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

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Monday,

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Speaker 1: March fourteenth. You could tell there's a little pep in

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Speaker 1: my voice, a little bounce in my step. Such a

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Speaker 1: big weekend was just had, and you know what it is.

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Speaker 1: It is March Badness. The tournament begins Thursday. I'm all stoked,

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Speaker 1: and then the sports world just gets flipped on its head.

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Speaker 1: In the middle of Sunday, brackets come out. I'm firing bets.

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Speaker 1: I'm waiting for the limits to get raised. I'm going heavy.

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Speaker 1: I'm filling out brackets. I'm doing a Calcutta tonight. I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you a little bit more about that tomorrow. I

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Speaker 1: can't reveal too much of it yet. And all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, I start getting text. Tom Brady's back, like

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Speaker 1: what what already? Now? What is this a joke? Let

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Speaker 1: me hold? Is it April first? No, it's not. Why

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Speaker 1: would Brady make this up? Okay, I guess it's true.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady's back like, just crazy Sunday, And you know, obviously, listen,

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Speaker 1: we had a busy weekend. I'm not going to dive

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Speaker 1: a lot of time on Tom Brady. Here he's back.

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Speaker 1: Why why? Now? Like what's this all about? But I

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Speaker 1: just gotta quickly go through the weekend. First played hoops,

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Speaker 1: uh Saturday morning. I couldn't play long because my son

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Speaker 1: had a basketball game. And for the first time in

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Speaker 1: And now this was an older dude. I think he's

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Speaker 1: you know, I didn't know what to say like this.

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Speaker 1: I'm a kind of a quasi regular in this game,

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Speaker 1: but it's not like my game is is like this

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Speaker 1: this guy. And it's it's one of those things like

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Speaker 1: I'm old. I'm not I'm not going on here getting

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Speaker 1: We have the better team and you got lucky in

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Speaker 1: That was my little basketball snip. It only got to

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Speaker 1: inspired the Gritty maybe justin Jefferson and all these guys,

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Speaker 1: And then you know, Sunday, my daughter had a soccer

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Speaker 1: the division is his folk show, right. Sean Payton's gone?

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Speaker 1: They had different rules than the one I'm doing this year.

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Speaker 1: So like seven guys and you know, we've been swapping

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Speaker 1: Gonzaga is the overwhelming favorite. I think Arizona is probably

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Speaker 1: all down, I've got Jason list of team rankings dot Com.

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Speaker 1: We had them on last year on the Sunday Night

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Speaker 1: brackets were revealed well received podcasts, We're running it back.

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Speaker 1: He dives into numbers. He follows college troops in a

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Speaker 1: We have similar feelings on several teams, like, for instance,

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Speaker 1: how are you man? Doing? Great? How you doing? I'm

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Speaker 1: and so that's gonna be a problem for them long term.

422
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,359
Speaker 1: Deep in the tournament, I think they'll still be good

423
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,640
Speaker 1: enough to win early. Get to the tweet sixteen listen

424
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,720
Speaker 1: because I've got science right. Well, So wait, are you

425
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,840
Speaker 1: putting U C l A by St. Mary's? Um? I

426
00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 1: guess I haven't. I haven't thought about St. Mary's definitely

427
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,040
Speaker 1: has the tougher draw in round one and could lose

428
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 1: to it. I mean, we've seen these playing teams come

429
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:49,360
Speaker 1: in and play. Would you edge to Wyoming or Indiana?

430
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 1: I don't know anything about Wyoming like Indiana. UM, I'll

431
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,440
Speaker 1: be honest with you. UM, I think that spreads on

432
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 1: like two and a half. Um, Indiana is playing better

433
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 1: and Indianna has um you know, bas Jack Davis. And

434
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 1: Wyoming has two good two players that score like most

435
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 1: of their points, their center Ek and their point guard

436
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: Hunter Moltenada. And but they've been kind of on a

437
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: downward stectually. They have not been playing. They haven't playing

438
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,159
Speaker 1: like a tournament team for the last month. They haven't.

439
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,240
Speaker 1: They got in because they had good results, quad two wins,

440
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,680
Speaker 1: all that stuff the committee cares about. But if you

441
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,399
Speaker 1: were a lining them up. They're probably one of the

442
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: weaker at largest based on how they're playing right now.

443
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 1: And so I but we've seen teams like in these

444
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,640
Speaker 1: playing games that you can't write anything off. I mean

445
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,720
Speaker 1: the Big ten Tank last year, Michigan State was in

446
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,719
Speaker 1: the playing game and U c l A beat him

447
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,920
Speaker 1: and went on the run. Indiana has the front court

448
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: size to compete with basically Wyoming's best player, and so

449
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: I think that's a they've got more depth than my own. Um.

450
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,880
Speaker 1: One of the games that I bet already, I think

451
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: the biggest bet I made on sun Day night was

452
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: on Chattanooga against Illinois. And and listen, this is crazy.

453
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: So obviously anybody who's betting goes to Ken Palm subscribes

454
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,359
Speaker 1: to it right, and Ken Palm has Illinois only winning

455
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,160
Speaker 1: by five. Illinois, by the way, a fourth seed versus

456
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: the mocks are at thirteen, and the Ken Palm numbers,

457
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,159
Speaker 1: you know, Chattanooga projects as like way better than a

458
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,720
Speaker 1: thirteen seed. Um, what do you think that this was? It?

459
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 1: I think seven and a half and down to six

460
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,679
Speaker 1: and a half. Um, let me see if I can

461
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:36,120
Speaker 1: find that, because I okay, I just I wonder how

462
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 1: seven a half seven and a half. Yeah, So I

463
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,159
Speaker 1: don't know if they've confirmed the Grandison player. That's that's

464
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,440
Speaker 1: I think a big factor, right, Um, Jake Grandison was

465
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: he was out the last two games, the season finale

466
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,240
Speaker 1: ins Iowa and then the Big Ten opening lost to Indiana,

467
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 1: and so, um, when they're not Illinois is one of

468
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: those teens. Man, I thought they should be better. I

469
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: feel like they should be still a national title contender,

470
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: and they've been inconsistent. I know they've been the one

471
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: seed in the Big Ten, but man Kurbello has been

472
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 1: not good since he got the concussion. Um, he's just

473
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,680
Speaker 1: so hot and cold, right, yes, I mean, and so

474
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,680
Speaker 1: this team feels like a team that's underachieved. And some

475
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: of those teams that feel like they've underachieved and have talent,

476
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,239
Speaker 1: they get in the terminally in it because that they

477
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: just continue what they've done. Um, and then some turned around.

478
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 1: So this is a dangerous spot because I'll tell you

479
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,280
Speaker 1: right now, Chad Newga is better than whatever power rating

480
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 1: you're looking at, because they've had some games where they're

481
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: two best players have been out that they did not

482
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,639
Speaker 1: play well. Um, including John Baptiste the guy who hit

483
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 1: the big shot for child get the conference tournament, and

484
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 1: and they got Kansas, Kansas transfer the center and trying

485
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 1: to think of his name, but just just or yes Sylvia. Yeah,

486
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 1: I mean, so they've got they've got major conference size

487
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: on the inside that transferred there. The kid Malachi Smith

488
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,040
Speaker 1: is good too. I actually we'll put something a little

489
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 1: on the money line matchup physically, yeah, I mean, I

490
00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 1: mean it was I like Chattanooga in that spot. I do,

491
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: because especially grandson is not and in Illinois he's not

492
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,640
Speaker 1: an understand that's probably that's a value play there. Now,

493
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 1: not to bash the Big Ten again, but reality check.

494
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,719
Speaker 1: Look at the spread on Ohio State Loyola. We all

495
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,399
Speaker 1: know Ohio State gag last year. Loyola. I saw that

496
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 1: matchup come out. Loyal has gotta be fair, right yep.

497
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,400
Speaker 1: And it's like, wait a minute, I was State Big Ten. Listen, listen,

498
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: I don't know what it is about the Big Ten. Well,

499
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,360
Speaker 1: I'll tell you. I'll tell you what it is. Um,

500
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: because I don't you don't want to throw an entire

501
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 1: conference out and they struggled last year. Um. But um,

502
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: there are some qualities that some of these teams have

503
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 1: had that that I think translated not playing well in tournament.

504
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,680
Speaker 1: The big team, these Big ten teams actually are not

505
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 1: Most of them aren't good defensively produced struggles. Ohio State

506
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: is not good defensive. They don't have a don't have

507
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: a you know, d J. Ladell, but they don't have

508
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 1: like a rim protector and they've lost yeah. Well yeah,

509
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: and Kyle Young has been hurt and that Key has

510
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: been hurt, so behind Liddell. And if those two are

511
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: out they have they're gonna be smaller and less deep

512
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 1: than even mid majors like Loyola they come up against

513
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,400
Speaker 1: on the inside. And that's the problem is is they're

514
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 1: not healthy. Um. Yeah, as long as if you don't

515
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: hear that those two for words are back, I think

516
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: loyal is to play. UM. Ohio State struggled. Their defense

517
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 1: is not good these big some of these Big ten teams.

518
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: I think I was an exception. Their defense has improved, um,

519
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,959
Speaker 1: but they don't pressure the ball. They don't and then

520
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: they get in the tournament facing teams that do. And

521
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: at least last year they struggled against some teams in

522
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,879
Speaker 1: these games that pressure the ball against like North Texas

523
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,360
Speaker 1: against Purdue and like Oral Roberts against Ohio State last year,

524
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: um lest I. Last year, Pack twelve had an incredible tournament.

525
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: I think they had four teams in the sweet sixteen.

526
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: It was a great run. Every everybody's looking for whoich

527
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: conference is that going to be this year? And the

528
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: juice seems to be behind the SEC where there are

529
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: a lot of upsets in their tournament. Um, how are

530
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: you feeling about the SEC? Can they have I don't know,

531
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: three or four teams in the sweet sixteen? The SEC

532
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: looks like the strongest conference, right they do? I agree

533
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 1: with that. Of course we see sometimes conferences that look

534
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: like the strongest laying egg. But I do think that

535
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:32,399
Speaker 1: the SEC teams have athletes, They defend, they do a

536
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: lot of things that should travel well in the n

537
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 1: c A tournament. Now, Auburn is the one that scares

538
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: me because they played zippo on the road and and

539
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: they don't shoot well, you know for the they can

540
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: be really caught and cold from outside. They've obviously got

541
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: the size. Um They're They're one that scares me. But yeah,

542
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,360
Speaker 1: I like, I like, Um, I mean Kentucky and Tennessee,

543
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: You're I think National Battle contenders, even though they're not

544
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: on the one line. I mean, there are teams that

545
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 1: you could see making that run like a Texas t

546
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 1: from like two or three year as ago. You know,

547
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: strong defenses that can the grind people out. Yeah, not

548
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,120
Speaker 1: going to be popular. Trying not to laugh too hard,

549
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: but you know a lot to like about Tennessee. Great

550
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: running the tournament. I think they've won like ten of

551
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: eleven something like that. A couple of NBA players. I

552
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: look at the sideline. I see Rick Barnes and listen, listen,

553
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,160
Speaker 1: if anybody followed Rick Barnes, very good regular season coach,

554
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: you get to the postseason, his teams have very often

555
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: had massive eggs. Where are you on the whole coaching

556
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 1: factor or like a Rick Barnes. I I have seen

557
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: too many I'm not gonna write them off. I've seen

558
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: too many coaches be written off as not able to

559
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 1: win in March, and then they do it. Um, I

560
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: mean the odds are still against them. I mean against

561
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: any team there are three seed but um yeah, I

562
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: mean we've we've we've seen some that that struggled and

563
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: then they never you know, Jamie Dixon with Pitt they

564
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: never never broke through, but then we saw you know

565
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: Tony Bennett. Yeah, struggle for years, is a one seed

566
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: and then become the first to lose to the sixteen

567
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: and then when the title election. Yeah, I mean you're

568
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: you still need a close game walk. You're gonna be

569
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: put in two or three three games where you gotta

570
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: make plays in the end. Can you do it? Um?

571
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: But they've got the If they're gonna win, it's because

572
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,239
Speaker 1: they turn people over and play pressure defense and make

573
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: it hard to score. Um. I look at the you know,

574
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: the three seeds. Obviously Texas Tech and Tennessee are good.

575
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: But I look at the four seeds and list, um,

576
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: you know, some of these advanced stats do not like

577
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: Arkansas Illinois. I mean, nobody likes Providence. But there is

578
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: you see l A. Looming. I don't know if you

579
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: uh go to this website called the Power Rank, but

580
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: among the four seeds, they have U C. L A

581
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: having by far the best odds to get to the

582
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 1: sweet sixteen thirty. The other guys are like nine and

583
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: six percent. Um. You see. L A did make the

584
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: run to the Final four last year, pretty much the

585
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: same team. They have a pretty nice freshman coming off

586
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: the bench. Where are you on the Bruins? The Ruins

587
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: are the Bruins have you know, the ingredients that should work?

588
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: And we saw them make the run last year with

589
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: a lot of the same talent. They've got size, they

590
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: can defend, they can score from variety of players. Um.

591
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: They I think in some ways of under achieved. And

592
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: they've also had guys particularly lately. Um, So they're gonna

593
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: need last year's tournament using to really make a run

594
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,160
Speaker 1: because as we know, he was on fire Lush. Um.

595
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: I think part of that though, I think there's a

596
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: couple of things. When you say their higher have higher arts. Um,

597
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: I haven't seen artist simulations yet. We're gonna we're gonna

598
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: get those overnights. So I don't I don't know the

599
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: numbers specifically, but if I were to guess, first of all,

600
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: say a lot of those other four seas, like Arkansas

601
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: are better than their power ratings. Arkansas had a period

602
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: where they struggled in like December, and they were playing

603
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,719
Speaker 1: guys who aren't playing now, and they've changed the lineup.

604
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: I mean they they are they're basically a better team.

605
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: You're they're basically a better team now. And so they're

606
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: they're better than number Providence even I mean Providences. Providence

607
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: is a week four seed, but probably is probably better

608
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,239
Speaker 1: than their numbers um because they still have I think

609
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: a good five. I think they're just not deep and

610
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: they fall behind or if they have to play depth,

611
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: they get in trouble um And I don't know that

612
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 1: they have size of some of these other contenders. I mean,

613
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: they've got good you know, wings and such. But the

614
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: other thing I would say, though, is this, the five

615
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: seeds in this tournament are extraordinarily strong. Like the Committee, well,

616
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: I mean think about it. You've got Iowa, who just

617
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: won the Big Ten. Committee probably didn't bump them up

618
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: at all. But Iowa is now the highest ranked team

619
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: in kim Palm and will be in our ratings, I'm

620
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: sure because of how they've played lately with their lineup.

621
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: I mean they since they've made since they switched to

622
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: their current lineup, they've been a top eight team. I mean,

623
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: so they're like a two seed caliber at the five.

624
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 1: You got Houston, who was in the final four last year.

625
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know they're quite as good as

626
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: last year, but they're better than a typical I mean

627
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,719
Speaker 1: they got seated down because they play in the American

628
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: Conference and they lost the three big games they needed

629
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: to win early in the preseason that would have seed

630
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: in the Whip and the committee you know, ding them

631
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: for that. But some five instead of three because they're

632
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: probably three seed caliber in talent um. So you got

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Speaker 1: two there. St. Mary's is a very good five seed,

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Speaker 1: but I don't know that they're on Iowa and Houston

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Speaker 1: and then you got you. I mean that's a strong

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Speaker 1: five group of five seats. Let me ask you. So

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Speaker 1: Houston won the conference tournament, I will won the conference tournament.

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Speaker 1: I wonder does that change your number on those two

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Speaker 1: a lot? Or you know, Iowa had some nice wins,

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Speaker 1: kind of a lucky flukey win there Saturday at the

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Speaker 1: at the Buzzer, Houston impressive win over a Memphis team

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Speaker 1: that's tough to gauge because once they dumped the kid Bates,

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Speaker 1: the superstar freshman Bates, it they were a totally different team.

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Speaker 1: But the way Houston man handled them, they dominated them

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Speaker 1: on Sunday start to finish, like Memphis had no chance

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Speaker 1: that man handle them twice so before that, so it's like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: this Memphis team has some dudes. Um, And so that

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Speaker 1: was an impressive win because this Memphis team is playing

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Speaker 1: much better. And is I mean, will they you know,

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Speaker 1: not turn the ball over enough to win? Will they

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Speaker 1: keep people? You know? Will they do the smart play smart?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but they've got the dudes to beat

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Speaker 1: people Memphis does. And so that was an impressive win. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I think Iowa. Where am I in Iowa?

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Speaker 1: That they can score and they're better defensively, they don't

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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. Uh. Keegan Murray is a matchup nightmare.

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Speaker 1: The team that's gonna beat them has to have multiple

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Speaker 1: wings that can defend because if you if you've got

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Speaker 1: a shorter wing, he's gonna take you inside. And if

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Speaker 1: you have to put a big on them, it's not

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Speaker 1: used to guarding on the perimeter. He's gonna light you

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Speaker 1: up outside. And so he presents a matchup nightmare for

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Speaker 1: a lot of teams. And let me, they're they're in

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Speaker 1: the regional problem. I mean there, I think, I'm sure

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Speaker 1: they're a heavy favorite to advanced versus. Yes, I have

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Speaker 1: a chance to get to the Sweet sixteen. Second best

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Speaker 1: Houston according to just one one Metric, and I don't

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Speaker 1: if if memory serves list, you are kind of where

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. Okay, So the Kansas Jayhawks are number one

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Speaker 1: in that region. And this is a team I have

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Speaker 1: trouble with because I'm in a Calcutta um and we'll

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Speaker 1: be bidding on team soon. And it sounds like from

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Speaker 1: our group, you know, we have a group of six

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Speaker 1: guys or whatever that they like Kansas after Gonzaga as

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Speaker 1: the second team, they want a bid on. A lot

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Speaker 1: of it has to do with their draw the Midwest.

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Speaker 1: The perception is it ain't great providence to affords bad.

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Speaker 1: I was good, but doesn't really play a lot of defense.

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Speaker 1: And I you know, Auburn, like you said, had some

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Speaker 1: warts Wisconsin. They could be in trouble in the first round.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know Kansas. I don't want you never

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Speaker 1: want to say anybody has the inside track but Kansas

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Speaker 1: easiest draw, would you say? Um, I think they have

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Speaker 1: a draw where that bomb on half of that has

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Speaker 1: some question marks. Again, I like Iowa and now I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure that would be a great game if if

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Speaker 1: if both make it, that's gonna be a lights house

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Speaker 1: game Kansas Iowa. Um. So, my Kansas is one of

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Speaker 1: those teams who are they going to be least saw

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Speaker 1: me Kentucky. We've seen them have Texas Tech took them

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Speaker 1: to the wire. Um. They have struggled at times this

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Speaker 1: year with strong offensive rebounding teams because they really don't

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Speaker 1: have a lot of depth front. They play a lot

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Speaker 1: of wings are really good. Um. But here's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Remy Martin is finally getting health be and if he's

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Speaker 1: because he's been a non factor or maybe a negative

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Speaker 1: factor for the last two months playing injured or not playing,

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Speaker 1: and so that could be an X factor that makes

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Speaker 1: them a title if if rhemy Martin is what people

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Speaker 1: thought he could be transferring into this program for this year.

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Speaker 1: Search f s R to listen live. I look at

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Speaker 1: this Iowa team, and I remember last year in the

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Speaker 1: tournament day, I think they scored ninety points and lost

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Speaker 1: to Oregon. It almost feels like they could drop I

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Speaker 1: don't know, eighty five on Kansas and still lose that game. Um,

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Speaker 1: they could. I just actually, And it's weird because last

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Speaker 1: year she was a two seed. This team might be

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Speaker 1: better suited for the tournament. Um, you know that Luca

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Speaker 1: Garza was a good college a great college player. He

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Speaker 1: emerged better, I'm sorry, like all around. And yeah, what

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Speaker 1: Oregon did was have five shooters on the court and

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Speaker 1: guarda couldn't guard them, and they just lit them all.

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Speaker 1: And I was at least been trending the right defective

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Speaker 1: direction defensively. Yes, that's their weakness. Their weakness certainly defense

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Speaker 1: because they're they're incredible, They're a national title offense. Um,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, that's gonna be a trific matchup. A couple

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Speaker 1: more questions, a couple of first round upsets. I like,

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to go through all the brackets and the

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Speaker 1: games that I circled, So this is not gonna I

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Speaker 1: don't think this one's gonna be popular, But I am

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Speaker 1: looking hard at Colgate. Uh, Colgate is, where the hell

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Speaker 1: are they? Are? They a fourteen? They are? Yeah, cold

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Speaker 1: Gate a fourteen against Wisconsin. And my issue with Wisconsin

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Speaker 1: is is Johnny Davis healthy? And let's I know everybody

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Speaker 1: likes Wisconsin, great story. Again, this is a team that

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Speaker 1: I I just am not a huge believer in when

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Speaker 1: you look at the metrics. Offensively they're okay forty nine

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Speaker 1: and defensively they cannot shoot the three at all. I

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Speaker 1: just think they're offensively challenged coming into the tournament with

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Speaker 1: two losses. I'm taking the points with Colgate. I may

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Speaker 1: take a money line too. I need to look at

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Speaker 1: my notes on Colgate to fully answer that. But the

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Speaker 1: thing on Wisconsin is they certainly haven't been They've been

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Speaker 1: a team that is great against the number when a dog,

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Speaker 1: and have not been good when laning points this year.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's because they don't have much depth

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Speaker 1: and if anybody's out, you know, they basically play five

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Speaker 1: with with a guy coming in off the bench, and

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Speaker 1: if Davis has heard or anybody else's in voucher double,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're they're vulnerable. Um. But cold Gate is

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've they've obviously played well in a in

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Speaker 1: a week conference, So I don't know. Um, let's see

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Speaker 1: if I'm gonna I'm gonna go to my notes. I've

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Speaker 1: been researching and I've made a bunch of notes, so

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to some here. Let me look up

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Speaker 1: Colgate UM. So cold Gate can shoot. They are one

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Speaker 1: of the best three they shot for the year, so

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Speaker 1: that they are a three point shooting team. So I

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Speaker 1: guess if they're hot, Yes, because um, they beat Syracuse,

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Speaker 1: scored a hundred points and went eighty three from three.

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Speaker 1: They shoot lots of threes, and they make a lot

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Speaker 1: of threes, so that's gonna be They're gonna be high variants.

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Speaker 1: But that's gonna be your key is you know they're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a chance to shoot against Wisconsin. Um, it's

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Speaker 1: they gonna make their shots against a bigger program than

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Speaker 1: the level of competition they've been playing. Uh, let's we

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Speaker 1: could wrap up with the team everybody loves who How

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Speaker 1: can we do an entire podcast not talk about Duke

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Speaker 1: and coach k Um You know coach k swan song. Uh,

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Speaker 1: there are two seed We'll get them out of the

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Speaker 1: first round. I don't know if Michigan State gets by

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Speaker 1: Davidson in the in the first round, but give me

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Speaker 1: your chances at Duke going to the Elite eight. Can

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Speaker 1: Duke make a run to the Elite eight or Final four?

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Speaker 1: Of course they can. And I'm not sure their brackett

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Speaker 1: is particularly I'm gonna let me pull up their bracket

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Speaker 1: here and see who's the seven tent on their side.

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Speaker 1: Let me look at it, Michigan State Davidson, which it

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Speaker 1: looks like a toss up. I already bet Davidson. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean Davidson, You've got two different styles, right, Davidson's

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Speaker 1: just a three point shooting scoring team. Efficient offense, is

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Speaker 1: not good on defense, Um, Michigan State, of course, we'll

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Speaker 1: grind you out. And to have a tall plenty of size. Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that either. I mean, I mean, dude,

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Speaker 1: here's the deal. It's gonna be up to do. Are

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Speaker 1: they gonna guard better than they have? Yeah? I mean,

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Speaker 1: if they play like they have recently, they're not gonna

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Speaker 1: make it because one of these teams will knock them off.

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Speaker 1: I mean, one of the Seems will scoreing up because

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Speaker 1: Davidson is a lot like Virginia Tech. Honestly, if you're

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Speaker 1: toa like, pick a team similar to Virginia Tech and

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Speaker 1: be Davidson. Probably if you matched up and lined up

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Speaker 1: teams and said, who, which teams are like each other,

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Speaker 1: they're they're probably pretty close on the comparable scale and

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Speaker 1: how they play. UM, so let's you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: want to pin you down. I know the brackets just

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Speaker 1: cave out. Uh. If I have the first pick of

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Speaker 1: any team and I say Gonzaga is gonna win, and

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Speaker 1: the second. The next two picks, what too would you

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Speaker 1: mm hmmm? I mean Arizona will be the smart choice.

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Speaker 1: I think, yes, that's probably gonna be the popular if

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Speaker 1: I'm playing a value game of where I think the

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Speaker 1: probably Kentucky. I did want to say. I forgot to say, Jason,

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Speaker 1: the team rankings become to treatment team rankings. We we

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Speaker 1: I you could go to bracket picks. I'm on the

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Speaker 1: money line, most likely upsets. Um, yeah, I'm this is great.

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Speaker 1: This is great stuff. And the brackets you'll see if

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Speaker 1: I mean all day, all day on Monday, I'll be

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Speaker 1: crunching the numbers and digging in so I'll probably have

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Speaker 1: different answers. Yeah, computer will reveal to me like I

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Speaker 1: Keep up the good work, Jason List team rankings. Follow

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Speaker 1: him on social media. Jason, thanks a lot, good luck

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Speaker 1: in the tournament. Enjoy it. Thanks for having me on