six ft tall, Bucks seventy. He was all over Barnes.

606
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,479
Speaker 1: Barnes was like giving the ball up because he didn't

607
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Speaker 1: want the harassment. And I'm watching that, I'm like, man,

608
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 1: some of these guys, But remember, rob g the NBA

609
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: is a totally different game, right, It's just pace in space.

610
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Speaker 1: We're in college. There's all these zone defenses because alf

611
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 1: the guys out there can't shoot. Um. I mean you

612
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Speaker 1: saw the kid from Illinois, Io Do I'm not even

613
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Speaker 1: gonna butcher his last name, and Coburn, Kofi Coobur in

614
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Speaker 1: the big seven footer. They got embarrassed by Loyola. You

615
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Speaker 1: look at Io You're like that guy's a lottery pick.

616
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Speaker 1: He didn't do anything. And Coburn got out played by Cruttwig.

617
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Speaker 1: You know, the seven foot I think he's seven feet

618
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Speaker 1: like two utter sixty pound white guy who looks like

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Speaker 1: a bouncer at like a club. He got out played

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Speaker 1: by him. I mean that guy look he looked like

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Speaker 1: yo kitch out there against Coburn in Illinois. So like,

622
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Speaker 1: weird things happen in college basketball. Man, I'm on to

623
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Speaker 1: think of the like an NBA start, Derrick Rose took

624
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Speaker 1: Memphis to the to the championship. You remember that when

625
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 1: he missed the free throws and they lost. Um, Joel

626
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Speaker 1: Embi did nothing. I I don't if memory serves for Kansas.

627
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Speaker 1: Maybe he was hurt. Probably Chris Uber one. Andrew Wiggins

628
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Speaker 1: went number one. That's right, Andrew Wiggins went to Stanford.

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Speaker 1: I think I remember that he did nothing and they

630
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Speaker 1: lost in the first round. Um, Chris Paul, I don't

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Speaker 1: think could get Wake Forest. I don't think to any

632
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 1: any like deep run. In the n C James Harden

633
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: and uh Arizona State got knocked out in the first

634
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 1: round by Syracuse. I remember that Hardened because I remember

635
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: leading up to the tournament, I hadn't watched a lot

636
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: of Hardened. This was back I don't know, over ten

637
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: years ago because I wasn't out West yet, wat watching

638
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: a lot of Pack twelve, and it was like, oh,

639
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,240
Speaker 1: Harden top five pick Syracuse Zone Hardens like three for fourteen.

640
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: I'm like, this guy is that awesome? He couldn't do

641
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: anything against the Syracuse Zone. Now Hardens, like, you know what,

642
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: one of the most unstoppable players in this generation of

643
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: of NBA. So like, yeah, Rob, it's it's it's weird.

644
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: How guys, And again we're talking about Kate cunning him

645
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: who's like eighteen years old, you know, nineteen years old.

646
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: These guys are gonna get significantly better. Like, don't did

647
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: Bradley bog On a run for Florida? I don't think so.

648
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: Did Damian Lillard at we were State get out of

649
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: the first round. You know, so that's a tough way

650
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 1: to view it. I guess if you're are you doing

651
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: how many brackets do you fill out? Rob? I only

652
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: have to this year? Mhm. But either way, Like my

653
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: question is, I mean, I think he's gonna be fine

654
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: in the pros. I'm not worried about that. I guess

655
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: my only question is is how could you be considered

656
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: the number one guy? Which he's either he's at worst

657
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: he's three, he's between one and three, and be that

658
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,320
Speaker 1: bad that? That's what that one would give me pause.

659
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: If I'm running an NBA T we'll also think about it,

660
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 1: like the entire opponent is strategizing for six days on

661
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: how out or well maybe not six but since this

662
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: it was the second round game, but well Liberty in

663
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,760
Speaker 1: the opener five days. Hey, this is what cave cutting

664
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: Hame does. These are his tendencies. We've got to do

665
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: this to stop him. We'll have a chance if we

666
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: could contain him, let the other guys beat us. Like

667
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:18,760
Speaker 1: that's the strategy. Everything's geared towards stopping cave cutting him.

668
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: I would think back to Trey Young at Oklahoma. I

669
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: don't know if you remember they lost in the first

670
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: round and he was jacking like forts in the game,

671
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: and I was like, ah, this is tredy Young. That good.

672
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: But I think to your larger point, Rob, this is

673
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: a this is a brutal blow to the to the tournament.

674
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: Illinois number one seed out, Ohio state, big brand name out.

675
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: I mean, frankly, I think Michigan could be going down

676
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: today against L s U. I think they're in real trouble. Um,

677
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: Illinois number one seed is out. Um And and like

678
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: it's fun when the Oral robertson uh, small schools like

679
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: do some damage in one game, but gett into the

680
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: sweet sixteen. Then you've got like the four or five

681
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: day build up and it's like, really, you know weekends

682
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: coming up. It's supposed to be seventy degrees next weekend

683
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: out here in l A. Am I really staying inside

684
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: to watch Oral Roberts in Arkansas? You know, life is short.

685
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: You gotta have fun. And I don't know we'll see anyways.

686
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: Any final parting thoughts, Rob g overall in the n SAT.

687
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: By the way, how is your bracket? No, not that

688
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: anybody cares. Oh, it's busted. It's busted prematurely. And let

689
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: me tell you that's why you gotta uh, that's we

690
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: got to be a multi bracket guy. That's the only

691
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: way to go. Yeah. But I mean just to you know,

692
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: put a bow on it, exactly what she said. I

693
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: I don't think this could have gone worse if I'm

694
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: Turner Sports or the NT double A as a whole,

695
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,919
Speaker 1: not having the blue bloods in it. And like you said,

696
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: it's cool when one or two Men Majors or one

697
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: or two Cinderella teams makes a run, but they run

698
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: into Kansas, they run into Duke. And then that's the

699
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: kind of the build up when it's Oregon State and

700
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: Oral Roberts and whoever, and you don't have the number

701
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: one prospect, indicate kind of adds out. You don't have Duke,

702
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: you don't have Kentucky. North Carolina got knocked out. You're

703
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:17,959
Speaker 1: basically banking on at this point Gonzaga. And that's only

704
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: because of the Jalen subs factor, which I don't know

705
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: if any people you know who are big basketball fans

706
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: even watch enough of Jalen Sugs and know how good

707
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: he is, or you're hoping for Michigan because other than that,

708
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: I can't think of a worse scenario for college basketball

709
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 1: then to be in the pandemic season. None of the

710
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: big market names are there, and you have five or

711
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: six Cinderella teams, so you want the brands. I think

712
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: you're right Michigan and Juwan Howard, U c L a USC.

713
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: This is ugly Kansas team. We'll talk about those gates.

714
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,720
Speaker 1: Let me final thought, and this is interesting so Oregon

715
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: State as they during the broadcast, if if you guys

716
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: watched it Sunday night, Oregon State Oklahoma State, the coach

717
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: of Oregon State, Wayne Tinkle, said, Hey, I know we

718
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 1: weren't great during the regular season, but all we care

719
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: about is building up during the season to the conference

720
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,399
Speaker 1: and the n c A Tournament. And so people were

721
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: asking online, well, huh, maybe we're undervaluing a lot of

722
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: these teams if they don't really care about the results

723
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: early in the season, right, And you know, on some level,

724
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Speaker 1: rob everybody just looks at the stats, uh, mostly a

725
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,240
Speaker 1: handful of sites for college basketball and makes their picks.

726
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 1: But what we've seen through the first three days is

727
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: those stats have meant absolutely nothing. Historically. You need to

728
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: be a top twenty five defensive team. They're all getting

729
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: bounced right now. Offense is what matters. And what's crazy

730
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 1: is Oregon State has the right idea, Hey, it doesn't

731
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: matter if we lose some games in November. We're just

732
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: messing around to figure out what works so we can

733
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: unleash that ship in March when it matters and rob.

734
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: The same thing happens in the NBA, like, Hey, a

735
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: January NBA game is great, but nobody cares you need

736
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,879
Speaker 1: to and that's why this whole like the Brooklyn Nets

737
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 1: or seven and defense, like it doesn't mean anything right now.

738
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: Their numbers say they're bad. Do you really think they're

739
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: gonna be that bad defensively in the playoffs? It used

740
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 1: to be that you I think the I think the

741
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: phrases like if you practice super duper hard during the season,

742
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,839
Speaker 1: when it comes time to the playoffs, you're ready, You've

743
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: done all the reps, you're set. But it's almost a

744
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: little different than the players just aren't going full till

745
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 1: thousand per center in the season because then come to

746
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: the playoffs and you're worn down. Like I watched Texas

747
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,439
Speaker 1: Tech closely. That team tries so hard for their coach,

748
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: Chris Beard. They try so hard in every game, every possession.

749
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 1: What happened late in their game against Arkansas, they just

750
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: they wore down. They did. They had a time out

751
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: that coach doesn't even call time out, and then guy,

752
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: this guy goes up, throws up a left handed lay

753
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: up brick. They missed another layup and then they're out

754
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: and they're done, and it's like maybe they went too

755
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 1: hard during the season. I don't know. I mean, it's

756
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:23,320
Speaker 1: just food for thought. The only thing better than sitting

757
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,439
Speaker 1: on your couch watching the game. He's making money while

758
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: you do it. Here's your best bet. All right, Rosy,

759
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: let's get you uh, let's get the picks for today.

760
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: Do you have anything looking at the board that jumps

761
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: out of you. Well, you know, I don't have the

762
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 1: same kind of bank roll that Jason McIntyre has. Some

763
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if I'm really as excited

764
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: about some of these games on the board, but you know,

765
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: I want my bracket to do well, even though it's

766
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,279
Speaker 1: it's already busted. I kind of have a couple of

767
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: teams that are stowing that I'm excited about. If I

768
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: were to bet money on any of these games today.

769
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: The one I'm looking forward to is actually the first

770
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: game of the day, Oregon Iowa. Now I have the

771
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 1: line here is Iowa has five point favorites. I have

772
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 1: Oregon winning and outright, so I'm definitely taking the five points.

773
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: You got to ride the pack twelve. Now. The only

774
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 1: problem is Oregon hasn't played. Remember there, They got bounced

775
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: early in the pack twelve, so they haven't played, I

776
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: believe in ten days, and they didn't play because their

777
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: game got canceled for COVID in the first round against

778
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: VCU and Iowa. They played, they looked pretty good. I

779
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 1: would not I would actually look for the double dip.

780
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: I would probably bet Iowa first half and then Oregon

781
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: for the game. Once Oregon wakes up, um, I think

782
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: they'll be good. Where are you on, Abilene Christian U

783
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: c l A. Well, I'm a U c l A fan,

784
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: so I probably the wrong guy to ask about this,

785
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: but I will say this. U c l A has

786
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: not been really good this They've been an average team

787
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: at best. They've looked rate into tournament games exactly. They

788
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 1: They are the antithesis of the Kate Cunningham effect in

789
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: the tournament. Um, Abilene Christian looked really good. I thought,

790
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 1: I mean in the in the tournament. You know you

791
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: can obviously I mentioned earlier you can win a game

792
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: forty five, you know. So I think I like U

793
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 1: c l A to win this game. But I don't

794
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: like them giving up the four and a half. So

795
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: if if it was me, I expect the close game.

796
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: I would take the points and Abilene Christian. I Uh,

797
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,879
Speaker 1: I really want to be on USC against Kansas. There

798
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: is this trend that someone put out on social media

799
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 1: that if you go back in the last seven years,

800
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 1: any time a six has been favored against the three,

801
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: the six has lost. That includes uh Sunday when Texas

802
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: Tech was favored against Arkansas and lost. I'm still taking USC.

803
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,799
Speaker 1: This Kansas team is not good. Um, that's not my

804
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: best bet. I like f s U. Listen. I got

805
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: a buddy who went to color Otto listens uh to

806
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 1: the podcast. Um, he's my go to for all things Colorado.

807
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 1: This is a good Colorado team. McKinley wright is a

808
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 1: great point guard. He won't be rattled. Fs U kind

809
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: of an uninspiring performance against you and c G. But

810
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: I think FSCU is probably my best bet um for

811
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: today's games. I also kind of like l s U

812
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 1: getting five h I have bet Oregon. I got five

813
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 1: and a half. It's down to five, so there is

814
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,879
Speaker 1: money coming in on Oregon. I think the best way

815
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: to do Gonzaga is if Oklahoma comes out and is

816
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: able to like take an early lead like ten four

817
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: or fourteen six, then you can get Gonzaga at less

818
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,439
Speaker 1: than fourteen and a half. And live betting has been

819
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:47,880
Speaker 1: incredible to me during this tournament. Um, just the options

820
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: are there as soon as the team unlikely to win

821
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: or that you don't think it's gonna win takes an

822
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: early lead by on the other side at a cheaper price,

823
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: and of course they get their act together and come

824
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: back and win. I actually think Craighton is probably the

825
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 1: play against Ohio. Of course, Ohio beat beat Virginia, and

826
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: they had the kid Jason Preston who looks like a

827
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: little bit like LaMelo Ball but definitely not as flashy.

828
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: So there's I think a good set of games. I'm

829
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: gonna say this, I wish Alabama Maryland were earlier in

830
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: the day because I wanted to get it over with.

831
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,239
Speaker 1: If you guys followed the podcast from Friday. I'm in

832
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: a Calcutta where you have to bid on teams, and

833
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna put this out there, Rob, g you

834
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: think I've got a bank roll? Somebody did twenty one

835
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: thousand on Ohio State. They lost in the first round.

836
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,479
Speaker 1: This guy his he only got one other team, Rob,

837
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: it was St Bonadventure. He got them for six thousand dollars.

838
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,879
Speaker 1: So I had to text the sports Cheetah guy who

839
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: got me into this, Preston. I was like, Preston, he

840
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 1: went over too, Does this mean he lost twenty seven

841
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,879
Speaker 1: thousand dollars? And he said yeah. I was like, oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, Like, it's one thing if the stock market

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00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:03,720
Speaker 1: go was down and you lose some money. Dude, you

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00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: you could only get two teams and they both lost

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Speaker 1: first round, You're out twenty seven thousand. Now he partnered

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Speaker 1: with somebody else, so maybe splits it. You know, not

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Speaker 1: that bad of a loss, but thirteen thousand significant. Now,

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Speaker 1: I will say this, I only got three teams, And

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Speaker 1: just to wrap up the pod for whoever still listening,

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Speaker 1: one of the toughest beats I've had as a gambler

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Speaker 1: and probably the last five years, was UCSB I needed

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Speaker 1: them to win out right, and they made a great comeback.

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Speaker 1: They had a lay up in the final two seconds,

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Speaker 1: go in and out, rob Have you seen the highlight

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Speaker 1: of it or no. I was in front the TV.

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00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:48,439
Speaker 1: I fell to the ground. My kids were in the vicinity,

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Speaker 1: and I just didn't say a word for like twenty minutes.

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Speaker 1: I mean I got it from the ground because I'm

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00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: a I'm a man, um. And I went and sat

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00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 1: in the computer chair and I was just like stunt.

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00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, um, that happened. And my kids

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00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: were like looking at me in a weird way, and

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00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,640
Speaker 1: then they just went about their business, playing roadblocks or whatever.

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00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,879
Speaker 1: And I just sat there like wow, that that hurt.

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Speaker 1: And luckily Maryland came through for me. Later Maryland now

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Speaker 1: plays Alabama, and I'll say this, Um, given the way

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Speaker 1: the tournament's gone, maybe Maryland has a chance. I don't know, um,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, it looks like I unless Maryland wins out right,

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Speaker 1: I will take a loss in the tournament and have

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Speaker 1: to owe some money. But um, at least I won't

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Speaker 1: know seven dollars. Anyways, this has been a lengthy Monday podcast.

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Speaker 1: We covered Lebron LaMelo ball, gave you some picks, and uh,

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Speaker 1: I have no idea what's the store for us the

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Speaker 1: rest of the week, No clue whatsoever, but I'm sure

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Speaker 1: it'll be fun and exciting. We will probably recap NFL

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00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: Free Agency in some way, shape or form. I know

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Speaker 1: a couple of New York Giants fans are all giddy

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00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: in my text messages. Some friends we got Coliday. I'm like,

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00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: all right, we'll see you. Still got Danny Dines. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to you tomorrow.