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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Favorites, the podcast from the Action Network.

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Speaker 1: I am Chad Millman. Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at producer Matt's I'm looking at producer Antonio.

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking about the brackets. I'm thinking about everything the

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Speaker 1: Action Network did last night. I'm thinking about the party

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Speaker 1: we are having in Vegas at Mabel's at the Palms

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Speaker 1: rides to get there, um go free food. That is stucky,

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Speaker 1: Uh go to what do you go to again? Action

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Speaker 1: You better freaking r s v P no joke, I

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Speaker 1: It should be backslash slash Heaven is what it should be.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's Mike Randall coming in with a singer.

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Speaker 1: I haven't even introduced these guys yet because we haven't

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Speaker 1: even gotten to the college basketball tournament yet. Oh my god,

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Speaker 1: listen for everything you need download the Action Network app.

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Speaker 1: Go to Action network dot com. We have brackets simulators

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Speaker 1: based on the size of your pool, based on whether

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Speaker 1: you want a lot of upsets you want just a

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Speaker 1: few upsets. Stuck, he's already posted a story on the

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Speaker 1: three games he bet right away. We've got a story

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Speaker 1: on the games the wise guys have bet early. We've

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Speaker 1: got instant reacts to the brackets with picks against the

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Speaker 1: spread into advance ants. It's like it's your one stop

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Speaker 1: shop everything you need to win your tournament, to find

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Speaker 1: your edge, to get ready. Mike Randall stucky college basketball experts.

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Speaker 1: Listen to them on the College is pod from the

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Speaker 1: Action Network, where they get even downer and dirtier with

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Speaker 1: all of the college basketball info. It's so good. There's

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Speaker 1: stuff that is already up there, amazing. I asked them

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Speaker 1: to uh slum it enjoin me on the podcast today, um,

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Speaker 1: because I'm not as smart as they are, but maybe

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Speaker 1: they can help you get a little smarter enough with

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Speaker 1: the pitter patter Stuck, what's going on, Mike? How are

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Speaker 1: we doing? Gentlemen? Tell me what your night was like

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Speaker 1: last night? Mike? What happens to you during selection Sunday. Uh,

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Speaker 1: tell me when the what's happening when the brackets come out?

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Speaker 1: When the brackets are out, and like, how do you

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Speaker 1: spend the rest of the evening. I've spent the rest

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Speaker 1: of the evening on a high. I mean this, it's

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Speaker 1: like Christmas in March. The brackets are coming out, your

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Speaker 1: people who are a blackjack tables counting cards right, and

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Speaker 1: they just start flying by. Who's playing who, what's the spreads,

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Speaker 1: It's like information overload and it just is gonna build

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Speaker 1: until Thursday. It's it's the best night, It really is.

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Speaker 1: analyzing games? The whole time, when was your mind just

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Speaker 1: working my article It's coming out some Marrow fraction Network injuries, right,

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Speaker 1: never gonna happen. So we try to really nail the

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Speaker 1: long shots and go with probabilities. Here's by the way,

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Speaker 1: this event, I'm gonna be there. Stuck He's gonna be there,

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Speaker 1: Paula Duke is gonna be there, Blackjack's gonna be there,

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Speaker 1: It's going to be as they say, a party, Action

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Speaker 1: Wednesday night at seven o'clock at mable's at the Poems

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Speaker 1: Action Network dot com um slash Madness hyphen party. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: all of our bets. St Mary's defends the three pointer

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Speaker 1: see Penn State an attorney than Iowa. Tennessee colegate volunteers through.

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Speaker 1: But watch out for Cincinnati in Ohio in that second round.

425
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,679
Speaker 1: They got nuts. Man, what they did to Houston in

426
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 1: that A A C final. That was impressive because I

427
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,199
Speaker 1: know both of you guys love Houston. I'm on Houston

428
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: and Futures for at seventy to one. That was a performance. Yeah,

429
00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 1: I have a since my preseason Futures piece. My one

430
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: of my darts was since he at a hundred and

431
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,440
Speaker 1: fifty one. So I was pleased to see that performance.

432
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,359
Speaker 1: It's gonna come down to their offense. Their defense is

433
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 1: legit and Tennessee Colgate Tennessee brushes aside cold Gate easy puts.

434
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Speaker 1: You're funny, all right, let's keep going. Hold on Virginia

435
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: Mississippi v A Tony Bennett Redemption Tour. Uh uv A.

436
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: But I'm going to tell you that everyone in the

437
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,159
Speaker 1: world is going to tune into Gardner Webb u v A.

438
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 1: If Gardener Webb they can shoot three, that's all they

439
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 1: can do. They can't rebound in one of the smallest

440
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: teams in the country, but they have a bunch of

441
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,920
Speaker 1: three point shooters. Yeah, Virginia is the number one three

442
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,200
Speaker 1: point defense, but they're gonna chuck a ton of threes

443
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,199
Speaker 1: if Gardner Webb goes up eighteen ten. Because they made

444
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 1: their first six threes. The whole world's gonna tune in,

445
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,520
Speaker 1: and Virginia is gonna get They're gonna say what not again,

446
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,000
Speaker 1: and then it could get interesting. But I think you're

447
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,040
Speaker 1: gonna get the angry Virginia team. As long as a

448
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: step on him earlier, they could win this game by forty.

449
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,959
Speaker 1: But I think Virginius through to the sweet sixteen. All right,

450
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 1: So Uva is going to the sweet sixteen? Uh? What about?

451
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: What do we decide here? Wisconsin or Oregon? I know,

452
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: stuck your own Wisconsin, Randall, what are you gonna do?

453
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,120
Speaker 1: I'm on the other side. I'm on Oregon. Kenny Wootton

454
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 1: is an issue. He dominated the Washington game inside there.

455
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: Everything about eatan half is true, but the hack a

456
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: half issue is real. Oregon should be able to limit

457
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Speaker 1: Wisconsin three point ability, and as long as Wootton doesn't

458
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: get in foul trouble, I think Oregon will advance. All right.

459
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 1: I like this. I'm going with Oregon too. So we

460
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,400
Speaker 1: got Oregon. You see Irvine playing in the second round.

461
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 1: Who goes? I'll take Oregon. I like you see Irvine,

462
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 1: but I'll take Oregon through. This is a tough one here,

463
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna ride the hot team that won the

464
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: Pack twelve tournament that nobody cares about. I got I

465
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,760
Speaker 1: Oh my god. Alright, I'm going with Irvine two. So

466
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,640
Speaker 1: now we have Irvine playing UV A hold on, let's

467
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 1: go to the next next part of the bracket. Let's

468
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Speaker 1: say it's St. Mary's Perdue. I'll take Perdue. Carson Edwards

469
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 1: is strong there, and they've done a nice job inside.

470
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: Trevion Williams, who's really developed as a freshman halfway through

471
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 1: the season, gives them a good force and gives Matt

472
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: Harms a chance to play in a role that he's

473
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Speaker 1: better accustomed for. I'll take Perdue Perdue. Alright. Then we

474
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Speaker 1: got Since against Iowa and or Since in Tennessee. I'm

475
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Speaker 1: gonna take Since here. We've talked about this on our

476
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 1: podcast with with Colin Wilson. Tennessee here gets pushed around

477
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 1: a little bit. They had a very easy early conference schedule.

478
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Jarren Cumberland has been hot. They played great defense.

479
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: I feel like this year they take up the last

480
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Speaker 1: year's horrific lost to Nevada coming back. We may disagree

481
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 1: on this one, but this is in Ohio and and

482
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 1: you know you're not gonna go chalk all the time.

483
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put Cincinnati through. I mean, I have futures

484
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: on both these teams, which is unfortunate. Um, but I

485
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,640
Speaker 1: mean Tennessee I have a thirty five to one from

486
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: before the year. I think they get through. They're a

487
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: fense is really good. They're gonna find ways to score

488
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: with Grant Williams, and then their defense is also good

489
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: and Synthy just goes into too many droughts too often. Uh.

490
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: And remember that Tennessee is also awesome at the free

491
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 1: throw line, which is going to be huge in this tournament.

492
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,400
Speaker 1: I think Tennessee advances and then gets to the elite eight.

493
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you're already pre entting. So now we

494
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: got uh Tennessee against the winner of St. Mary's perdue.

495
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Speaker 1: In that case, I'll take Tennessee and put them through.

496
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 1: All right, So let's say Tennessee guests the lead eight.

497
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:42,680
Speaker 1: What about uh you see Irvine? Oregon? Well I put

498
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: Oregon for stuck. You put you see Irvine, so we

499
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: can go with you c r Vine. Let's go with

500
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: you see Irvine? All right? An eater eaters, But at

501
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: the end of the day is it Virginia or you

502
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 1: see Irvine Virginia. All right, So now we got Virginia

503
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Speaker 1: against Tennessee in the Elite eight. Out of that out

504
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: of the South, yeah, I think this is gonna be

505
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: the I have it as my chalkiest region as far

506
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: as I mean, I have UC Irvin going to the

507
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen and Lanova go down the St. Mary's. But

508
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 1: in the end, I think the cream rises the top. Uh.

509
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,679
Speaker 1: And then I would if you want to pick Virginia Tennessee, Uh,

510
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: take a coin and flip it. I have no idea.

511
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 1: I gotta get I gotta get down into that game

512
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: some more, because ultimately the final four is going to

513
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,679
Speaker 1: you know, if you're in a bracket contest, it's going

514
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: to go a huge way of determining if you have

515
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: a chance to win or not. I don't know who

516
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: I have Tennessee in there in my preliminary final four,

517
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,000
Speaker 1: but I gotta I gotta get into back into the

518
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: lab for this game. Oh Randall the last two years,

519
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: Virginia has been fiftieth and thirtieth and adjusted offensive efficiency.

520
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: This year they are second and adjusted offensive efficiency, to

521
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: go along with their annual fantastic defense. I think it

522
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: would be total poetic justice for Virginia to make the

523
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Speaker 1: Final four after going out and what was really an

524
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: exaggerated sixteen one lost, because I know DeAndre Hunter, I

525
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: think Virginia is going to make the final four here,

526
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: and I think they would get in from this bracket.

527
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: Oh my god, we are fucking nailing this. Yeah, I mean,

528
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 1: the only thing with Virginia, I think they're the best

529
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: overall team in the country. I think Dukes the most

530
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: talent basically because they have a zion uh. But Virginia

531
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: is the you can remember this the slowest team in

532
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,399
Speaker 1: the country, and you know that's their identity, that's how

533
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 1: they play. But it also increases their variants. You know,

534
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: a team doesn't have to get as hot for as

535
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: long to beat them, you know, you know, it's as

536
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: such a low possession game. It didn't surprise me that

537
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 1: that was they were the ones seed that lost to

538
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: a sixteen um. But it's just something to keep in

539
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 1: mind here. If they're playing these games that are in

540
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: the fifties. I mean that you saw Notre Dame was

541
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: within one with a minute ago in in Charlottesville, So

542
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 1: they are going to have more variants. But yeah, I

543
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: think they're going to get to the Elite eight here,

544
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 1: but it's is something to keep in mind with the

545
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 1: way that they play. It is, you know, when it's

546
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 1: funny back in there in the Elite A, everyone thinks

547
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: that they're going to exercise the demons. They're up thirty

548
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: over Syracuse and then the ghost of Malachi Richardson comes

549
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: through and knocks them out. I just think they would

550
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: be so focused, and they've had their troubles that I

551
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: feel they've learned from it, and I think in this

552
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: situation they would get through. It's true they play at

553
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: a slow pace, but I think that there's their history

554
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: there and their balance on offensive defense is just too much.

555
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: Yesterday yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, and before I came

556
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: to work in the afternoon, my kids decided that everything

557
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: I said I had to say with an Irish accent,

558
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: and the only thing I could really get out with

559
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 1: an Irish accent was the word, uh, troubles. You know,

560
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: thinking about the troubles back in the seventies, what Virginia

561
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: basketball Mike Randall just said the word trouble. That's made

562
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: me think about that for a second. I also said

563
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: notre Dame too. So there you go. Subconsciously that might

564
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: have been in there. Let's avoid the fact that I was,

565
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: you know, using an entirely insensitive accent, uh to talk

566
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: about a very challenging past for the country of Ireland. Um. North,

567
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: Let's let's go on to North Carolina. I own A,

568
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: North Carolina. Here's what could be interesting. Let's take this

569
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Speaker 1: to the next level. We are changing how we're doing

570
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: this podcast midstream North Carolina. Iona, Um, tell me who's

571
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: gonna cover? Who's going to advance? Oh, North Carolina is

572
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: going to cover and advance. I own A. Tim Clue

573
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: has done a fantastic job. Is fourth year in a row.

574
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: But this is the weakest I own A team that

575
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 1: has ever come into this tournament that he's led. North

576
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: Carolina pounds teams that are inferior to them. I like

577
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: Carolina to cover. Yeah, this is a was a terrible

578
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: mac here in the MAC one of the worst, and

579
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: it's not that great of an Iowa team. I ownA

580
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: wants to play fast too, and then they're gonna you know,

581
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 1: press into their matchups. I mean it's a nightmare the

582
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: way they want to play against Carolina. This is gonna

583
00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: get ugly. Uh. Utah State Washington, Oh boy, oh boys.

584
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: Such a tough one for me here because in Stucky,

585
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: I know agrees we really like Washington. When you see

586
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 1: that zone the first time, it's very difficult. They stayed

587
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: in the fact well because teams have caught up with

588
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: it and seen it again. Utah State is very hot.

589
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: The key is going to be whether Washington can make

590
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: some threes. They struggle from three, but in conference play

591
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: they were their shooting thirty seven potent and PAC twelfth

592
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: conference playing and that's down. They were up over forty

593
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: from most of the conference. I'm gonna put Washington through here,

594
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: but this is not the matchup that Washington wants. That

595
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: numbers two and a half. By the way, it's a

596
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: night look. As someone that loves Washington love the potential

597
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: of them is a nightmare. The matchup for Washington and

598
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: the nightmare drawf because I don't think the winner of

599
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: this game could beat Carolina. But Washington they played that zone.

600
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: They play zone more than anyone in the country. They

601
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: play their two three zone. Utah State has a great

602
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: zone offense, uh, and they have shooters and on the

603
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: other side of the ball, Utah State has a great

604
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: defense that has pack line principles. Like Virginia, they forced

605
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: you to beat beat them from three and if you

606
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: can shoot, you can have success against the But Washington

607
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: I don't. I can't trust a lot of their shooters.

608
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: So you know in also, Utah States great on the glass,

609
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: they should dominate the glass. This is a hard matchup

610
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: for Washington. I mean they're gonna need Noel and Diable

611
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: to be special, but it's gonna be a tough ask.

612
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: That what it makes me feel better about the Washington future.

613
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: And this is always a risk when you take a

614
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,959
Speaker 1: long shot. Is I don't think that they would if

615
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 1: they would get through Carolina if they do win, because look,

616
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: Carolina has seen the Syracuse zone this year. This is

617
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: the same exact Syracuse zone and they have the shooters

618
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: to beat it. So I just a nightmare draw off

619
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: for Washington. I think Utah State is going to get through.

620
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: As as much as it pains me to say, Auburn

621
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: New Mexico State seven and a half Auburn Auburn, I'm

622
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: with Kansas minus a against Northeastern stuck. I know where you,

623
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: I know where you live on this one. Northeast now right,

624
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: I totally agree with Stucky Tudd. This is not Kansas

625
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: this year. UH Pussac has a tremendous score for them.

626
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: They have a great offense. Kansas has struggled David McCormick

627
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: inside really is struggle through traveling. They have no inside

628
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: defense whatsoever. In Diedrich Lassan sometimes comes in and out

629
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: of games, does not really a dominant presence. So I'm

630
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: Northeastern straight up. So you're so you don't care what

631
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: the number is in that game, like I think that

632
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: number might be down to seven now, Nope, it's minus seven,

633
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: minus one oh five in some places. Um, that's interesting. Wow, Okay,

634
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to make a decision on that one.

635
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Speaker 1: Uh Iowa State, Ohio State, Iowa State one of six.

636
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: Iowa State's very hot. I would tell you that this

637
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: is a careful game here because Chris Holtman is a

638
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: great coach, Caleb Wess in his back. They have the

639
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: inside presence that can cause Iowa State some sort of trouble.

640
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: But Iowa State with their three point shooting there there

641
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: position list offense, that's the type of team that can

642
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: get hot. I'll take the Cyclones through there. There is

643
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: no part of the bracket that I despise more. From

644
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: six Isla State down to fifteen Abilene Christian. The only

645
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: thing I know is that Aveilene Christian can't win a game.

646
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: I mean, even Georgia's state could potentially be Houston. I

647
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: don't think they will, but the rest I have no

648
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: idea mean, Iowa State is so jekyl and hide that

649
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 1: mean that he's that they would lose too. They can

650
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: beat anyone of their best. They can lose to anybody.

651
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: Ohio State is different with West and back. Look I

652
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: wrote I was stayed all weekend last weekend and love

653
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: what I saw there. Obviously got their locker room back together,

654
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: but they just have stinkers every once in a while.

655
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: This game is really hard to predict, which makes me

656
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: want to take the points. I'll probably end up going

657
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,439
Speaker 1: with Iowa stayed advancing. But I mean this Iowa State

658
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: team has been really inconsistent all year long. Houston minus

659
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: twelve against Georgia State, Let's go coogs Georgia. That's a

660
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: big number. That twelve is a is a very big number.

661
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: Houston's defense and effort does travel. Georgia State is going

662
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: to try to fire the ball up there. And of

663
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: course with Ron Hunter the big win a few years

664
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: ago in the first round when they were you know,

665
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,720
Speaker 1: when they were a four team seed. But I'm gonna

666
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: stay with Houston. Depends. The twelve is a lot. If

667
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: that number starts creeping up, I'll take the points with

668
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 1: Georgia State. Yeah, Georgia State is one of the zone

669
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: teams in the tournament. They run uh uh batchup zone press,

670
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: and I think Houston is built to, you know, be

671
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: able to attack that. But Georgia State does have an

672
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,760
Speaker 1: excellent point guard in the market Signmon's they're playing well

673
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the year here. They have some

674
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: tournament experience before. They could make it interesting that they

675
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: can grind this game down. But I think Houston's advancing.

676
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: The number of looks about right to me. We know

677
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 1: how you feel about Wofford seen Hall. Let's just assume

678
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: Kentucky blows out Abilene Christian. So let me go from

679
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: the bottom up. Kentucky Wafford, who advances. I'd love to

680
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: tell you Wofford here, I really would, but I can't.

681
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: P J. Washington is a high high lottery pick. He's

682
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: going to be a tremendous pro chalip powery teams always

683
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: get better, and Ashton Hagan's and their defense there, Tyler

684
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:20,479
Speaker 1: here was making threes. I gotta take Kentucky. Look, I'd

685
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: get kicked out of my house, so I said Wofford.

686
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 1: But I mean I might, I'll be I think I'll

687
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: be betting Watford and plus the points. Uh. And this

688
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: is uh if you want to get an edge in

689
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: your bracket contest and pickle upset, Wofford can be Kentucky.

690
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: I think if they play a hundred times, Kentucky wins more.

691
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: But I mean Watford can shoot, and Kentucky has been

692
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: vulnerable at times this year in their perimeter defense. And

693
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: Wafford can get as hot. Fletcher McGee can get as

694
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: hot as anyone in the entire country. Uh, this game

695
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:59,879
Speaker 1: is scary for Kentucky. Houston, I alway State who would

696
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 1: as Houston for me, second best defense in the nation

697
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: against the three pointer hold opponents twenty seven point six percent,

698
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be super physical with Iowa stay on

699
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: the board. So I'll take Houston throw Yeah, I think

700
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: rebounding is a difference there, But I mean, if you

701
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: get I was State's Peak and they're making all their shots,

702
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: they could advance. It's a tough game for me to pick.

703
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: But I'll have Houston advancing because of the boards. Houston Kentucky,

704
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: who advances. I would take Kentucky there all right. So

705
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: in the bottom half of that bracket, we're going with Kentucky.

706
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: In the top half, we got North Carolina, Utah State.

707
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 1: North Carolina for me, they they are so balanced, and

708
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: Luke May is finally back to a position that's better

709
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 1: for him. He's not a go to score, he's not

710
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: a struggle with athletic big but when he's the third

711
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: option behind Cam Jackson and Kobe White, has been fantastic

712
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: this year. I think they advanced that that's gonna be

713
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: a big game for a double double game for Luke

714
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: May and they'll of on. Uh New Mexico. What do

715
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 1: we decide when New Mexico State and Auburn New Mexico State, Right,

716
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: Auburn Auburn, alright, So Auburn and Northeastern. I would think

717
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 1: Auburn would be too physical with them. The guards are

718
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: playing so well inside. I like Northeastern, but I think

719
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: Auburn right now so hot when in the SEC I'm

720
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: gonna put them through. Uh, I have a Auburn future

721
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 1: couple from throughout the year and they finally came on

722
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: for me. This would be an extremely tricky game. With

723
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: Northeastern's offense, and they just run a beautiful offense. Auburn

724
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: will be able to score at will Northeastern othern play

725
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: any defense. I'll be on Northeastern ploth. I can tell

726
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: you that I'd probably put Auburn through. But also I

727
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: have as of right now, I have Houston over Kentucky

728
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: in my bracket. Oh, this is gonna get interesting, all right,

729
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: putting Kentucky through even though I have a seventy one

730
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: ticket and you know what we're going against, Mike Randall,

731
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: Let's take Houston all the way through. Let's play this

732
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: all the way through to North Carolina, Houston in the

733
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: Elite eight, who goes to the Final four. I'm very

734
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: high on North Carolina. Roy Williams usually does not have

735
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: two bad tournaments back to back. In this situation, I

736
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,839
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737
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: balanced on offense and they run. I just don't think

738
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:35,319
Speaker 1: Houston has the offensive weapons to hang with Carolina as

739
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: of right now, I am going with Houston, but that

740
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: is subject to change. I'm with you Stock. Let's put

741
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:50,080
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00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,200
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778
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: Let's just assume Duke does whatever Duke is gonna do

779
00:41:54,800 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: and they're playing Uh VCU Duke through from me stuck. Yeah,

780
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 1: I mean the thing is VCU is their Manda Man

781
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: defense is so good, but I mean you can't stop

782
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 1: dying with a Manda Man and uh market Devin's injury

783
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,760
Speaker 1: short turnaround. BCU had has beat Duke before in the tournament,

784
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,919
Speaker 1: but this was the teams were a little closer then.

785
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, you gotta go do to the Week sixteen.

786
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: Mississippi State minus seventy is Liberty. I love Mississippi State,

787
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: talked about how I like their future better than l

788
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: s U and an article here at Distraction Network. I

789
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: know people like Liberty. I'm gonna take Mississippi State. I

790
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: have miss to be State advancing the bracket. I will

791
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: most likely do on Liberty, one of the best shooting

792
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: teams in the country of the free throw line from three.

793
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: Uh this is a dangerous offense. I think this is

794
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: going to be a battle against Mississippi State is vulnerable

795
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,479
Speaker 1: on the perimeter. I put missip State through for now,

796
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: and it doesn't really matter that much because I think

797
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: Duke's gonna eventually get the Elite eight. But I like

798
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,320
Speaker 1: Liberty plus the points. Virginia Tech is playing St. Louis

799
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: the Billikins, one of my favorite teams, minus nine and

800
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: a half Virginia Tech. It's such a rock fight, and

801
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: it depends on the health of Justin Robinson. If he's

802
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: really back, like stuck he said it, that's smoking mirrors.

803
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: But if he's really back, I would give the nine

804
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: and a half points. St. Louis is so bad on offense,

805
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: can't make free throws. Nine and a half too much.

806
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: If if I get win that Robinson is not necessarily

807
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 1: I'd probably take the nine and a half. I like

808
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech to move on, but it depends on Robinson self.

809
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, you can't lay nine and a half

810
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 1: of Virginia Tech one. I'll be one of the think

811
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: five slowest teams in the country. And if Justin Robinson

812
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: is back, you gotta was simulate them back to the offense.

813
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: That's there's gonna be some rust. St. Louis is terrible.

814
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: You gotta move O Tech of the bracket. But I's

815
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: a pure stay away game. All right. So now I

816
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: got Virginia Tech Mississippi State, uh playing again? Were the

817
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,959
Speaker 1: winner of that playing against Duke you know, I don't

818
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,840
Speaker 1: like putting all the one seeds through, and you have

819
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: to do something sort of out of the realm of

820
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: normalcy here. If Duke wins the title, they'll be the

821
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: team with the worst three point percentage to win the

822
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: national championship. Ben Holland has been to three straight Final four's.

823
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: Reggie Perry is a dynamic freshman. Quindarry Wetherspoon, the point

824
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: guard from Mississippi State, is very underrated. So I'd have

825
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:26,359
Speaker 1: Mississippi State through and I actually have them taking out Duke. Wow. Wow, Yeah,

826
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: I've I've my brackets, my final bracket, I do two

827
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: of them. Uh, and I'll have the same Final four

828
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,240
Speaker 1: I think. But as of right now, I have Virginia

829
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: Tech beating Duke. Get my bracket. What that's good too?

830
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: I like that both of you. Oh my god, Oh

831
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 1: my god. It's a calculated risk. And if Vontech gets

832
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: to the second weekend with a healthy Justin Robinson, this

833
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: is a you know, top ten team and it would

834
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 1: be a hard draw for Duke. But if they get

835
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: Justin Robinson back fully healthy, and I mean this is

836
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: a teen the beat Duke without them, that's been playing

837
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: well without them, but they don't have depth. They're just

838
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: not the same with him. Everything goes through Robinson, they

839
00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,399
Speaker 1: get him back, everything works, and they get through Mississippi State,

840
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: which won't be easy, and then they have a you know,

841
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,840
Speaker 1: four or five days for Duke. That's dangerous because this

842
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:20,960
Speaker 1: experienced votech team against this real young duke team which

843
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: is capable of shooting itself out of the tournament. Allah.

844
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: You know Kentucky back in two thousand nine ish with

845
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: all those pros and they went four of a billion

846
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: from three against West Virginia and ducked out. Alright, so

847
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: let's takees were Hokeyes, were seven seen and three before

848
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 1: Robinson went out? Top ten team before you got hurt.

849
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 1: All right, so let's take Uh, that's interesting, that is interesting. Alright,

850
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 1: Let's get to that part of the bracket in a second.

851
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: The bottom half of that bracket Maryland, Belmont Temple. Let's

852
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: just assume Maryland in honor of that for they're going

853
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: to advance. So let's talk L s U. Yale. This

854
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 1: has been an interesting matchup. A lot of people like

855
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: the way Leo plays offense. We're gonna just a your ear. Yeah,

856
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,760
Speaker 1: we're gonna disagree here. I I do not see Yale

857
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: upsetting l s U. Yale lost to Columbia at home.

858
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: They gave up eighty three points and they almost blew

859
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 1: their chance to make it. Against the Princeton team that

860
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,879
Speaker 1: is a mnemic on offense, they barely pulled it out.

861
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: I understand no will Wade, but Javonte smartest back L

862
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: s U. Naz Reid inside is going to dominate. I

863
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:26,320
Speaker 1: cannot see Yale pulling this up. So I know the

864
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,520
Speaker 1: numbers dropping WHI I was dropping like seven right now.

865
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: But it reminds me a couple of years ago, people

866
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: like n C Central against Iowa State when Iowa State

867
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: had a chance to really go far and then Nan

868
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 1: broke his foot in that opening round. That was a blowout.

869
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: I cannot see Yale doing it here. An IVY League

870
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:41,839
Speaker 1: team that doesn't play great defense just doesn't add up

871
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: in my mind. Yeah, but it's a top at the

872
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,400
Speaker 1: top twenty offense. If you look a lot of the metrics,

873
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: it's a great have an NBA player on an IVY

874
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,919
Speaker 1: League team, you'll really get that that often. And one,

875
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: and I mean the l S you have them play

876
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: much defense. Either they should and Yale can compete on

877
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: the glass. They're sneaky athletic. It's just gonna be a shootout.

878
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: These are two. I mean that think ellis who's gonna

879
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,279
Speaker 1: score it? Will Yell can score it. Will Over as

880
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: a look here too. But I mean this LSU team

881
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 1: is overseated. They are a three seed because they won

882
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: seventeen games in overtime. I mean, if they don't win

883
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: and and some the illegal goaltending, this team could easily

884
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: have five or six more losses and there are six seed.

885
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: So I think Yale's sneaky here. The over in this

886
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 1: game is a hundred sixty point five D sixty and

887
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,359
Speaker 1: a half. We'd go over, but it turneys. The games

888
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,399
Speaker 1: are tough to bed when their totals are that high

889
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,719
Speaker 1: because teams slow it up a little bit that they

890
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,600
Speaker 1: get tight. But I mean the pace will be there

891
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,959
Speaker 1: and neither defense can stop the other offense. I'm gonna

892
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: go with Randal on this one. L s U is advancing,

893
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: so then we got overtime. So you're probably a l

894
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: s U. Maryland who advances. Boy, I don't like mary

895
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 1: I don't like Maryland, but I would put Maryland through here.

896
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: I have questions about t John, but Bruno Fernando is solid.

897
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: They're one of the youngest teams in the country Maryland,

898
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: so they've been in experience. But if they can get

899
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,840
Speaker 1: by that playing game winner, which is not going to

900
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: be easy Belmont or Temple, especially Bellmont with Windler, I

901
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:10,399
Speaker 1: would put Maryland through in those two With those two teams, Yeah,

902
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: that's the thing. If L s U and Maryland can

903
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: get by their first round games. I don't know if

904
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: they do, uh, because that playing winner is always tough

905
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: when they win that first game. But L s U

906
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: and Maryland are both two of the youngest teams in

907
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: the nation, the Baby Tigers and Baby Turps, so I

908
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: think that disadvantage at times will be mitigated depending on

909
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: who you know. If they do play each other in

910
00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: the second round, I would take L s U because

911
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 1: I trust their guards to take care of the ball more.

912
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: Maryland just just can't. They just turn it over way

913
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 1: too much. But I mean, I don't even know if

914
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: LSU were and I think both tells you in Maryland

915
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 1: could lose in the first round. But if it gets

916
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,839
Speaker 1: to that point, I think I would take LSU. Yeah,

917
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: the first four teams since two thousand, eleven. The first

918
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 1: four team has always made at least the round of

919
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,879
Speaker 1: thirty two, and that's including three the Sweet six teams

920
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,839
Speaker 1: in the NVCU in the final four. So yeah, that's

921
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: a Angelus game for Maryland. Uh, Minnesota, Louisville, the Patino

922
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: revenge game. I think Louisville's had more big wins. Listen,

923
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:14,399
Speaker 1: they panic at the end of games. They almost blew

924
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: the Clemsing game. They blew the Duke game. Of course legendary.

925
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 1: But I'll take Louisville here. I just don't like Minnesota.

926
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,320
Speaker 1: They've been two up and down. They struggled Jordan Murphy

927
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: and so I can do some things. But this is

928
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: kind of an ugly game. But it's a huge storyline.

929
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,879
Speaker 1: Like you said, I'll put Louisville through. Yeah, I mean,

930
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: I guess I'd go for Louisville, but that wouldn't surprise me.

931
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: They're up ten of three to go and lose. Wait

932
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 1: to stay positive. Michigan stayed against Bradley Bradley, which badly

933
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:46,399
Speaker 1: to me. Posers they're gonna shoot a ton of three,

934
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: so it could get interesting, but I mean, yeah, they're

935
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: not gonna win. Let's put in Michigan State into the

936
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,840
Speaker 1: Elite eight. Let's just do that right now, and let's

937
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: have them play against Mississippi. Let's play. Let's have him

938
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:10,359
Speaker 1: play a Justin Robinson led Virginia Tech team. So who

939
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,479
Speaker 1: joins u v A in Houston in the final four,

940
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 1: Michigan State or Virginia Tech. I think I think sucky.

941
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna agree here in that situation, that means Justin

942
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 1: Robinson has been hot. I'll put Virginia Tech through a

943
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: Michigan States has been battling injuries, Kyle Arnes is out,

944
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 1: Cassius Winston has tendon nitus, he doesn't have tendon ninus stuck.

945
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: He talked about this on our pod last night. Is

946
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: all I think went guns to blazing for the Big

947
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: Ten tournament because he knows his team is flawed. I

948
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 1: would agree. I would agree that you know, you want

949
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: to when you're creating a bracket, you want to take

950
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:48,759
Speaker 1: calculated risks, and and I think one of them for

951
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 1: me is, if Justin Robinson is healthy, Virginia Tech basically

952
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:58,160
Speaker 1: maybe a fringe two seed, potentially definitely a three seed

953
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,680
Speaker 1: if he was healthy all year long long. So you know,

954
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: if he gets healthy, that I think that they they're

955
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: probably a better team than Michigan State. So I would

956
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 1: take the risk. Now, having said that, if you're gonna

957
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,880
Speaker 1: go Houston in the Midwest getting out of it, and

958
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,959
Speaker 1: you know, and you want to go Vo Tech, maybe

959
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: that's too too much risk. But I think one of

960
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,080
Speaker 1: them having to the final four and one of them

961
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: making a pretty deep run. But maybe you change the

962
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 1: decision from Carolina from Houston if you're gonna go about Tech.

963
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 1: But I would choose Aboutech in that scenario. Oh, I

964
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,680
Speaker 1: love this bracket. All right, we have to do Super

965
00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:38,919
Speaker 1: Speed Round for the West. Ready, one word answers, One

966
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: word answers, gentlemen, Let's advance on Zaga Syracuse minus two

967
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:50,880
Speaker 1: over Baylor Syracuse. Uh, superfine, Syecause I do toss up

968
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: Marquette four and a half of our Murray State, Mery State.

969
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 1: I go Marquette, but I don't carry either one of

970
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 1: them liveing to Florida State. Well, that's an interesting one.

971
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:06,800
Speaker 1: Florida State, Vermont. Alright, so we're saying Florida State, Florida State,

972
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:12,680
Speaker 1: Murray State, Florida, Florida State. Way too much length um

973
00:52:12,719 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: every rebound Gonzaga Syracuse Syracuse. Wow. Wow, let's go with

974
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: Randall Syracuse, Florida State. Oh my, got Florida States in

975
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: the Elite eight. That's crazy, Okay, Vermont Buffalo, I'm sorry,

976
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Buffalo, buff Buffalo, Arizona State. St. John's love Buffalo.

977
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: This year that game will be at will be SI

978
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: who they play, But yeah, we'll go Buffalo, all right.

979
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: Texas Tech Northern Kentucky. Check check. Nevada, Florida, Florida, Florida. Wow. Wow, Michigan,

980
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:59,919
Speaker 1: Montana closer than you think. For Michigan, I might put

981
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: on Town in my bracket, but you gotta go Michigan.

982
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: This game open to twenty two, and now it got

983
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 1: that down to sixteen and a half, sixteen even in

984
00:53:06,239 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: some places. All right, so now we got Michigan, Nevada, Michigan, Florida.

985
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:15,719
Speaker 1: I mean, I'll take Michigan. Uh yeah, I'll take the

986
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: line in the Turney setting. But I don't like this

987
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,719
Speaker 1: Michigan team. If alone says that about Belin. But boy,

988
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 1: did you shoot the bet against Michigan State twice with

989
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:24,320
Speaker 1: fourteen minutes left in a huge lead. Not that I'm better.

990
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: All right, then let's go Buffalo Tech. I'm gonna take Buffalo.

991
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: I'd go Tech, but I don't care for that Florida

992
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 1: State in the final four. Buffalo. Let's go Buffalo, Michigan.

993
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay with Buffalo. Buffalo Wow. But the Florida

994
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: State's gonna be Buffalo. We'll get to the final four, yes, sir, So,

995
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: Now our our final four right now, basically our wise

996
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: guy final four with some caveats. Florida State, Virginia Tech, Houston,

997
00:53:56,320 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: and Virginia. Do we do an all Virginia final. Yeah,

998
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,880
Speaker 1: let's do Virginia Tech Florida State. Mike Randall, what do

999
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:13,640
Speaker 1: you say, I'll take Virginia Tech uv A Houston stuck.

1000
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 1: What do you say? Virginia Tech Floria State will be

1001
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: another epic game. By the way, all they do is

1002
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 1: play in overtime. U be A, Houston, U uv A.

1003
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: So now we got Virginia Tech Virginia in the final.

1004
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:31,959
Speaker 1: That's crazy. Who is that game? I'll say that Tony

1005
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,759
Speaker 1: Bennett Redemption Tour gets completed and the Cavaliers cut down

1006
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 1: in this, I'll say Virginia as well. Oh my god,

1007
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:42,279
Speaker 1: oh my god. We have a three one eighty one

1008
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: eighty for the Hokeyes. That is amazing. Wait are they

1009
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:49,359
Speaker 1: the Hokeyes or the other team the Hokeyes, Cavaliers of Virginia.

1010
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 1: That's right, the Cavaliers of Virginia. Listen. I know that

1011
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:56,240
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm probably gonna have Virginia as a winner

1012
00:54:56,680 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: in one of my brackets. But I will I will Well,

1013
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:02,880
Speaker 1: don't care about my bracket of Gardner Webb is up ten,

1014
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:06,400
Speaker 1: I'll start room for Gardner Webb. I agree. I gotta

1015
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 1: tell you, I love the bracket we just made. It's

1016
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: so much fun. I'm going to root for it. This

1017
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: is what I'm going to fill out. On the way

1018
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:13,880
Speaker 1: over here. We were trying to figure out our brackets,

1019
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:15,759
Speaker 1: and I hadn't even thought about it yet because I've

1020
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:17,800
Speaker 1: been so focused on the games. But this may be

1021
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 1: the bracket I use. Why not roll those die? Mike Randall,

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