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Speaker 1: Team of Seating the Books podcast, Gil Alexander's Sweet sixteen
Speaker 1: with Greg Peterson, Greg Hoops Peterson and Adam Stanko. Greg
Speaker 1: Hoops Peterson from his own podcast, of Course, and Adam
Speaker 1: Stanko from the Catch and Shoot podcast and the author
Speaker 1: of all the video capsules for all sixteen teams will
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Speaker 1: We're honored to have not only Roxy last hour, which
Speaker 1: is huge. But we're gonna do our roundtable thing here
Speaker 1: momentarily with Adam Stanko and Greg Peterson. We did it
Speaker 1: for the Round of sixty four with Greg and Adam. Uh,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna do it for the Sweet sixteen as well.
Speaker 1: Game by game doesn't have to be as harry this time. Obviously,
Speaker 1: that was just a two hour time management exercise when
Speaker 1: we did it the first time. Greg is here. Good
Speaker 1: morning Greg, Good morning Gil. How are you? I'm doing great.
Speaker 1: How's your weekend? Man? How's the betting? H Saturday was rough,
Speaker 1: Sunday was actually very good. Most most people, you know,
Speaker 1: It's funny. Anecdotally most people say Saturday was the was
Speaker 1: the rough day for them. Yeah, and sadly. I was
Speaker 1: actually on the right side of that Kentucky game. I
Speaker 1: was very excited when Tyler Hero went to the free
Speaker 1: throw line. Russia is all good. I had Wofford that day,
Speaker 1: so that wasn't good. But uh, Friday was huge for me.
Speaker 1: Saturday was not good and yesterday and I was. Yes.
Speaker 1: I was telling you this in the first segment. I
Speaker 1: overcame a number of of just horrific outcomes to usually
Speaker 1: have a winning Tennessee was one of them. I was
Speaker 1: I had a u c F plus seven first half.
Speaker 1: Duke was up eight literally two times in that game.
Speaker 1: One of them was right at halftime, so that was
Speaker 1: a babby. And then in the NBA Jeremy Lamb beat
Speaker 1: me with a hoisting forty seven footer. You're just like
Speaker 1: and as I was saying, if you're just like a
Speaker 1: casual better and those three things happened to you in
Speaker 1: one day, you will just retire. How about the Houston
Speaker 1: under Yeah, right that as well. A little let's flash
Speaker 1: up this tweet because before we go into these Sweet
Speaker 1: sixteen games by game by game with you and Adam
Speaker 1: Adam staken from the Cash and Shoot podcast, let's put
Speaker 1: this into some perspective here. This is Matt Noorlander who
Speaker 1: tweeted this out the parallels of this n C Double
Speaker 1: A Tournament through the first two rounds to that of
Speaker 1: the d C Double A Tournament ten years ago in
Speaker 1: two thousand nine. Look at those seatings one to three four,
Speaker 1: this region by region now one one to three, four,
Speaker 1: one to three, five, one two, three twelve, exactly like
Speaker 1: it was in two thousand nine and in two thousand nine,
Speaker 1: wasn't it Arizona that was at twelve seeds, So it's
Speaker 1: a pack twelve team. Once again, that's a twelve seed.
Speaker 1: It's a matter of fact. Let's go to the next tweet, Greg,
Speaker 1: you are opprescient. Uh. This tweet right here is from
Speaker 1: Mike Rutherford at cart Chronicle. The parallels from those two
Speaker 1: years two thousand nine two thousand nineteen are creepy. Only
Speaker 1: years with three one seeds from the same conference talking
Speaker 1: a CC now in this year's case, Virginia, North Carolina
Speaker 1: and Duke only Cinderella both years is a pack twelve power.
Speaker 1: There you go, Greg ore Agon, this time around Arizona
Speaker 1: ten years ago, the number one overall seed would play
Speaker 1: the two seed Michigan State in the Elite eight. There's
Speaker 1: that parallel and the number one seed outlier wanted all
Speaker 1: this year. So I'm loading up on gonzag And now
Speaker 1: I guess that's his own little little editorial right there
Speaker 1: at the end. But yeah, creepy, I think is I
Speaker 1: don't think that's overstatement, very interesting, and I was just
Speaker 1: mentioning I have the uh, do we have the tweet
Speaker 1: with all my futures up by the way, do we
Speaker 1: have that ready to go. Anyway, one of my props
Speaker 1: is I had the under eleven and a half some
Speaker 1: of all seeds to make the final four. Oh there
Speaker 1: it is, okay, right there? Do we update it? I
Speaker 1: think we did. No, we didn't quite updated because I
Speaker 1: don't see my Houston future on there. But anyway, um uh,
Speaker 1: Texas Tech is alive and Houston is alive in terms
Speaker 1: of futures, but Buffalo is now out. Obviously Texas Tech
Speaker 1: played Buffalo yesterday. But the under eleven and a half
Speaker 1: seating some of all seas that looks pretty darn good
Speaker 1: assuming Oregon. Oregon is the only team that can really
Speaker 1: do that to you, and they're gonna be having to
Speaker 1: face Virginia, which that game probably gonna be played at
Speaker 1: a pretty slow pace in Oregon. Obviously. Coming on with
Speaker 1: that said, I think it would be a very very
Speaker 1: mighty task for them to be able to take down Virginia.
Speaker 1: We'll get into it game by game here before we
Speaker 1: bring in Adam though. One question for you then, so
Speaker 1: with all the games, just take the four days and
Speaker 1: stuff to take all four days because you you obviously
Speaker 1: your brain works in a way where you remember the
Speaker 1: weekend more than you do clearly Thursday Friday. But what's
Speaker 1: your big do you have a big takeaway? Was there
Speaker 1: one game in particular? Obviously the Duke u c F
Speaker 1: game was just out of control. Anything that you seized
Speaker 1: on where you're like, this was just unbelievable to me. Uh,
Speaker 1: Tennessee bowling at lead. I thought that was pretty unbelievable
Speaker 1: to an Iowa team that I know that they were
Speaker 1: able to knock out Cincinnati, but coming into this tournament
Speaker 1: they were scuffling so bad, And how about how good
Speaker 1: in general the Big Ten. Look, they've lost one game
Speaker 1: in the round at six four, and that one game
Speaker 1: unfortunately my Wisconsin Badgers. So no, I think you're right.
Speaker 1: So five a CC teams, four SEC teams, three Big
Speaker 1: Ten and then you have Gonzaga, Texas Tech, Houston and
Speaker 1: Oregon Oregon. Um, but you're right to me that list
Speaker 1: it's the three Big Ten. Obviously Michigan and Michigan State
Speaker 1: had a shot. UM, So maybe it's not as crazy
Speaker 1: as as one with things, but the manner in which
Speaker 1: Perdue just blasted to get there, um and the Big
Speaker 1: Tent comported themselves well beyond that, right, Minnesota won that
Speaker 1: game against Louisville the Iowa, even in defeat, obviously comporting
Speaker 1: themselves very well. I was, let me raise my hand.
Speaker 1: I was crushing the Big tent up to this point,
Speaker 1: right up to the tournament, I was like this, everybody
Speaker 1: stinks they looked very good and they deserve a shadow.
Speaker 1: They certainly did. And you knew that one of those
Speaker 1: Big ten teams were gonna lose in the round of
Speaker 1: thirty two because you had Michigan State in Minnesota going
Speaker 1: up against each other. So right, there's no way you
Speaker 1: can have both of those seemed advancing. Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1: I think that's big. Obviously. I went off a little
Speaker 1: earlier about how the end sequence, not only the end sequence,
Speaker 1: but why coach k didn't go into hacka Taco. It's
Speaker 1: playing off the hack a shack from back of the day.
Speaker 1: Why you're not hacking Taco every single time, especially on
Speaker 1: the Delorier missed free throw. Why you don't have your
Speaker 1: team prepped now worked out for Duke in the end,
Speaker 1: but why you don't have it prepped, Like as soon
Speaker 1: as Taco comes down with that rebound, you foul him immediately.
Speaker 1: But it's like it's like Coach K wasn't even there.
Speaker 1: It's the weirdest thing to me. We've been talking about
Speaker 1: this for so long. Coach K. He does a great
Speaker 1: job of preparing. It seems in game he's not very good.
Speaker 1: It's actually you're right, it's actually not weird at all,
Speaker 1: because this is the thing that's right. It's the first Again,
Speaker 1: if you even if you didn't hear my Lee High
Speaker 1: story for many years ago, even if you didn't listen
Speaker 1: to Alan Boston talk about, Hey, when's the last time
Speaker 1: he uh he ever drew up a play? Go back
Speaker 1: to that game? What was the game where Reddish had
Speaker 1: the flu or was sick, couldn't play? Scuse Syracuse Trey
Speaker 1: Jones got hurt in the first quarter, right, and they lost.
Speaker 1: The Syracuse and Coach K press conference after that game
Speaker 1: will never get it. They went to him and he
Speaker 1: sort of was like, you know, well, when you lose
Speaker 1: those two players, the game plan goes out the window.
Speaker 1: And I remember thinking about, no, dude, like, do you
Speaker 1: there's a game to coach while you're there it's happening
Speaker 1: you don't. That's not an excuse. I mean, I get it,
Speaker 1: you're hamstrung, but like you can coach, try to coach
Speaker 1: your way out of that. And what I really want
Speaker 1: to see is if Duke versus Michigan State plays in
Speaker 1: the Elite AIDE and someone in Duke is in fell trouble,
Speaker 1: what happens because we're seeing this Duke team has no doubt. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: and that's what we've been saying, right. So the one
Speaker 1: thing about one and done teams, right, and Duke is
Speaker 1: a glaring example of that is that the depth is
Speaker 1: where that is where your achilles heel is. And so
Speaker 1: that's why and I said this last week. When you
Speaker 1: give me Duke in North Carolina who I have meeting
Speaker 1: in the finals, Um, Carolina to me is the team
Speaker 1: that is much less susceptible to the bad game like
Speaker 1: they have. They have enough moving parts where they can
Speaker 1: overcome any sort of such foul trouble thing. Duke man,
Speaker 1: any one of these games, they could be behind the
Speaker 1: eight ball, you know, because of that. Here's this isn't
Speaker 1: This is a total observation. That is just me just
Speaker 1: sort of picking up what I what I thought I
Speaker 1: picked up based on the games I watched. But did
Speaker 1: you notice generally speaking, I don't know if anybody else
Speaker 1: did that. The refs, generally speaking in this tournament swallowed
Speaker 1: the whistles big time in the first half, and then
Speaker 1: the second half they went crazy with whistles. That was
Speaker 1: another thing I was. I did notice that as well.
Speaker 1: I thought it was very weird because we're just here,
Speaker 1: like if you're taking first half overs and everything like that,
Speaker 1: it's like, and these seems are getting to the free
Speaker 1: throw line. One in the world that's happening here. So
Speaker 1: I thought that was a very good observation by you.
Speaker 1: Especially in that Tennessee versus Iowa game. We saw the
Speaker 1: whistles come out there, and then of course when you
Speaker 1: got Dian Williamson and the double charge. Nothing there, double charge.
Speaker 1: And I will say this, the uh was it the
Speaker 1: Tennessee game? Yeah, for those of us who were in Tennessee, Yes,
Speaker 1: it was the Tennessee game. Because I want to say
Speaker 1: it was Bohannon who shot that three and they called
Speaker 1: and Tennessee blocked it, and then they had the run
Speaker 1: out which would have been a breakaway lamp. Instead they
Speaker 1: called they call a foul. They actually caucus the refs afterwards. Hey,
Speaker 1: was that was that fouls? Okay? Was that they call it?
Speaker 1: And so it's basically a five point swing in that
Speaker 1: game because of course Bohndon hits all the three the
Speaker 1: three free throws, and I is that was that the
Speaker 1: game where that happened, and so that was another one
Speaker 1: of these players. You're like, oh my god, like that game.
Speaker 1: That's that's everything in that game, and it forces overtime eventually,
Speaker 1: where Tennessee does almost cover. It should be mentioned in overtime.
Speaker 1: Um anyway, just a number of amazing listen, March. Here's
Speaker 1: the thing about March medis and again I will stand
Speaker 1: by this. I think you have the more than any
Speaker 1: other year. I will say this that the quality of
Speaker 1: teams is less than it ever has been, but it
Speaker 1: still doesn't matter. The event can't be messed up. It's
Speaker 1: that great of an event. And I think it goes
Speaker 1: back to the point that myself and so many other
Speaker 1: people were saying as well, the difference between the top
Speaker 1: eight teams and everyone else, the disparity is huge. But
Speaker 1: then after that it seems to be pretty tight. Even
Speaker 1: though we saw those three those four seeds all be
Speaker 1: able to survive in advance, we did see a lot
Speaker 1: of nip and tuck games one to three four, one
Speaker 1: to three, four one three, five, one to three twelve. Wow,
Speaker 1: And I was gonna say, has there ever been a
Speaker 1: time we're all top three seeds got in ten years ago,
Speaker 1: two thousand nine, exact same seeds. Let's bring him in.
Speaker 1: Adam Stanko from the Catch and Shoot Podcast. Adam, sorry
Speaker 1: about the time confusion this morning all me, dude, I'm sorry. No, no,
Speaker 1: there's no apologies necessary. I'm just excited to be on
Speaker 1: with you guys. Well, let's let's do two games here
Speaker 1: before the break. We're gonna get to all eight games
Speaker 1: in the Sweet sixteen. Let's start in the East Region.
Speaker 1: We might as well Duke. This is in d C.
Speaker 1: By the way, this regional is that the UH is
Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. It's Duke against VA Tech, the
Speaker 1: one in four in the East Region a c C
Speaker 1: battle two of the five a CC teams um that
Speaker 1: are still left in the tournament. This is actually going
Speaker 1: to be a Friday night, late night game. But we'll
Speaker 1: do these region by region. Duke is a seven and
Speaker 1: a half point favorite here at the South Point Hotel Casino.
Speaker 1: Duke got here by beating by dispatching North Dakota State
Speaker 1: and then as we've talked about UH numerously on numerous
Speaker 1: occasions already this morning, they're amazing escape job against u
Speaker 1: c F, which feature to again Aubrey Dawkins not being
Speaker 1: able to handle that alley that which would have put
Speaker 1: up which would put you see of up six instead
Speaker 1: cam with the three. Uh. Then after UCF goes up
Speaker 1: three again after Delorier misses a couple of free throws,
Speaker 1: the amazing Zion Williamson drive to the whole where he
Speaker 1: gets foul Taco fouls out, he misses the free throw.
Speaker 1: R J. Parrett puts in the tappen, and then Aubrey
Speaker 1: Dawkins somehow can put the follow up to win that game.
Speaker 1: So Duke is here. Votech beats the Billikins in the
Speaker 1: first round and then have trouble with Liberty early for
Speaker 1: about half of this game, and then they pull away
Speaker 1: in the second half Duke by seven and a half. Greg,
Speaker 1: we start with you your thoughts here on this one.
Speaker 1: This is one that I think is gonna be so
Speaker 1: interesting because Duke is in a little bit of a
Speaker 1: revenge spot here, but the pieces are so different from
Speaker 1: the last time these two teams played. Justin Robinson wasn't
Speaker 1: in the game when Virginia Tech played Duke. Justin Robinson
Speaker 1: looked quite good in their game against Liberty, coming off
Speaker 1: the bench for a little bit under thirty minutes. He
Speaker 1: was able to chip in some points to a good
Speaker 1: job dishing out the ball. And then obviously Ian Williamson
Speaker 1: didn't play for Duke. This is the one in which
Speaker 1: I think that is going to be able to win.
Speaker 1: But right now we're seeing the line sitting at seven
Speaker 1: and a half. This one actually got to eight and
Speaker 1: a half and a couple of shots around here in
Speaker 1: Vegas last night. Obviously there was some sharp money that
Speaker 1: came in on the Hokeys, But at this point I
Speaker 1: would still look at Virginia Tech. I think they keep
Speaker 1: this game within five six points. Yeah, and again we're
Speaker 1: doing these out of chronological order. We're doing him by
Speaker 1: bracket form here Adam Duke and votech there. Well, you
Speaker 1: know you brought up a point, Gil about the idea
Speaker 1: that you know Duke is is sort of more you know,
Speaker 1: uh app to have some of those games where where
Speaker 1: things get tight because of their outside shooting and because
Speaker 1: they don't really run much offense. Steth Greenberg tweeted about
Speaker 1: it and was getting crushed. But he's right. They really
Speaker 1: don't run much of an offense and they were completely
Speaker 1: reliant on their stars. That being said, in a weird way,
Speaker 1: Duke is actually very equipped to handle tight games because
Speaker 1: they have guys that can break you down off the dribile.
Speaker 1: They have a cup all of them obviously in absolute
Speaker 1: superstars in in Zion and and Barrick Um and I
Speaker 1: and I agree with Greg's point, the idea that justin
Speaker 1: Robinson's playing, I think his health is important. The big
Speaker 1: key though for this game for Virginia Tech is carry
Speaker 1: blacks here. It's it's it's a question of, you know,
Speaker 1: how effective is he how much can he score? Because
Speaker 1: he has to have a huge game, and they're also
Speaker 1: gonna have to have a huge game from Nikil Alexander Walker,
Speaker 1: because you know, we saw him, you know, being we've
Speaker 1: seen him be inconsistent. He can have a good game
Speaker 1: and then you know he's had a six point game
Speaker 1: in the tournament. He needs to be huge. But I
Speaker 1: think ultimately I think it's a wake up call for Duke.
Speaker 1: I think, with some time to prepare, I think it's
Speaker 1: a revenge game for them, the fact that they lost
Speaker 1: to Virginia Tech. I think Duke Uh. I think Duke
Speaker 1: handles this one actually rather easily, and I think they're
Speaker 1: all going to be super motivated. Sometimes a wake up
Speaker 1: call like this is just what you need in the tournament.
Speaker 1: And Duke at all they could handle and in UCF
Speaker 1: and and they handled it. Yeah, the wake up call
Speaker 1: thing we'll get into with Virginia coming up as we
Speaker 1: go through these. Also in d c UH, this game
Speaker 1: precedes the Duke Votch game on Friday. It's l s U,
Speaker 1: the number three seed in the East against the number
Speaker 1: two seed Michigan State. This region went to form in
Speaker 1: terms of seating according to form L s U here
Speaker 1: after they beat Yale in the first round, beat him,
Speaker 1: but have to had to stave off a spree of
Speaker 1: threes from Yale. Late Yale actually cover that game, but
Speaker 1: L s U beat Yale by five, didn't cover. Then
Speaker 1: L s U beats Maryland, surviving the tight rims on
Speaker 1: the right side of the court there in the second half.
Speaker 1: L s U gets it done by two. For those
Speaker 1: of us who got in earlier, had l U minus one,
Speaker 1: we cash uh. Some did not, but L s U
Speaker 1: beats Maryland in just a niptuck game down the stretch.
Speaker 1: Maryland deserved a lot of credit. In my opinion, Michigan
Speaker 1: State is here on a cake walk. I guess Bradley
Speaker 1: wasn't a cake walk. Bradley gave him some trouble there
Speaker 1: for the first half plus of that game, but then
Speaker 1: Michigan State pulled away late uh in that game, so
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that about Bradley. Michigan State ends up
Speaker 1: winning by eleven, but that's more cosmetic than an anything.
Speaker 1: They do beat Minnesota handily by twenty. So it's Michigan
Speaker 1: State l s U. The Spartans greg favored by six.
Speaker 1: By the way, on the duke game, did you have
Speaker 1: a play on the spread or no? I was going
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech with the points, with the points? All right?
Speaker 1: What do you think about this one? Here? This one
Speaker 1: is so interesting because you've got possibly the biggest coaching
Speaker 1: miss man you've ever seen a sweet six scene game,
Speaker 1: Tony Bedford, a interim head coach for l s U
Speaker 1: that was started into this position a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: ago against Tom Zoh. And what's really interesting about Michigan
Speaker 1: State Ever since Tom Azo got to Michigan State. He's
Speaker 1: had one senior class not make a Final four in
Speaker 1: their four years. If Michigan State doesn't make it this year,
Speaker 1: this would be their second. I think Michigan State is
Speaker 1: gonna be able to win this game. At six. It's
Speaker 1: a sharp line. I would probably look at L. S
Speaker 1: U in this spot, just because with L. S U
Speaker 1: you've got a front line of four different guys that
Speaker 1: presents something so different. Nas Read is able to be
Speaker 1: a seven footer at'sable shoot three Sterius Days offered some
Speaker 1: versatility as well. You've got more of a shot blocker
Speaker 1: in Cavell bib Williams. Emmett Williams is able to do
Speaker 1: just a good job of being able to palm the glass.
Speaker 1: And then you've got Tremont Waters, one of the best
Speaker 1: players in regards to being able to gather steals, and
Speaker 1: we've seen Cash Winston get a little bit loose with
Speaker 1: the ball. This is a game in which I think
Speaker 1: Michigan State should win. But if I had to play
Speaker 1: aside as of right now, I would look at the
Speaker 1: points with all of you. Traymont Waters, by the way,
Speaker 1: that winning lay up against Maryland took about three and
Speaker 1: a half or four steps on that. Did you see
Speaker 1: the replay? Yeah, that was a travel. Yeah, I didn't
Speaker 1: see it with the naked eye. I was with the refs.
Speaker 1: I didn't see it with the naked eye. But on
Speaker 1: the replay, good lord. A lot of steps there, but
Speaker 1: a great shot by him as he sort of like
Speaker 1: scooped it up from down low to beat Maryland with
Speaker 1: just over a second left in that game. Adam Stanko
Speaker 1: from the Catch and Shoot podcast, who's joining us this morning?
Speaker 1: Your thoughts on this one? I love L. S U
Speaker 1: in this game. Um, I'm a huge water span and
Speaker 1: while he did travel on the play, I think the
Speaker 1: refs were checking for contact. I think that's what they
Speaker 1: were looking for. Uh. But I do think that L.
Speaker 1: S U is better offensively. I think Waters creates so well,
Speaker 1: and I think Greg rings up an interesting point the
Speaker 1: fact that Waters defends and he's sneaky good in terms
Speaker 1: of picking picking your pocket as a point guard. He's
Speaker 1: gonna make Winston work and the issue with with Michigan State,
Speaker 1: and I believe this for a long time is outside
Speaker 1: of Winston, I don't know who else creates their own shot,
Speaker 1: you know, Aaron Henry got a ton of attention because
Speaker 1: of you know, is a coming down on him pretty hard. Um.
Speaker 1: But I think Henry needs to be one of those
Speaker 1: guys that's going to have to create his own shot.
Speaker 1: They really don't have guys like that outside of Winston.
Speaker 1: Winston creates the whole offense. So if he's bothered by Waters, um,
Speaker 1: you know, getting in his grill and really pressing up
Speaker 1: defensively against him and picking the ball away, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be tough for Winston to be creating for others. And
Speaker 1: I think on the flip side, I think L s
Speaker 1: U has some offense. Skyler Mays had some big threes
Speaker 1: we've seen when Nods reads capable of, and of course
Speaker 1: Cavell Bigbie Williams controls the paint defensively, So I think
Speaker 1: Michigan State has the edge defensively. But I think the
Speaker 1: fact that L s U has some more guys that
Speaker 1: can create on their own, and I think the fact
Speaker 1: that Waters create havoc defensively, I give the edge cells you.
Speaker 1: I think they win this game out right, all right,
Speaker 1: out right. Uh. Certainly two votes against the spread for
Speaker 1: L s U and Stanko calling a shot with l
Speaker 1: s U outright, Adam, you did these wonderful capsules for
Speaker 1: all sixty eight teams before the first round. Um, are
Speaker 1: you doing this for the Sweet sixteen as well? Yeah,
Speaker 1: put out a little bit longer capsules on each of
Speaker 1: these matchups. So a little breakdown of each of these
Speaker 1: which will be out today on Pure Hoops Media dot
Speaker 1: com Pure Hoops Media dot com for those If you
Speaker 1: want to dive even deeper with Adam Stanko, we'll come back.
Speaker 1: We'll do the other three regions in the Sweet sixteen,
Speaker 1: the West, the South, and the Midwest. Greg Peterson Adam
Speaker 1: Stanko a numbers game right here at Visa down back
Speaker 1: to a numbers game with your host Gil Alexander, broadcasting
Speaker 1: live from our visa in studios in Las Vegas. Jeff,
Speaker 1: do I get credit by having enough? We've gone through almost,
Speaker 1: uh you know, a show and a half here, and
Speaker 1: I have not once mentioned the Showtime documentary Action that
Speaker 1: debuted last night, four part docuseries, which they were kind
Speaker 1: enough to include me in brief lee yesterday, So we
Speaker 1: will have tomorrow on the show. David Check, the show runner,
Speaker 1: he will talk to us about the uh the four
Speaker 1: Park docuseries on Showtime called Action. Bill Crackenburger our Buddy
Speaker 1: prominently featured. So we'll get into that with Dave Check tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Continuing with the Sweet sixteen UH, the winner of the East,
Speaker 1: which we just went through, we'll take on the winner
Speaker 1: of the West. According to the brackets, UH. These will
Speaker 1: be played Thursday night in Anaheim, beginning with number one
Speaker 1: seed Gonzaga taking on the four seed Florida State in
Speaker 1: that region. Gonzaga here by virtue of their blasting Fairley
Speaker 1: Dickinson and then beating Baylor by twelve UH in the
Speaker 1: second round. Let me just say this about that Baylor game.
Speaker 1: If you were on Gonzaga against the spread, that Baylor
Speaker 1: performance down the stretch was one of the weirdest things ever.
Speaker 1: Like all these other games, teams will foul to you know,
Speaker 1: to to try to get the teams in a one
Speaker 1: and one. They'll shoot threes to try to narrow the gap.
Speaker 1: Baylor was doing neither. Baylor was not shooting threes. Baylor
Speaker 1: was not fouling anybody. Baylor was just driving to the whole.
Speaker 1: It was the weirdest thing. Was like Baylor was just
Speaker 1: concerned about covering. If you didn't know any better. That
Speaker 1: was the strangest thing to me. Whenever anybody else was
Speaker 1: was who had Gonzaga was thinking that very thing? Were
Speaker 1: you on? Gonza? I was on the over in that game,
Speaker 1: So that was just so strange, like are you guys playing?
Speaker 1: What are you doing? That was the strangest thing. Uh.
Speaker 1: So that's the first Gonzaga will take on F s
Speaker 1: U F s U here by virtue of the fact
Speaker 1: that they beat the Catamounts Vermont Vermont in the first round.
Speaker 1: I had a little trouble with Vermont for a while
Speaker 1: and then they broke away late. Uh. And then they
Speaker 1: played Murray State and I had Murray State first to fifteen.
Speaker 1: I had at Parlay over at MGM first fifteen with Wafford.
Speaker 1: Both cashed, but the Murray State won to fifteen. They
Speaker 1: got to fifteen. I pumped my fist because I won
Speaker 1: the bed. I walked away maybe for twenty seconds, and
Speaker 1: like Murray State was down six in like ten seconds
Speaker 1: and never looked back. FS. You crushed John Moran and
Speaker 1: Murray State after that. Jaw great and defeat, of course,
Speaker 1: but it's Gonzaga in Florida State. What's the number that
Speaker 1: we have on their six and a half, so earlier
Speaker 1: it was the always rare six point six we had
Speaker 1: on the screen. That was an error, obviously six and
Speaker 1: a half in favor of the Zags. Greg, you know what,
Speaker 1: at six and a half, I don't know what I
Speaker 1: would have done with it, But at six and a half,
Speaker 1: you know what, I think we're gonna go with gonzag here.
Speaker 1: This is a team that I really like, and they're
Speaker 1: gonna be out for blood in this game. Keep in
Speaker 1: mind last year when these two teams played in the
Speaker 1: Sweet six scene Killy and Tilly we all remember, was
Speaker 1: ruled out like minutes before the game, nobody knew about it,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Florida States able to
Speaker 1: get that win. I will say this about Florida State.
Speaker 1: They've got tremendous length, which is gonna give guys like
Speaker 1: Zach Norvelle Jr. And Kiss Spur some trouble out there
Speaker 1: trying to shoot those threes. But what Gonzega does really well.
Speaker 1: They get the ball down low. They are the top
Speaker 1: team in the country and regards to offensive efficiency and
Speaker 1: being able to meet their two point shots. Christ Coumagi
Speaker 1: down low. He's a guy that he's got size obviously,
Speaker 1: but I just questioned whether or not he's gonna be
Speaker 1: able to match up physically with Brandon Clark. I look
Speaker 1: at Gonzegga being able to win this game prize right
Speaker 1: double digits. If Leonard Hamilton's and f SU pull this off,
Speaker 1: will you give him credit? Please? I will give him credit? Alright,
Speaker 1: alr just check it. Adam Gonzaga favored by six and
Speaker 1: a half here. I really like Gonzaga in this game.
Speaker 1: They have so many weapons that they can throw at you.
Speaker 1: And you know the thing with Florida State, I mean
Speaker 1: Gregg's right, I mean Camagi underneath is all of seven
Speaker 1: foot four. Uh fanu. Kevin Gilly is a special talent,
Speaker 1: I mean a sixth man, but he's an NBA player.
Speaker 1: He's turning himself into a first round or he's become
Speaker 1: a dominant force. There's so long, but the issue with
Speaker 1: Florida State is outside of Terence Man, where's the offense
Speaker 1: coming from? Kevin Gilly and Man have to have provided
Speaker 1: offense in this tournament, but everyone else has been shooting
Speaker 1: poorly and has down the stretch, and and so that
Speaker 1: length and that size can can get away with a
Speaker 1: lot for a while, but eventually you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: make shots. And Gonzaga has so many weapons and the
Speaker 1: fact that Kissburg has scored and we haven't really seen
Speaker 1: it from Norbell yet. You know, he's do for a
Speaker 1: breakout game, Billy until he has been you know, he
Speaker 1: had a two point game, that a seventeen point game.
Speaker 1: Mark few has so many weapons on his team, and
Speaker 1: ultimately they score down low because of the fact that
Speaker 1: Perkins is really excellent with his entry passes. So I
Speaker 1: think Gonzaga, with all of their weapons, they can run
Speaker 1: with Florida State and they can also bang with them.
Speaker 1: Brandon Clark's been unbelievable. So we haven't even mentioned ruey
Speaker 1: A Tremia. This team wants this game. They've been waiting
Speaker 1: for this game. I think Zaga, you know, goes on
Speaker 1: a big time run and like, I think they're a
Speaker 1: double digit winner as well. Alright, winner of Florida State,
Speaker 1: Gazaga will take on the winner of the two three
Speaker 1: game in the West again in the second straight region
Speaker 1: where it went to form. According to seed for HM
Speaker 1: anyway one to three four. This is Texas sect the
Speaker 1: number three seed against the number two seed Michigan Wolverines.
Speaker 1: Neither of those two teams has really been that text
Speaker 1: UH and in Texas text case, after they beat the
Speaker 1: Northern Kentucky Norris in the first round, the four teen seed,
Speaker 1: they beat Buffalo and beat him pretty handily. If there
Speaker 1: was any sort of surprise that might have been at
Speaker 1: the margin of victory, Texas Tech U ends up winning
Speaker 1: that game against Buffalo by twenty fifty eight. And then
Speaker 1: there's Michigan. UH beats Montana by nineteen, beats Florida by fifteen.
Speaker 1: So you have two teams that have really coasted into
Speaker 1: the Sweet sixteen, the Wolverines favored by two greg. This
Speaker 1: is interesting because you've had two of the better defensive
Speaker 1: teams that you're gonna find out there in college basketball.
Speaker 1: And with Texas Tech they are number one in defensive efficiency.
Speaker 1: And I look at Texas Tech on the money line
Speaker 1: in this spot because I think the guard play is better.
Speaker 1: You've got Jared Culver leads a team in points, rebounds,
Speaker 1: assists for an over eight teen per game. But then
Speaker 1: you've got more ready, a guy that shoots over from three,
Speaker 1: does a very good job of being able to hit
Speaker 1: his free throws and The guy that I think is
Speaker 1: a little bit of an X factor for Texas Tech
Speaker 1: is the fact that you're getting so many blocks out
Speaker 1: of Tariq Owens. He averages over tou per game. He's
Speaker 1: not necessarily the biggest guy, but he's very, very lengthy
Speaker 1: and wiry, and I think he's gonna cause some issues
Speaker 1: for a Michigan team that likes to be able to
Speaker 1: drive it to the whole that you'd like to be
Speaker 1: able to take a lot of. I guess you could
Speaker 1: call them random long two pointers, which we all know
Speaker 1: that those aren't very efficient, and Michigan doesn't do a
Speaker 1: very good job of game to the free throw line either.
Speaker 1: Think about the four games we've just gone through Duke
Speaker 1: votech l s U, Michigan State, Gonzaga, Florida State, and
Speaker 1: now Texas Tech Michigan. Those are four sweet I mean,
Speaker 1: no pun intend, but those are four great games right there.
Speaker 1: And by the way, if you're in survivor pools like
Speaker 1: I am, and you've played it correctly and are still alive,
Speaker 1: all of these teams are still available to you. If
Speaker 1: you have not you shouldn't have used any of these
Speaker 1: really up until this point, um so just again, that's
Speaker 1: part and parcel with having a very chalky sweet sixteen
Speaker 1: Adam Michigan Texas Texas there, Yeah, and Kail, you bring
Speaker 1: up an interesting coiner. I mean, these are if you
Speaker 1: think about it, they're all the best teams in the
Speaker 1: Power Conference. Yea. Ultimately that's what we've narrowed it down to,
Speaker 1: especially Oregon, which will obviously get to because they've been
Speaker 1: the best team in the Pact twelve. I think with
Speaker 1: Texas Tech in Michigan, Gregg talked about at the Idea
Speaker 1: that the defense for both teams is exceptional. We know that.
Speaker 1: I think Texas Tech certainly has the edge in terms
Speaker 1: of the offense. I mean, Jared Culver is a is
Speaker 1: a lottery kick. He's been fantastic. Twenty two points nine
Speaker 1: boards picks us this an attorney thus far, I'm one
Speaker 1: of the best players in the tournament that we've we've seen.
Speaker 1: He's a special talent and I think he's a difference maker.
Speaker 1: I mean, Michigan Superstars pres dicis he's only a freshman
Speaker 1: and we could see the inconsistency with him in terms
Speaker 1: of his offensive output. So I think Culver gives them
Speaker 1: an edge because having that go to guy they know
Speaker 1: they can depend on to score and create is huge.
Speaker 1: So I do have the edge in that department to
Speaker 1: Texas Tech, as well as the fact that they, you know,
Speaker 1: we talked about Tarikohen's and then Mooney are both guys
Speaker 1: that are playing at their third school. Tough to believe,
Speaker 1: but so they're an older team, their experienced. The issue though,
Speaker 1: that worries me about Texas Tech is that John Beelon
Speaker 1: has a few days to prepare, and I just that
Speaker 1: scares the heck out of me. So I give Texas
Speaker 1: Tech the edge. I think it's gonna be a close game,
Speaker 1: and I think it comes down to the wire. I
Speaker 1: trust Culver. I think it's gonna be about a two
Speaker 1: point game Texas Tech. But I'm just terrified of the
Speaker 1: fact that, if I'm a Texas Tech fan, that John
Speaker 1: bee Line has multiple days to repair because when you
Speaker 1: put a coach like that in that situation, it's a
Speaker 1: nightmare for opponents. Yeah, and I have a future on
Speaker 1: Texas Tech. I'm highly vested in them. But Michigan think
Speaker 1: about bee Line for about twenty years, Uh, they didn't
Speaker 1: get to a Sweet sixteen, and now in seven years
Speaker 1: they've gotten a five of them with be Lin. Think
Speaker 1: about that. We'll come back. We'll do the other two regions,
Speaker 1: including the Virginia Oregon Dream game for Stanko. Oh my god,
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Speaker 1: this is going to be in Columbia, South Carolina, and
Speaker 1: uh these are gonna be Thursday as well. Thursday. No, no,
Speaker 1: So I'm sorry in lou In Louisville, Kentucky, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I was looking at the first round Louisville, Kentucky for
Speaker 1: the regionals. Uh, everybody in Louisville is like, wait, what
Speaker 1: they're done here? Virginia the number one seed against the
Speaker 1: number twelve seed Oregon. Uh, this is the only double
Speaker 1: digit seed left in this tournament. Are the Oregon Ducks
Speaker 1: Pack twelve Attorney title champs Virginia favored by eight in
Speaker 1: this game. Now uv A is here after beating Gardner Webb,
Speaker 1: the sixteen seed in the first round. And let me
Speaker 1: just say this. I joked all last week, if you remember,
Speaker 1: I was like, could you imagine if Gardner Webb was
Speaker 1: like in this game? Like tight at halftime? Gardner Webb
Speaker 1: was up six at halftime, if I'm not mistaken, six right,
Speaker 1: But then the wah who's just blasted them in the
Speaker 1: second half. I don't know what was said in the
Speaker 1: locker room at halftime, but man, Virginia came out smoking
Speaker 1: in that second half. They dispatched Gardener Webb. Then Virginia
Speaker 1: beats Oklahoma by a dozen yesterday, which was pretty much
Speaker 1: most to coast cruise for them. So Virginia gets there,
Speaker 1: and it is often interesting how if you have that scare,
Speaker 1: how that might turn it for you. And we'll see
Speaker 1: how far the Cavaliers can get. They're taking on Oregon,
Speaker 1: Oregon after winning the Pact weal attorney. Uh. They beat
Speaker 1: Wisconsin in round one months to Greg chagrin. Uh. They
Speaker 1: beat Wisconsin by eighteen and then they beat you see
Speaker 1: Irvine basically twice last night they beat him in the
Speaker 1: first half. Then the ant Eaters came out and we're
Speaker 1: absolutely ridiculous when the when the second half started was
Speaker 1: like a sixteen oh run something like that, fourteen nothing
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, fourteen nothing run, and then Oregon both raced
Speaker 1: them after that. So it's uh u v a Oregon.
Speaker 1: Let me let me start with Adam for this one,
Speaker 1: because this is a matchup close to his heart, big
Speaker 1: Virginia guy. He's been calling this late season run by Oregon.
Speaker 1: You got honors Adam on this one. Well, I appreciate it,
Speaker 1: Gil Uh. Usually I love when Greg Hoop Speederson has
Speaker 1: the floor first, but but I'll take it. I think
Speaker 1: for this, for this matchup, it's it's fascinating. You talk
Speaker 1: about the psychological impact. I think for certain teams, uh,
Speaker 1: the scare helps them because it wakes them up. I
Speaker 1: think with Virginia, obviously that Gardner Webb game wasn't a
Speaker 1: wake up call. I just think the weight of the
Speaker 1: world was on their shoulders. I don't know that a
Speaker 1: team has ever had more pressure going into the tournament
Speaker 1: when they were the favorite, uh than than Virginia did.
Speaker 1: That was incredible. They I can't believe those kids even survived,
Speaker 1: especially when they were down fourteen in the first half,
Speaker 1: but I think the resiliency was there. I think now
Speaker 1: that that's gotten out of the way, we're seeing finally
Speaker 1: again the Virginia team that we were used to all
Speaker 1: season long. Uh, the team that was dominant defensively and
Speaker 1: terrific really um in terms of their offensive efficiency, and
Speaker 1: I think the fact that they have so many weapons.
Speaker 1: They're doing this without Kyle Guy shooting well. I think
Speaker 1: he's one for fifteen from beyond the arc, which is
Speaker 1: crazy to think really struggling with his shot. But obviously
Speaker 1: Ty Jerome's a pro, DeAndre Hunter's a lottery pick. I
Speaker 1: love their offensive talent that at what Oregan is doing
Speaker 1: on the defensive end is remarkable. Kenny Wootton is eleven
Speaker 1: blocks in two games, changing everything, and Peyton Pritchard has
Speaker 1: been phenomenal Bolton Pact Welth Tournament and in the n
Speaker 1: c A Tournament. I think this one is going to
Speaker 1: be close. I think Virginia has the edge, but I
Speaker 1: expect a really I expect a nail biter because both
Speaker 1: these teams are so good defensively, Virginia's offensive efficiency and
Speaker 1: the fact that they have more weapons offensively than Oregon
Speaker 1: does is going to be the difference. But this Oregon
Speaker 1: defense is terrific. And I'm not surprised that they're in
Speaker 1: the sweet sixteen right now. And let's not let that
Speaker 1: moment slide, because I think it deserves one more mention.
Speaker 1: Virginia was losing to Gardner Webb by fourteen, a year
Speaker 1: after they lost first team ever to lose to a
Speaker 1: sixteen seed UNBC, and here they were in a second
Speaker 1: straight year, and when they were down double digits, me
Speaker 1: and my buddies were we were saying to each other.
Speaker 1: I'm sure everybody was having the same conversation. If they
Speaker 1: lose this game, like, will the alumni, will the boosters
Speaker 1: ever speak of this team like for the next year? Right,
Speaker 1: it would get to the point where it would be
Speaker 1: so egregious that you just there was there's no equivalent
Speaker 1: for it, like what you can't take them seriously ever? Again?
Speaker 1: Still and still, here's here's the thing, too. I don't
Speaker 1: need to cut you off at least, I mean you
Speaker 1: and I discussed this. The idea that both of us
Speaker 1: we're receiving because we enjoy watching Virginia play. We're receiving
Speaker 1: tons of texts and hearing from people, and I'm getting
Speaker 1: texts from basketball people saying it's Tony Bennett going to
Speaker 1: get fired if they lose this, thinking how insane is this?
Speaker 1: But yet your your point is well taken, and all
Speaker 1: I could think, and I and I continue to say,
Speaker 1: if if we were hearing this and we were feeling
Speaker 1: this heat, just because we appreciate Virginia, what do you
Speaker 1: think the players were going through what it has been
Speaker 1: like the last few weeks, so to get that monkey
Speaker 1: off their backs, I think there's a huge sense of relief.
Speaker 1: Whereas I think with like you compare that to the
Speaker 1: Duke victory. I think with Duke it was a wake
Speaker 1: up call of Okay, what you're doing is not going
Speaker 1: to work against against some of these teams in the tournament.
Speaker 1: To wake up Caul, you have to play alert, you
Speaker 1: have to play high energy all the time, all those
Speaker 1: types of things. With Virginia, I think it was strictly
Speaker 1: a case of pressure and it's remarkable. I think the
Speaker 1: win is even more remarkable than the fact that Gardner
Speaker 1: Webb was winning at half done. Yeah, I I can't
Speaker 1: disagree with any of that. As my Buddy E would
Speaker 1: text me pac line, schmackline, Gil. That's as big text.
Speaker 1: He keeps saying your thoughts on this game. And you
Speaker 1: know what's interesting is I actually had the chance to
Speaker 1: talk to Dan Walkin on my podcast, who was there
Speaker 1: for the regional. He talked to Tony Bennett after the game,
Speaker 1: and exactly what Tony Bennett said when his team was
Speaker 1: down at the half is apparently there was no peeling
Speaker 1: paint off the walls, there was no raw ros beach
Speaker 1: or anything like that. He was just very calm. He said,
Speaker 1: we're fine, we got the jitters out of us. Now
Speaker 1: let's play our brand of basketball. And we saw them
Speaker 1: almost cover that game against Gardner Webb because they were
Speaker 1: so good in the second half. When you take a
Speaker 1: look at this game, though, I do think that Virginia
Speaker 1: is gonna be able to win this game. I do
Speaker 1: think that they're gonna be able to survive in advance.
Speaker 1: But I like the way this Oregon team is playing.
Speaker 1: Keep in mind, they've got a point guard in Payton Britchard.
Speaker 1: He started on a Final four as a freshman. And
Speaker 1: you've got so much length with this Oregon team. Louis
Speaker 1: King and Paul White are too big man, they are
Speaker 1: able to step out and shoot the three. And then
Speaker 1: it was brought up by Adam that Kenny Wooton has
Speaker 1: been so good at being able to block shots. I
Speaker 1: believe he has a weaven. In the team's first two games,
Speaker 1: he has been absolutely sensational. This is a spot where
Speaker 1: I think that Oregon is gonna be able to hit
Speaker 1: some threes. I think Kyle Guy gets a little bit hot.
Speaker 1: So taking a look at total of one nineteen, I
Speaker 1: think both teams get to sixty in this game. I
Speaker 1: think we see a little bit of a higher scoring
Speaker 1: game than expected. I think Oregon probably loses this game.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking sixty sixty. Okay, so Virginia wins but doesn't
Speaker 1: cover you like the over at one nineteen alright, winner
Speaker 1: of uv A. Oregon takes on the winner in the
Speaker 1: south of the two three game per due the three
Speaker 1: seed produced there by virtue of beating the Old Dominion
Speaker 1: Monarchs by thirteen. Then they destroy Villanova Man by twenty six.
Speaker 1: That was a over race. That game was never in doubt,
Speaker 1: super due representing the big ten there. In the Sweet
Speaker 1: sixteen against number two Tennessee, we talked about Tennessee earlier
Speaker 1: on the show, they'd be coal Gate in the first round,
Speaker 1: and then we're up twenty five on Iowa and had
Speaker 1: to survive over time to get by the Valls and
Speaker 1: the boiler Makers Tennessee by one, Greg And if you
Speaker 1: like under, Tennessee has not treated you well, especially that
Speaker 1: bank three if you got the late number against coal Gate.
Speaker 1: But with that said, I do think that Tennessee is
Speaker 1: a better overall team in this one. Perdue got a
Speaker 1: very good performance out of Matt Harms in that game
Speaker 1: against Illanova. We all focused on the forty two points
Speaker 1: of Carson Edwards, but in that game Matt Harms had
Speaker 1: eighteen points, did a great job on the glass. But
Speaker 1: we've seen Matt Harms be hit or miss all year long.
Speaker 1: You just don't know what Matt Harms you're gonna get.
Speaker 1: I think that Grant Williams is gonna be able to
Speaker 1: do a good job against him and Carson Edwards. He'll
Speaker 1: shoot you into games, he'll shoot you out of games.
Speaker 1: He attempts nineteen point one shots per game, most of
Speaker 1: any player entering the n C Double A tournament. I
Speaker 1: think that Tennessee is a more well rounded team. Jordan
Speaker 1: Bone has an assessor turnover ratio three. Ryan Klein is
Speaker 1: a fishing with the ball as well, but he just
Speaker 1: doesn't do as much as Bone and Bowden do. I
Speaker 1: have to just lean to the better team here, and
Speaker 1: I think that's Tennessee. I like Tennessee to Adam. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I like Tennessee, but I would say this, if you're
Speaker 1: all stan I'd be terrified that Carson Edwards has gotten
Speaker 1: as hot as he has, I mean average in thirty
Speaker 1: four game in the tournament, including that that forty two
Speaker 1: point point outing. The big thing for Produe is where
Speaker 1: is the other offense coming from? Greg mentioned harms. But
Speaker 1: it's gotta be other guys outside of that, whether it's
Speaker 1: Ryan Klein hitting shots or iffort Uh. They need some
Speaker 1: other offense outside of Carson Edwards. They were best actually
Speaker 1: when Edwards was scoring and finding people. If he's the
Speaker 1: only guy going offensively, then it's going to be tough
Speaker 1: for him because there's so many weapons on Tennessee. Admiral
Speaker 1: Scofield has been terrific. It was shocking to see him
Speaker 1: not playing overtime and gave a weird answer that Rick
Speaker 1: Barnes said it was because scope Yield himself that he
Speaker 1: didn't want to play um and that you know, he
Speaker 1: was worried he was going to pick up his fifth foul.
Speaker 1: But it's you're in overtime, and who cares if you
Speaker 1: pick up your fifth foulure out like you're not playing anyway.
Speaker 1: So I thought that whole thing was was a little
Speaker 1: bit odd. But I but I do think the fact
Speaker 1: that they have multiple weapons, the big key, of course
Speaker 1: is is Grant Williams, because if you can get Grant
Speaker 1: Williams out of the low post where he does so
Speaker 1: much damage operating, and when he can face up or
Speaker 1: go back to the basket, that's when you you have
Speaker 1: a shot against against Tennessee. And I think I don't
Speaker 1: know that Matt Harms there anyone else on Ford is
Speaker 1: ultimately going to be able to do that. They're gonna
Speaker 1: switch multiple guys on him, They're gonna double him in
Speaker 1: the post. But I think there's just too many offensive
Speaker 1: weapons for Tennessee. So Carson Edwards has been hot. He's
Speaker 1: gonna set it up for everybody else. But I think
Speaker 1: without the other guys stepping forward for for Purdue, I
Speaker 1: think Tennessee wins wins this game. I'm so glad you
Speaker 1: brought that up at him, because, again, for me, the
Speaker 1: two weirdest things of the weekend. I mentioned Baylor against
Speaker 1: Gonzaga earlier, not shooting threes and not fouling down the
Speaker 1: stretch was the weirdest thing, like every other team is doing.
Speaker 1: That was like, no, we're good, we just want to
Speaker 1: cover this. Uh. And then it's the Admiral Schofield thing
Speaker 1: at the end of that Tennessee uh Tennessee Iowa game.
Speaker 1: I completely agree by the way Brian Anderson and Chris
Speaker 1: Webber were on the call in that game, they never
Speaker 1: brought it up. I think one slate they sort of
Speaker 1: mentioned and oh, hey, he's not in the game, but
Speaker 1: they never really got into like this is this is
Speaker 1: mal practice? What is Rick Barnes doing? And you're so right.
Speaker 1: It's like, oh, this is the end of the game.
Speaker 1: Who here's what he gets his fitful? Have him been there?
Speaker 1: And then after the game, Scofield was kind of like, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: it's good. Uh, you know, my teammates and whatever. He
Speaker 1: said that he sort of tried to pass it off
Speaker 1: it was not a big deal. It was a big deal.
Speaker 1: That's a big deal. Was one of those things. For
Speaker 1: better is you gotta file that away. With Rick Barnes
Speaker 1: coming back, we'll do the Midwest. U n C, Auburn, Houston, Kentucky. Man,
Speaker 1: these games are good. Greg Peterson Adams tako right here
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Speaker 1: gotta get to it. This is in Kansas City, Missouri,
Speaker 1: or as the old schoolers call it, Missouri because they
Speaker 1: refused to pronounce the eye. I don't know why. That's
Speaker 1: how they did it. It's U n C and Auburn.
Speaker 1: This is Friday night. That's where it starts. The number
Speaker 1: one seed tar Heels, who beat Iona in the first
Speaker 1: round and then beat you dub the Huskies in the
Speaker 1: second round by twenty two. As it turns out, they're
Speaker 1: taking on number five Auburn. We talked about this earlier
Speaker 1: with other teams. You get that first round scare and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, that's like carte blanche to
Speaker 1: blast your next opponent. So Auburn gets that scare against
Speaker 1: New Mexico State. Remember the Aggies had that chance to
Speaker 1: lay it into force overtime. Instead, they kick it out
Speaker 1: for the three. Shooter gets foul, he only hits one
Speaker 1: of three free throws, then misses a wide open three,
Speaker 1: and Auburn survives. And then Auburn just destroys Kansas. They
Speaker 1: were up fifty one twenty five at the half of
Speaker 1: that game late Saturday night. So it's Auburn and u
Speaker 1: n C. Tar Heels favored by five. Greg you mentioned
Speaker 1: that Auburn fourteen point win against Kansas. Honestly, it wasn't
Speaker 1: even that now it's not at all. But you take
Speaker 1: a look at this game. North Carolina has actually been
Speaker 1: playing some better defense as of I think that's going
Speaker 1: to present a little bit of an issue for Auburn
Speaker 1: because one thing that we know about Auburn is this
Speaker 1: team is now very good on glass. Awesome. Whitey might
Speaker 1: be actually their best low post player. He's been seeing
Speaker 1: some more minutes. I think that could help them out.
Speaker 1: But with North Carolina, you've got Luke may down low
Speaker 1: this year, Little coming off the bench, Garrison Brooks doing
Speaker 1: a good job. There's just too many big bodies for
Speaker 1: North Carolina. I know that they are a team that
Speaker 1: likes a running gun, but I think that they might
Speaker 1: actually try to slow this game down a little bit
Speaker 1: more because Auburn in regards to steals per possession on
Speaker 1: defense number one in the country. So you gotta think
Speaker 1: that North Carolina is really going to value the ball here,
Speaker 1: and I think that if they're able to do that,
Speaker 1: they're able to win and cover. And I look at
Speaker 1: this totally continues the climate at one sixty two and
Speaker 1: a half. I think North Carolina is gonna try to
Speaker 1: take a little bit of arrow the ball for the
Speaker 1: reasons I just said. And I'm looking at this under
Speaker 1: as well. Mr Stanko, sir, well, what makes for great games,
Speaker 1: obviously is when teams love to play fast. Is always
Speaker 1: a lot of fun and great point guard play, and
Speaker 1: we're getting both of them in this matchup. And as
Speaker 1: a as a as a point guard connoisseur, if you will,
Speaker 1: I love this matchup between Jared Harper and Kobe White.
Speaker 1: They're two of my favorite players in the country. Harper
Speaker 1: I think is phenomenal and uh and Kobe White more
Speaker 1: of the same. I think he's he's on his way
Speaker 1: to superstar him He's gonna be in the lottery when
Speaker 1: all is said and done, I'm convinced of it. Um.
Speaker 1: But the difference in them is Harper's five eleven Kobe
Speaker 1: White six five, And ultimately, I think the difference in
Speaker 1: this game. Greg brought up the defense North Carolina is playing.
Speaker 1: I think that's been huge. I think Auburn did have
Speaker 1: a case psychologically of that wake up game that we
Speaker 1: talked about with that with the opener and how poorly
Speaker 1: they played down the stretch against New Mexico State, especially Harper.
Speaker 1: But I think the big difference with this one is
Speaker 1: is really the play in this year Little. He gives
Speaker 1: North Carolina another option, another guy who can score, to
Speaker 1: go along with May and to go along with Cam Johnson. Um,
Speaker 1: they just have a bunch of weapons. They don't have
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that can break you down off
Speaker 1: the bounce, but Kobe White gets them into their offense.
Speaker 1: And so I just think with all the weapons North
Speaker 1: Carolina has, with this yere Little playing at the level
Speaker 1: he is for really the first time all season, he's
Speaker 1: playing like we all expected him to do when he
Speaker 1: came in as a freshman. I think that that just
Speaker 1: puts North Carolina on a different level. So as much
Speaker 1: as I like Auburn in their back court, I gotta
Speaker 1: take North Carolina in this one. And I think it
Speaker 1: might even be double digits. Kobe White is six five.
Speaker 1: Let me just repeat that, because most people when they
Speaker 1: process a Carolina game that they're like six five. What yeah,
Speaker 1: six five. I think he's a future lottery pick as well.
Speaker 1: Winner of view n CEE Auburn will take on the
Speaker 1: winner of the game later Friday night in the Midwest region,
Speaker 1: also in Kansas City, Houston and Kentucky the three seed
Speaker 1: in the two seed Houston here by virtue of their
Speaker 1: wins over Georgia State and Ohio State yesterday Georgia State
Speaker 1: and Ohio State, and then Kentucky here beat Abilene Christian
Speaker 1: Bad in the first round and then get the cover
Speaker 1: on Wafford by virtue of late free throws much of
Speaker 1: the chagrine of Wofford backers uh on Saturday. So Houston,
Speaker 1: Kentucky Kentucky favored by two and a half. Great. I
Speaker 1: hate to be a little bit wishy washing here, but
Speaker 1: this all comes down to the health of PJ. Washington.
Speaker 1: If PJ. Washington is not in the fold, I'd probably
Speaker 1: go with Houston on the money line here. If he isn't,
Speaker 1: I think they Kentucky is gonna be able to have
Speaker 1: a big size advantage on Houston, and I would lay
Speaker 1: the points with Kentucky. This is wait and see mode
Speaker 1: for me. Yeah, I know, I agree with you. Kentucky
Speaker 1: doing it without PJ. Washington in the hardcast, We'll see,
Speaker 1: We'll see if he can play in this game on
Speaker 1: Friday night, Adam, Yeah, I like Kentucky either way. To
Speaker 1: be honest with you, I keep talking about the fact
Speaker 1: that NBA talent reigned supreme in the NIA Tournament, and
Speaker 1: certainly in this case, it's it's completely lopsided. Kentucky has
Speaker 1: more UH players who will be playing in the NBA
Speaker 1: than anyone else in this field. Um. And you know,
Speaker 1: even though Houston does have Dejonjarrou who comes off the
Speaker 1: bench and and it's going to be a pro. He's
Speaker 1: a special talent. But I just think Kentucky has so
Speaker 1: many different weapons they can throw at you. Greg just
Speaker 1: mentioned the length and defensively, what Kentucky is doing on
Speaker 1: the defensive end is special, and I think they just
Speaker 1: have way more weapons offensively. So even if PJ. Washington
Speaker 1: doesn't play, they've already played a couple of games without him,
Speaker 1: the fact that there's an unknown that Houston has to
Speaker 1: prepare for for this week. I love Vin Sampson as
Speaker 1: a coach, but I just think there's there's too many
Speaker 1: uh there's too many question marks there for Houston, and
Speaker 1: I think Kentucky has a big advantage. All right, Adam
Speaker 1: Catching Shoot podcast? Where can people see your capsules for
Speaker 1: the Sweet Sixteen? Where's that? You can see it on
Speaker 1: Pure Hoops media dot com. Matchup of each of the
Speaker 1: teams you can learn about in UH in less than
Speaker 1: two minutes time, and then they're also available um wherever
Speaker 1: podcasts are found. Just look up Pure Hoops Quick Hitters
Speaker 1: and find them there. Greg your podcast, College Over Time
Speaker 1: Better Greg, Adam, thank you. Enjoy