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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, Welcome into the Betting Pros Podcast. I'm Ryan,

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Speaker 1: warmly joined by my friend PJ Glasser from Game Day

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Speaker 1: Garage and Hoops in five with PJ Glasser. PJ is

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Speaker 1: the day after one of the great days of the year,

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Speaker 1: Selection Sunday, still a very fun day as you kind

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Speaker 1: of I don't know if you do the same.

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Speaker 2: I basically spend.

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Speaker 1: All of this Monday every year just like consuming as

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Speaker 1: much tournament content as I can at, filling out my

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Speaker 1: bracket and tweaking my bracket and overthinking it even though

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Speaker 1: it is still days away from tip off. How are

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Speaker 1: you spending this Monday day after pretty similarly?

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Speaker 3: I think where Honestly, the best way to handicap March

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Speaker 3: madness and the best way to fill out your bracket

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Speaker 3: is to just kind of listen to what everybody else

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Speaker 3: thinks about the tournament. You know, it's we kind of

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Speaker 3: all have similar elite eights, we all have similar final fours,

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Speaker 3: and it's never what everybody has. So we did our

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Speaker 3: reaction show last night kind of instant gut reaction and

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Speaker 3: what we thought about these teams, And now that we're

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Speaker 3: doing another show the day after, and you start to

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Speaker 3: hear what more people think. It's it's always fascinating who

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Speaker 3: maybe you try and pick the teams that you don't

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Speaker 3: think are going to be trendy, but they turn out

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Speaker 3: to be trendy amongst people, and it's interesting how that works.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited to dive back into it today. We

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Speaker 3: look at some more games standalone games and give out

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Speaker 3: some bets, but I like, you try to just kind

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Speaker 3: of yeah, taking as much as I can see what

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Speaker 3: other people are thinking and saying, because a lot of

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Speaker 3: the times all of us are kind of thinking the

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Speaker 3: same type of thing, and I try to fade a

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Speaker 3: lot of those mass opinions.

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Speaker 1: I feel like everybody's favorite champion pick every year is

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Speaker 1: like the second, third or fourth one seed. Nobody ever

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Speaker 1: wants to pick the number over number one overall seed

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Speaker 1: because it's too chalky, right, and it never happens. It

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Speaker 1: gets to the point where I almost feel like it's

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Speaker 1: smart to pick a team like Duke because a lot

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Speaker 1: of the people who are trying to be smart in

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Speaker 1: your bracket are going to go against it and they

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Speaker 1: won't be as common of a pick.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we talked yesterday about how much we like Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I think they're going to be a wildly popular pick,

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Speaker 1: and it seems like that early on. I want to

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Speaker 1: get in some sort of day after reactions here and

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Speaker 1: then we're going to go region by region with the

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Speaker 1: betting preview. For those who missed it, we did a

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Speaker 1: sort of bracket reaction show last night that's dropping at

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Speaker 1: some point today Monday. I'm not sure if it's out

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Speaker 1: yet or not, but that was more kind of from

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Speaker 1: the it's on the Fantasy Pro feed, and it's more

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Speaker 1: from the tournament itself standpoint.

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Speaker 2: This is going to be a more focused betting show.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, we were on the Betting Pro feed for this episode,

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Speaker 1: so similar in terms of going through region by region,

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Speaker 1: but with more of a strict betting kind of point

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Speaker 2: Picks all tournament long. So yeah, PG, as we get

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Speaker 2: here and I've kind of stuffed done.

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Speaker 1: You know, we have a friend who actually I think

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Speaker 1: I mentioned him on yesterday show, Joe Malfa, who often

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Speaker 1: will do his brackets. He will fill it out with

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Speaker 1: that kind of gut reaction bracket Sunday night and let

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Speaker 3: Are you a.

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Speaker 1: Tinkerer in general or are you somebody who's like just

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Speaker 1: kind of trust your gut. I've been watching college basketball

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Speaker 2: What I want to do by now.

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Speaker 3: No, I do tinker for what the things we were

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Speaker 3: I was trying to be different, have a double digit seed,

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Speaker 3: It's like those kinds of things, So I think you

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Speaker 1: One point that I want to ask you about before

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Speaker 1: opening round. Obviously, two of those one seeds don't know

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Speaker 1: they will also be, you know, double digit favorites as

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be interesting. I think I don't have a

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Speaker 3: I definitely think certain teams will be good ats. I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, last question before we get into the regions. It

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Speaker 3: East is the one I'm having the most trouble with,

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Speaker 3: for sure. The South is also very tricky. So the

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Speaker 3: two that you mentioned, everybody's picking Houston, everybody. I haven't

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Speaker 3: it's I mean, the three, four, five, six seeds are

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Speaker 3: Like you said, a lot of people though, are kind

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Speaker 3: love Michigan. I think right now, Worm, if you were

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Speaker 3: make the Final four, I think it's Michigan without a doubt.

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Speaker 3: And I'm surprised. I mean, Michigan's path to.

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Speaker 3: Very soft. That eight nine game, Georgia Saint Louis. I

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Speaker 3: have no concerns about Michigan there. Bama is your four seed.

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Speaker 3: I watch every game. They struggle with any team that

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Speaker 1: We'll do the best week cand to sort through it

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Speaker 1: When you look at the odds in each region, the

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Speaker 2: It just feels worth it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, let me go see what their price is to

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Speaker 3: Now again, another team in March Madness in conference tournament

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Speaker 3: Arizona pretty tough. I think Ucla would be the pick

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Speaker 3: want to put them against Yukon and bet them to

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Speaker 3: he's I think he's fourteen to zero against the spread

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Speaker 2: For the first round.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, TCU over Ohio State. I think getting them as

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Speaker 1: I like how you just finished saying that you, Danny

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Speaker 2: You know, favorite bet is Furman plus the points.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the West region here. This

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Speaker 1: when it comes to how you're betting the region in

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Speaker 1: addition to having some nerves about it in filling out

437
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Speaker 1: your bracket. I know we talked last night a little

438
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Speaker 1: bit about how you might kind of fill the bracket

439
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Speaker 1: out one way and go with the bets the other way.

440
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Speaker 2: Are you still thinking that?

441
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Speaker 3: Yeah? I think Arizona's region is sneaky tricky, you know,

442
00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,639
Speaker 3: especially if they get if they get Arkansas or Wisconsin

443
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,080
Speaker 3: in a Sweet sixteen matchup, the upside of both of

444
00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:01,880
Speaker 3: those teams. The Badgers have been giant killers this year.

445
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,320
Speaker 3: They won at Michigan and they nearly beat them again

446
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,160
Speaker 3: in the Big Ten tournament. So if they knock down

447
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,399
Speaker 3: their threes, Blackwell and Boyd are gonna be tough to

448
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,919
Speaker 3: deal with. They could potentially upset Arizona. Arkansas's got one

449
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,600
Speaker 3: of the best players in the country and the closest

450
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,439
Speaker 3: thing that we have to Walter Clayton in the tournament

451
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,640
Speaker 3: this year in Darius Acuff. So he could certainly one

452
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,280
Speaker 3: game is good enough to beat any team in the country.

453
00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,119
Speaker 3: They could be tricky, and then yeah, Purduing a zagger.

454
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,359
Speaker 3: Two teams that I really like Purdue, you know, just

455
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,560
Speaker 3: you don't see teams like this in college basketball anymore.

456
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 3: Guys that have been in that program for four years,

457
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,159
Speaker 3: four years starter, all that experience, guys that have been

458
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 3: to national championship, been to final fours. They know what

459
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 3: it takes to win this time of the year, and

460
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 3: you saw a lot of that in the Big Ten tournament.

461
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 3: So now you get them with a lot of momentum

462
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 3: going in as a two seed. They should get to

463
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,919
Speaker 3: the sweet sixteen. And then that potential Sweet sixteen matchup

464
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,640
Speaker 3: with Gonzaga is just gonna be an awesome basketball game.

465
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,919
Speaker 3: I think the winner of that could give Arizona a

466
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 3: lot of trouble. So it's it's a tricky region, you know,

467
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 3: And I've seen a lot of people pick in Arizona.

468
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,399
Speaker 3: But again, where I'm like with not being one to

469
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 3: be trendy, I almost kind of want to pick and

470
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,800
Speaker 3: Zagar Perdue to come out of the West because not

471
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,920
Speaker 3: a lot of people have that. I think either Arizona

472
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,359
Speaker 3: or Michigan is probably gonna win the national championship. Those

473
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 3: would be my picks. And I'm usually the never I'm

474
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 3: never the kind of guy that fills out multiple brackets,

475
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:31,520
Speaker 3: but I think this year I could see myself because

476
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,240
Speaker 3: I feel so good about Michigan winning the Midwest. I

477
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,080
Speaker 3: think I'll have some brackets where it's Arizona Michigan Final four,

478
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 3: winner of that game wins it all. Or I could

479
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,280
Speaker 3: have Michigan versus Gonzaga Purdue taking Michigan against that team

480
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,200
Speaker 3: and putting them to win it all. So that's kind

481
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,879
Speaker 3: of how I see that side of the bracket and

482
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Speaker 3: that region. But I'm I'm certainly considering purdueing Gonzaga.

483
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Speaker 1: You have often both yesterday and today paired those two together,

484
00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 1: Gonzaga and Perdue, Like oh, I think one of these

485
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,120
Speaker 1: teams could give Arizona a game.

486
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 2: Who do you think wins that game?

487
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: If it is Gonzaga Purdue in the sweet sixteen, Because

488
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Speaker 1: I agree, I mean First of all, that would be

489
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 1: just like, are possibly the game of the tournament?

490
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Speaker 2: Like, that would be an awesome, awesome matchup.

491
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: And I'm totally with like Perdue, Like, what do you

492
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 1: care about most in March besides coaching guard play? Who

493
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,719
Speaker 1: is there a point guard you trust more than Braden Smith? Right, like,

494
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: just coming into this tournament in terms of his experience

495
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 1: and talent level.

496
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 2: I like Purdue so much.

497
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,160
Speaker 1: Again, I like I like Arizona more, But you've talked

498
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,640
Speaker 1: so much about Gonzaga in the same breath as Purdue

499
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: that it's kind of just been pairing them together.

500
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 2: If you had to separate them, who do you like better?

501
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 1: And obviously Purdue does have better odds, not by wide

502
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: margins produce plus three sixty, Kazaga is plus five hundred.

503
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 1: Do you have a preferred bet between the two as

504
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,760
Speaker 1: opposed to kind of pairing them together.

505
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it would probably. I think it would

506
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,399
Speaker 3: probably be Gonzaga because again, I'm not high on the

507
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 3: Big Ten, and I think that's the kind of game

508
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 3: where you might see the Big Ten potentially struggle against

509
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 3: the size the athleticism of Gonzaga. The Zags are so

510
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 3: interesting because their second best player. Braden Huff, who's a

511
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 3: six to ten center, has been out for two months

512
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 3: and he's jogging, he's back shooting. They don't think he's

513
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,239
Speaker 3: gonna play the first couple rounds of the tournament, but

514
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 3: he could be back for the sweet sixteen. So then

515
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 3: you could have one of those situations if it's like,

516
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 3: when you have a guy who's that good and when

517
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 3: he's on the floor he means so much to your team.

518
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 3: Does that throw off the chemistry? Does that throw off

519
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 3: the rotations? He's probably gonna be rusty. What's that gonna

520
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 3: look like. They're one of the oldest teams in the country,

521
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 3: And as we were talking about yesterday, I think it's

522
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,479
Speaker 3: kind of a good way to look at it is

523
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 3: Gonzaga is better this year defensively than they are offensively,

524
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,719
Speaker 3: which is like saying a USC Lincoln Riley team is

525
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 3: better defensively than they are offensively. You just never see

526
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 3: that with the Mark Few team. So we don't know

527
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 3: what that looks like in March, and I think most

528
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 3: of us would rather have teams that are better defensively

529
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 3: than they're better offensively this time of the year because

530
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,399
Speaker 3: you got a lot better chance at winning elimination games

531
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 3: in the sixties than you do in the nineties. That's

532
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,240
Speaker 3: to me what makes Gonzaga so intriguing is how good

533
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 3: they are defensively. They're one of the oldest teams in

534
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 3: the country. It could be getting one of their better

535
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,640
Speaker 3: players back for that perdue games. It's just all that's

536
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 3: what makes that region in that game so tricky. But

537
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 3: if I had to pick it, I'd probably taken Zaga.

538
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: Is there a more of a you know, long shot

539
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 1: dark horse pick in this region? It feels like Arkansas

540
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: is a step down from those other three in terms

541
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,679
Speaker 1: of the public perception. The odds would say that as

542
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 1: well plus eleven hundred, you know, as opposed to the

543
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: other odds I threw out for those teams, So they

544
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: probably are a dark horse in the you know, macro

545
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 1: level view. It does feel a little weird to pick

546
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: the four seed, as you know, the long shot. But

547
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 1: if it feels like anybody other than those three teams, Arizona,

548
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: purdug and Zaga would qualify, And you just mentioned like

549
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: a Cuff is the closest thing to Clayton that we

550
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 1: would have in this year's field and would shock nobody

551
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: to see him just go nuclear and put the team

552
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: on his back and go on a crazy run.

553
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 2: You know, cal Perry's done it before.

554
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: It's not like he's done it every year, but he's

555
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame head coach.

556
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,199
Speaker 2: So they kind of stand out as the teams outside

557
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 2: of that top three.

558
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if you would qualify them as a

559
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: dark horse or if you'd want to look a little

560
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: bit lower and make a case for somebody else.

561
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, it would only be those two. BYU could interest

562
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 3: some people because of Debanza and he might be the

563
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,119
Speaker 3: number one pick and he's that good. And they've played

564
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 3: long enough without Richie Saunders to where I now they're

565
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 3: comfortable in their roles, their rotations. They played really well

566
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,160
Speaker 3: in the Big Twelve Conference tournament. It'd probably be BYU,

567
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,640
Speaker 3: I thought coming into the tournament before we had the bracket. Miami,

568
00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 3: depending on their path, could be intriguing. Jay Lucas's done

569
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 3: an unbelievable job in year one, but again again perdue

570
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 3: in the round of thirty two. No interest in the Canes.

571
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 3: So it really would be as simple as if it's

572
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 3: not one of the top three, it is Wisconsin in

573
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 3: Arkansas just because of the upside just because of the

574
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 3: way the Badgers shoot the three and Arkansas having a cuff,

575
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 3: those would be the two teams if you're looking for

576
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 3: a sleeper.

577
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 1: Is there a first round line or spread you like

578
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: in this in this region?

579
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 3: I like high Point outright. I got them at eleven

580
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 3: and a half. It's down to nine and a half

581
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 3: now I would take them on the money line. I

582
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 3: think this is a bad matchup for the Badgers. High

583
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 3: Point is exactly has the DNA of a team that

584
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 3: you want to back as an upset minded Cinderella type team,

585
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 3: mid major team. They're one of the top teams in

586
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 3: the country at forcing turnovers and they're one of the

587
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 3: highest scoring teams as well. So they score a lot

588
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 3: and they force a lot of turnovers, and that's what

589
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 3: you want. And Wisconsin is such a high variance team

590
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 3: because of the way they shoot the three pointer that

591
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 3: they can struggle so many people. After that Illinois game,

592
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 3: worm and the Big Ten Conference tournament, we're talking about, Wow,

593
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 3: Wisconsin still beat Illinois and they only shot twenty four

594
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,199
Speaker 3: percent from three. Like, this team can beat anybody on

595
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 3: any given day and doesn't even need to shoot the

596
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 3: three well I think that game was more about Illinois

597
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 3: than it was about Wisconsin because high Point again forces

598
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 3: they're one of the top teams at forcing turnovers in

599
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 3: the country. Illinois is dead last. So that's why I

600
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 3: don't like Illinois is because the team can still shoot

601
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 3: a bat percentage from three and beat the Iliini because

602
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 3: they don't give themselves extra possessions were high Point does

603
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 3: do that, And I think that was the big takeaway

604
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 3: for me with that Wisconsin Illinois game that isn't getting

605
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 3: talked about. Everybody looks at the Badger side of things.

606
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 3: I'm looking at the Iliini side of things, and I

607
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 3: think there's major red flags there. So I think high

608
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 3: Point gets some worm. I've already bet it, Like I said,

609
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 3: spread money line, that would be the game that I

610
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 3: would look at everything else in the first round. To

611
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 3: be honest, I don't think I'm gonna touch any of

612
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 3: these other first round games. Villanover Utah State, I'm good,

613
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 3: Miami Missouri is a pick. I'm good there. I could

614
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,959
Speaker 3: be into Hawaii as well, potentially another mid major with

615
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 3: some serious size, and you know in acuff In, Arkansas

616
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 3: just winning the SEC. Like how many times have we

617
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 3: seen a team win a conference tournament lose in the

618
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 3: first round. I think that would be this year's candidate

619
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 3: would be Arkansas, so you could you could definitely taught

620
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 3: me into some Hawaii in that game as well.

621
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,479
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627
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Speaker 1: All right, PJ, let's go to the mid West. This

628
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: is Michigan's region. You have talked about what a cakewalk

629
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: they have here, at least all the way to the

630
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: Elite eight. We have we have thrown out some possibilities

631
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: to start the conversation on the other region of the

632
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: case for fading the teams. You've already made it very

633
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 1: clear that you think Michigan is making the final for

634
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: just particularly given the competition that they face in their region.

635
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: Do you want to make a case for another team

636
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 1: or are you saying like this is one where you

637
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: know they're a favorite. They're minus money, you know, minus

638
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: one thirty, but you're you're willing to pay that price

639
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 1: because you just think they're gonna make it.

640
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 3: No, I think I think this is Michigan's a region worm.

641
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 3: I really really do. Again, I think Michigan, what's their

642
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 3: price to make the Elite eight? Let me go look

643
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 3: at that real quick, because if you don't really have

644
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 3: to lay that big a juice, I think it's a

645
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,959
Speaker 3: great bet. They're minus two ninety. Yeah, they they know

646
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 3: what they're doing. But again, it'd be I think it'd

647
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 3: be interesting if Wisconsin and Arkansas were the four or

648
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 3: five in this region. Bama and Texas tection pose any issue.

649
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 3: Iowa State's become a very trendy two Virginia. I like

650
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,239
Speaker 3: the Cavaliers. Ryan Odams a really good coach. Don't think

651
00:30:55,280 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 3: they have enough to beat Michigan. And you know, tennis

652
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 3: is a six is just so hot or cold. They're

653
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 3: so up and down. I think it sets up really

654
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 3: well with how trendy Iowa State has become, Like Iowa

655
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 3: State's really good this year, but they've kind of had

656
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 3: this team for the last three years. If you've watched

657
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 3: and play. Their upside is they're good enough to beat anybody.

658
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 3: Their downside is they show up and they score fifty

659
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,959
Speaker 3: five points and they go home. Otzilberg has never been

660
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 3: to the Elite eight. Now all of a sudden, everybody's

661
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 3: picking them and go to the Final four. I know

662
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 3: Michigan has struggled. I've compared them a lot to last

663
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 3: year's Auburn, but that Auburn team still made the Final four.

664
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 3: They still could have made the National Championship game. I

665
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 3: kind of think that's what this year's Michigan team is

666
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 3: going to do. So, yeah, it worn't for me. It's

667
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: truly just it's Michigan. I want no part of anybody else.

668
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 1: Tennessee is interesting because I feel like they are just

669
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: strictly talented enough that they could upset Michigan. But it's

670
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: hard for me to see them winning, you know, three

671
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: games in a row and then upsetting Michigan. Right, it's

672
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: just hot and cold. Like you said where in an

673
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: in visual game. Yeah, like I could see them taking

674
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: down somebody, but are they gonna do it three times

675
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: in a row?

676
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 2: I find that harder to imagine happening.

677
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 3: Yet, worm when Tennessee If Tennessee matches up with Vandy

678
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 3: in the round of thirty two, that game is going

679
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 3: to be a pick them, which is gonna shock a

680
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: lot of people be in a three six But with Virginia,

681
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 3: with Virginia, excuse me, yes, with Virginia, that game is

682
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 3: going to be a pick them in the round of

683
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 3: thirty two. And then if they were to match up

684
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 3: with Iowa State, you know, they'd be like a five

685
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 3: and a half point dog in that game. So that's

686
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 3: why you look at Tennessee's price to make the Elite eight,

687
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 3: it's only plus four eighty. I mean, they know that

688
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 3: they're a team that can make a run. So I

689
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 3: actually did change that on my bracket yesterday. I did

690
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 3: have Tennessee going to the Sweet sixteen. I am debating

691
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 3: maybe pushing them to the Elite eight. I actually think

692
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 3: I might do that, might have a Michigan Tennessee just

693
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 3: because of how trendy Iowa State is. Nobody's talking about Tennessee,

694
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 3: and that's the time you want to bet on Rick Barnes.

695
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 3: He's had a lot of really good teams the last

696
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 3: few years that have come up short. But when nobody's

697
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 3: talking about his team, that's that's when I want to

698
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 3: dive into Tennessee. So yeah, I made that change my brack.

699
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 3: Yesterday I went Michigan Tennessee Elite eight?

700
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: Is that the lowest you're willing to go on any

701
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,959
Speaker 1: of these seeds in this region? I mean, is there

702
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: more of a long shot that you think it's worth

703
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: sprinkling some money on. I know you're very anti Georgia

704
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: Saint Louis as a team that can threaten Michigan.

705
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 2: H you know, like Akron.

706
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: Obviously, like people like to, you know, talk so much

707
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: about Miami of Ohio. Akron was actually the best team

708
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: in that conference, and they they get, you know, a

709
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: top end list Texas Tech team, but like then they

710
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: still likely are facing Bama and then Michigan's right, So

711
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: that's difficult to see them overcoming that, like Kentucky as

712
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: a seven Santa Clara, I think, does anybody? I mean,

713
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: Miami of Ohio hasn't lost more than one game this season,

714
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: but obviously barely.

715
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 2: Even made it into the tournament. So is there any

716
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 2: long shot that you like?

717
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 3: No long shot that I like? Were I wish I

718
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 3: wish I could give to people something I don't even

719
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 3: like the twelve or thirteen seed to make a Sweet

720
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 3: sixteen run. And I think that that could be popular

721
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 3: because we all know how popular Acron is going to

722
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 3: be over Texas Tech, and then people are looking at

723
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 3: Bama High variants. Team Holloway now might be out for

724
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,320
Speaker 3: that game, so maybe Hollfster Akron could be trendy Sweet

725
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 3: sixteen teams. I'm just I'm not buying it. And then

726
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 3: if they do, when they run into Michigan, obviously you

727
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 3: can forget. So yeah, nothing, It's it's pretty easy as

728
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 3: Michigan for me would be a bet to make the

729
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 3: Final four, and I think Tennessee Elite eight would be

730
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 3: a look as well.

731
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the South region, which from

732
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: talking yesterday, I know you had as the weakest region here.

733
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: Florida is the onesee. Florida is actually plus money to

734
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: win the South as of right now, plus one sixty five.

735
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: They're the only one seed that's not, you know, minus

736
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: money right now. Houston, as you mentioned, like a very

737
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 1: popular choice to come out of this region in in

738
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: terms of the early brackets betting wise, Houston.

739
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 2: And Illinois are pretty close.

740
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: Houston is slightly more favored, but you know, Illinois is

741
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: a very good offense, right number two offense in Ken

742
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: Palm this season. Houston's number five overall in Ken Palm.

743
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: By the way, Illinois is seven, Florida is four. So

744
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: four or five and seven all in this region could

745
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: make for some interesting and very fun matchups.

746
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 2: I'm kind of with you.

747
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: I think you and I have been very much in

748
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: lockstep on this region both last night and today, where

749
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: last night we went on the show and said, like,

750
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 1: I think if I'm picking right now, it's Houston because

751
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 1: we don't have, you know, a ton of faith in

752
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: Illinois and because we want to go against Florida in

753
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 1: this region. But it's been so Houston heavy in terms

754
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 1: of the early reactions that I'm starting to think, like,

755
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: maybe it is just smarter to say, let's take the

756
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: defending champs who brought back some of that team, and

757
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: obviously there's a lot of big changes from last year,

758
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: but some of that team is still there, same coach,

759
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: you know, with that pedigree now and we're looking really

760
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: good prior to losing to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament,

761
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 1: and maybe you just say, hey, this is an opportunity

762
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: where you can sort of fade what most people are

763
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: saying by taking the one seed, who's the defending champs,

764
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: and maybe that's a smart bet. What do you think

765
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: about it as we sit here on Monday morning?

766
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know that's the thing. It's like a lot

767
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 3: of people probably don't love the one and two seed

768
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 3: in this region. But then it's like, Okay, you don't

769
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 3: like the one or two, who's the team that you're

770
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 3: gonna try and beat him with? I think Vandy would

771
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 3: be the first answer. But Vandy scares you in a

772
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 3: rematch with Florida because of what they just did to him.

773
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 3: So the fact that you just beat him by twenty

774
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 3: if the Gators saw him again, would you like Vandy's

775
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 3: chances in that game? I mean, maybe they could do

776
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 3: it again. I probably don't think that they will, So

777
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 3: I do like Florida and making a lite eight run

778
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 3: Iowa maybe is a tricky game if they match up

779
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 3: with Florida. I don't think Clemson really, you know, presents

780
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 3: any issue. Iowa was a tea I had kept my

781
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 3: eye on a lot of January and February. The more

782
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 3: I watch them, the less I like them though. They

783
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 3: just don't have enough offense. But the combo of Sturtz

784
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 3: and McCollum, who came over from Drake that won thirty

785
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 3: games last year, is definitely very appealing. When you have

786
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,479
Speaker 3: a very good coach and one of the top point

787
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 3: guards in the country, you know you have that combo,

788
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 3: you can win a lot of games. In March. I

789
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 3: just think Florida is going to be too much for him.

790
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 3: What makes the Gators so tough too, is they can

791
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 3: play any style. That's why they won the SEC last year,

792
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 3: why they won the national championship. They go up against

793
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 3: a super slow team, no problem, go up against a

794
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 3: super fast team, no problem. So I like Florida there.

795
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 3: I think it'd be Vandy and then Saint Mary's is

796
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 3: the other one who we talked about yesterday. I bet

797
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 3: them to make the final four at fifty fifty to one.

798
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 3: Elite eight, I bet them eighteen to one. Both of

799
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 3: those prices have really dropped now again, Warm I'll say

800
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 3: it like I said yesterday. Number one free throw shooting

801
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 3: team in the country, Number thirteen three point shooting team

802
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 3: in the country, top five rebounding team, top twenty defensive team.

803
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 3: They do a lot of things well, A lot of

804
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 3: us that follow college basketball know about Randy Bennett and

805
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 3: his teams over the years. They're always always they're almost

806
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,359
Speaker 3: always in March madness. They are always good defensively, they

807
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 3: always rebound the ball. They always played a slow pace.

808
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 3: But it's always like offense, you know where they gonna

809
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 3: get enough offense. But I mean the fact they're the

810
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 3: number one free throw shooting team. They're a good three

811
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 3: point shooting team. Like, I think this could be the

812
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 3: year to buy into Saint Mary's because they have the offense.

813
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 3: That's why Houston was finally able to get to the

814
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 3: national championship last year and should have won. It was

815
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 3: because that was Kelvin Sampson's best shooting team. So that's

816
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 3: when you want to invest in these Tony Bennett Virginia teams,

817
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 3: Rick barn Tennessee teams, Calvin Sampson, Houston teams, all those

818
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 3: teams that are always great on defense. To play the

819
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 3: slow pace when they have the shooting to go with it,

820
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 3: that's when they tend to make their runs. So I

821
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,879
Speaker 3: think Saint Mary's is super intriguing, and with almost everybody

822
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,240
Speaker 3: picking Houston to come out of this region, it really

823
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 3: makes me want to take Saint Mary's to beat them,

824
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 3: It really really does.

825
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: You're liking that more and more the more we talk about, Yeah,

826
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: We're like, I can't get off Saint Mary's here. Is

827
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 1: there a lower I mean, Saint Mary's totally qualifies as

828
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: like a dark horse long shot type in this region?

829
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 2: Does anybody else?

830
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: I mean, like people are always gonna look at would

831
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 1: you have a team that's done it before as a

832
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: double digit seed like VCU. People always are just going to, like,

833
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 1: I think emotionally lean towards a team like that, and

834
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: they get a Caleb Wilson less North Carolina team to start,

835
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: and then an Illinois team that we don't love, you know,

836
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,919
Speaker 1: theoretically in the next round. So maybe a path there

837
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: to the sweet sixteen.

838
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 2: I know that.

839
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: And we'll get to the opening lines in a second

840
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: for this region. But like, Nebraska's never won a game

841
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: in the tournament, and so maybe you get excited about

842
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: Troy if you think Vanderbilt doesn't get past McNeice there.

843
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: So is there a long shot dark horse type beside

844
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: Saint mary to ease your number one pick for that

845
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: category in this region?

846
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 3: They would be the only one, maybe VCU to be

847
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 3: honest with you, because they do get an injured North Carolina.

848
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 3: They do get an Illinois team that we just talked

849
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 3: about dead last in the country enforcing turnovers. If Saint

850
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 3: Mary's potentially pulls off the upset or Houston has an

851
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 3: off shooting night, maybe VCU is able to get by them.

852
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 3: So I think VCU uh is interesting. I keep going

853
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,359
Speaker 3: back on that VCU North Carolina game, though, because I

854
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 3: don't know if VCU is gonna be trendy in that game.

855
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 3: Carolina is about a two and a half point favorite.

856
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 3: You know, North Carolina. I don't think anybody really is

857
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 3: gonna want any interest in them. But without Caleb Wilson, like,

858
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 3: they've played pretty okay. They were competitive with Duke for

859
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 3: a half, and then the Clemsing game came right down

860
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 3: to the end and it was close. I think, ultimately though,

861
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 3: I'll go with VCU in that game, and I think

862
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 3: I'll have VCU in my Sweet sixteen. So I was.

863
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 2: Actually I was actually be freaking it off that game.

864
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: I was going to bring this up where I wonder

865
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,399
Speaker 1: if there has been too much swing against the tar

866
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 1: Heels without Caleb Wilson, this is still a team with

867
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: talent on it.

868
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:07,479
Speaker 2: Like you said, played Duke close.

869
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 1: There's a rivalry element there in terms of them playing

870
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 1: the Blue Devil's close. But like I wonder, my expectation

871
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: has been that VCU was going to be a popular

872
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: sleeper upset pick, particularly in the first round. And I

873
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: kind of want to go against because I think maybe

874
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: the pendulum has sung too far against Carolina.

875
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: What do you think about that?

876
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree, it's a game I keep going back

877
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 3: and forth on. It's very similar with BYU and we

878
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 3: were talking about that West region. We all know the

879
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 3: trends about just about every year except for last year,

880
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 3: a team has won a game in the first four

881
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 3: and then also is won a first round game, and

882
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 3: you know, you look at Tennessee as the other six seed,

883
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 3: who's getting the plane winner between SMU and Miami, But Hi,

884
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 3: it's probably not that game, and people are like, Okay,

885
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 3: well it's got to be BYU then, and they don't

886
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 3: have Richie Saunders and they've been struggling. So whoever wins

887
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 3: Texas and c State, I'll just pick them to beat.

888
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,280
Speaker 3: And now that line of thinking has maybe come around

889
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 3: to actually liking BYU in that game. So the Carolina

890
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 3: game is interesting. I do really think though without Wilson,

891
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,439
Speaker 3: that that'll be tough. I like VCU guards a lot.

892
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 3: They're playing really well. They're playing their best ball right now.

893
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 3: So yeah, USF is the team is the eleven. I

894
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 3: think people would expect maybe to make a Sweet sixteen

895
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: run when when I actually think VCU might be the play.

896
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: Opening round line that you like here. We talked about

897
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 1: this a little bit yesterday. Nebraska's never won a tournament game.

898
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: They are a double digit favorite because all four all

899
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: the top four seeds in every region are This is

900
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: not a team that has played their best ball as

901
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: of late. Now again, and I pointed this out yesterday,

902
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,359
Speaker 1: they've lost six of their last twelve. Four of those

903
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: games game against teams that are top eight and Ken

904
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: pond like against very good teams. So I don't want

905
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,280
Speaker 1: to hold that too much against them.

906
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 2: What do you think about that Nebraska Troy matchup? Is

907
00:42:58,200 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 2: that the spread? Do you want to highlight here?

908
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 3: Oh, it's certainly is. I'm all about Troy or I

909
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 3: took them thirteen and a half yesterday, we're down to

910
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 3: twelve and a half. For me, it's a really simple

911
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 3: handicap I'm a huge believer in sports that when you

912
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 3: are trying to get over the hump and do something

913
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 3: for the first time, it's just it's never easy, you know.

914
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,399
Speaker 3: And for a team, for a team like Nebraska that's

915
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 3: never ever won a tournament game, I just don't think

916
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 3: they're gonna win that game by double digits. I think

917
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,959
Speaker 3: it's gonna be tough. Man. Troy is a good defensive team,

918
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 3: They're hard nosed, they won't back down. And Nebraska is

919
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,279
Speaker 3: a team that shoots a lot of threes, and I

920
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:37,280
Speaker 3: just think that that's gonna be one of those games

921
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,800
Speaker 3: where their threes aren't falling. It's gonna be a struggle.

922
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 3: It's gonna be a low scoring, ugly, defensive slugfest. And

923
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 3: I think they win. I think they get by, but

924
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 3: I'll take Troy plus the points absolutely.

925
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: I think I forgot to ask on the Midwest, is

926
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: there an opening round spread that you like.

927
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 3: Santa Clara Love them against Kentucky? Love them. I live

928
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 3: for that kind of game. You know, we'll see a

929
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 3: blue blood like Kentucky going up against Santa Clara and

930
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 3: they're like, what's a Santa Clair. I've never seen them

931
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 3: in the tournament before and then they go to see

932
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 3: the line and they'll and they see the Kentucky's only

933
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 3: a three and a half point favorite. I like Santa

934
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,360
Speaker 3: Clair though, Man, they beat Saint Mary's in the West

935
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 3: Coast Tournament. They had Gonzaga on the ropes in that

936
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 3: tournament as well. I like their guard play. Herb Sindeck

937
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 3: is a really good coach. He's done a great job

938
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,280
Speaker 3: with that team. And I'm just not high on Kentucky.

939
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 3: That's a team that can struggle at times defensively. So yeah,

940
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 3: and and you know it's the NCAA Tournament. Everybody's going

941
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 3: to be motivated. But if you're Kentucky, like are you

942
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 3: are you excited to play Santa Clara? Like? Is that

943
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,239
Speaker 3: a team that you're truly like? You know, we're in

944
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 3: March madness and like that that we're playing Santa Clara

945
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 3: after we're dealing with like Florida and you know, Tennessee

946
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,919
Speaker 3: and all these other teams. So interesting spot for Mark

947
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,399
Speaker 3: Pope and company. But I do like Santa Clara quite

948
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 3: a bit.

949
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,640
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952
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:08,000
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953
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,000
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954
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,040
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955
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:17,960
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956
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: to some final four picks here and some you know,

957
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,799
Speaker 1: maybe a future's bets to win the whole thing, and

958
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 1: then we'll get out of here. We talked yesterday, and

959
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 1: I think as we as we went in as we

960
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: edited our conversation last night, our gut reaction, I believe

961
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,320
Speaker 1: I said my final four was Saint John's out of

962
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: the East, Arizona out of the west, Michigan out of

963
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: the Midwest, and Houston out of the South. As you

964
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:47,479
Speaker 1: pointed out that sort of that type of final four

965
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: has become quite a popular pick, so maybe some more

966
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:57,239
Speaker 1: interest in coming off that. I really wish, I really

967
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: wish Purdue wasn't in Arizona's region. I would really like

968
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: to take them as a two seed that would be

969
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: in any of the other regions, with any of the

970
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: other one seeds, they would be my pick out of

971
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:11,359
Speaker 1: that region. I just I just Arizonas feel so much

972
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: safer compared to the other one seeds, by the way,

973
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: odds wise, you know, to win it all, you know,

974
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 1: Duke plus three forty, Michigan three seventy, Arizona three and

975
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: ninety bit of a gap to Florida plus seven fifty.

976
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: Those are of course, the four one seeds are the

977
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: the top choices there. When you think about the final

978
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,279
Speaker 1: four right now, after a night of sleeping on it,

979
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: who are your picks?

980
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:40,360
Speaker 3: So yeah, I initially had Saint John's as what I

981
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:44,319
Speaker 3: was going back forth between Saint John's and Yukon. So

982
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 3: mine's pretty similar to you. We only differ with with

983
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,840
Speaker 3: Florida and Houston. I move the Gators now into the

984
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 3: final four. I got Michigan, I got Arizona, and I

985
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:57,239
Speaker 3: got Saint John's as well, because Duke, though, isn't as

986
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,479
Speaker 3: trendy and popular as I thought, and people are away

987
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 3: because of the foster injury, and I totally get it.

988
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 3: I think they could absolutely lose. It's making me wonder

989
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 3: if Duke is almost the pick worm. It's almost makes

990
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 3: me wonder if we're gonna have all four one seeds again.

991
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: I was just about to say, what do you think

992
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: is more likely all four one seeds or none? And

993
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: I think at the start of the conversation, well, at

994
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:23,200
Speaker 1: the start of this whole you know, amount of coverage

995
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: in the last few days, it probably would have been

996
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: all because they're very strong. But then if you start

997
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: to poke holes in a lot of these teams and

998
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: I start to feel like, well, I feel like we

999
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: keep talking about besides Arizona, we want to fade these

1000
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: one seeds, it feels like, and the brackets is not

1001
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 1: giving us a chance. So do you think that another

1002
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: year of all four one seeds is really on the table?

1003
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:46,320
Speaker 3: I think it could be, because it's not I thought

1004
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 3: when the brackets came out, that's what everybody would be

1005
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 3: filling out. But I don't think anybody's gonna be filling

1006
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 3: that out anymore. Because Iowa states so popular, Houston's so popular,

1007
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,479
Speaker 3: people think Duke is gonna lose now that the fact

1008
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 3: that the four ones aren't popular anymore kind of makes

1009
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 3: me think we might get it again, you know what

1010
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,360
Speaker 3: I mean. So as of now, I have I have

1011
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,279
Speaker 3: three ones with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida in the final four.

1012
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 3: And now, you know, I just I don't really love Yukon.

1013
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 3: This year, Saint John's has become more trending than I

1014
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 3: thought they would be. I'm thinking we could have four ones.

1015
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 3: I'll keep at Saint John's, Florida, Michigan in Arizona for now.

1016
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 3: I could see myself putting Duke in there, and I'm

1017
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 3: having all four ones. I could actually see myself too,

1018
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 3: pulling Arizona and maybe going with Gonzagar Purdue, and then

1019
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 3: haveing Michigan to win the title. But I don't really

1020
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,720
Speaker 3: like Michigan to win. It's so hard. It's so hard.

1021
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1022
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 3: I don't know what to do. It's toime.

1023
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 2: I don't disagree.

1024
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 1: Betting wise, for the national champion. Do you have a

1025
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: favorite bet right now? Is it one of those favorites?

1026
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,839
Speaker 1: Is it more of a long shot bet, like you know, Gonzagas,

1027
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: I think it's sixty to one.

1028
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 2: You know, Perdue twenty eight to one.

1029
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:00,399
Speaker 1: I if they get past Arizona, I'll like them a bit.

1030
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: That's just the one that that bothers me because of

1031
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: how much I like Arizona. Houston's plus thirteen hundred, and

1032
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 1: it would be very sports like, like just very Classic.

1033
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: You know, sports narrative to see a team that is

1034
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 1: really good for a stretch of time and then not

1035
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,760
Speaker 1: the best version of themselves is the one that actually

1036
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,880
Speaker 1: wins the title, you know, if we were to happen

1037
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 1: with Houston or Gonzaga. So for you, is there a

1038
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: standout bet you like as a future or are you

1039
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: just like gonna bet some of these one seats.

1040
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 3: I think it's either gonna be I think it's gonna

1041
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 3: be Duke Arizona or Michigan. The values gone at Arizona

1042
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 3: at this point before the Big Twelve Championship, during the

1043
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 3: Big Twelve Conference tournament, you could have gotten it at

1044
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 3: plus four fifty plus four twenty five. Now they're the

1045
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:50,239
Speaker 3: favorite most shops, So the value on Arizona's gone. Worm

1046
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 3: You're right, it does feel like their last year's Florida

1047
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 3: where they were in the conversation be one of the

1048
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 3: top teams. But now with the bracket and the path

1049
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 3: and everything, they're to be coming the trendy pick. The

1050
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 3: odds market is going that way as well. So I

1051
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 3: don't know, man. I still I still think they're the safest.

1052
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 3: I still think they're the best team. There's no value

1053
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 3: on betting any of the championship teams, though at this

1054
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:20,719
Speaker 3: point I think Purdue probably would be the play if

1055
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 3: you're looking for any other team, that's the only other

1056
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,839
Speaker 3: team that I would entertain would be Purdue. Maybe if

1057
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 3: Michigan climbs back up to four to one, that would

1058
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 3: be a team that that would be a team that

1059
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,440
Speaker 3: I would look at. But yeah, I think as it's

1060
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,919
Speaker 3: price right now, I don't think there's a bet.

1061
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 1: If they I'm trying to look at just like the

1062
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,320
Speaker 1: real like longer shots, just to see if it's worth

1063
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: throwing at dart somewhere. I think in Zaga and Saint

1064
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: John's are my two that are like really priced as

1065
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: long shots here that if I was forced to, I

1066
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: would go with. But I don't feel particularly like convicted

1067
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 1: in them. So I don't want to come out here

1068
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,360
Speaker 1: and say like, oh, those are like official bets I

1069
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: want to be making. It's more just like if i'm

1070
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,720
Speaker 1: if I want to play the game of not going

1071
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 1: with one of the favorites, and I want to look

1072
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,439
Speaker 1: a little little longer odds than a Purdue because Purdue

1073
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: would be the choice outside of the one seeds for me.

1074
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,240
Speaker 1: But if I want to look a little longer odds.

1075
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 1: I think Gonzaga and Saint John's are the two that

1076
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 1: most stand out. It's always interesting for me when when

1077
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: there's a team I really like and they're in a

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Speaker 1: Zag is my favorite three seed.

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Speaker 2: They're all in the same same region.

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Speaker 1: If you get out of the region, you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: feeling really good about those bets though, and so if

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Speaker 1: then it gets me more intriguing. But but that's it

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Speaker 1: almost feels like it's forcing it right to go against

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Speaker 3: It does. I uh yeah. So I think after the

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Speaker 3: first time in a while, I'm gonna fill out multiple

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Speaker 3: few it's a few spots that I'm gonna change. Michigan

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Speaker 3: and Arizona will be my champion. It's gonna be one

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Speaker 3: of those two teams. But I think on a couple

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Speaker 3: I'll have Doke going to the final four. Then there'll

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Speaker 3: be some others where I have Gonzagger maybe Perdue going

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Speaker 3: to the final four. I feel good though about Florida

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Speaker 3: and Michigan. I think those two teams are coming out

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Speaker 3: way too popular, and I think people are forgetting how

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Speaker 3: good still these two teams are and how much better

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Speaker 3: a lot easier. So I feel really good about Florida

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Speaker 3: and Michigan. In the South and the Midwest, East and

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Speaker 3: the West warm I already know that's where the pain's

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Speaker 3: Whatever I know, I can't tell you.

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Speaker 1: I think it's been like two or three years in

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Speaker 2: It with Gonzaga, Yukon won it.

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Speaker 1: All, and like, I just know whatever, if I'm agonizing

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