Pardon My Take - Filling Out Brackets With Mark Titus, The Dumbest Fun Facts For Every Tournament Team, Hot Seat/Cool Throne And More

Episode Date: March 19, 2025

The tournament has finally arrived and we try something different this year where we come up with the dumbest fun facts for every team in the field. Ever wonder which school had a tragic train accident 100 years ago? What city is the furniture capital of the world? What MLB team sued a college for copyright infringement? Who Max’s friend’s sister is an assistant for? Well you’ve come to the right place. Stuff you head with the dumbest facts (00:00:00-01:21:50). We then do hot seat cool throne (01:21:50-01:32:55). And then Mark Titus joins us in studio to fill out our bracket and talk about the actual matchups and who is better at basketball, including a Dan Hurley debate and whether or not Duke can ever be likable (01:32:55-02:49:11). We finish with lottery ball numbers (02:49:11-02:54:08).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Hey, pardon my take listeners. You can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. On today's part of my take, we have our very good friend, Mark Titus. We're going to break down the brackets from a basketball standpoint. We're also going to do something new. I think this will be very fun for the people. It's our fun facts for every team. We split it up into four regions You're gonna find out things like the entire Baylor men's basketball team died When a train hit their bus in like 1920 you find out that

MLB team once sued one of these tournament teams for copyright infringement Fun facts all around give you little nuggets to go into the weekend we are going to do hot seat cool throne and we have a couple bets for you and it's the best time of year so get excited an extra long PMT breaking down the tournament from every single angle and it's all brought to you by our friends at DraftKings when it comes to college basketball and March mania one one thing is for sure. Nothing's for sure. Upsets, buzzer beaters, Cinderella's advancing, top seeds going home early.

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That's code TAKE for new customers to get $200 in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks only on DraftKings. The crown is yours. Today is Wednesday, March 19th and boys we've got it. The tournament has arrived. We're going to do a little choose your own adventure. Uh, we are taping this in the afternoon. I bet San Diego state. So I'll be a very sad boy if they lost by more than four and a half, but it does feel like you and C is the team now. Yeah. We've had four days of just hearing that they don't

belong. You don't belong. You don't belong. They probably don't belong. Yeah. The West Virginia governor even did a press conference the national corrupt Association of athletics. Yeah sign It was a big story for what we said 24 hours You get 24 hours to basically bitch about it and then ever as soon as the ball is tipped everyone's like, okay We want to watch the game now the ball on the yeah, you have the hack He did he say on the uh, not a whole lot. He basically was like, yeah, I know this isn't going to do anything, but we have to fight for ourselves. He came on because Nick, our good friends,

Nick and KB are both West Virginia natives. Nick is a West Virginia fan. And he gave the right answer in the fact that he said, we're like, dude, you're not actually going to get into the tournament by suing He's like, yeah, of course not. But you got a basically work good for the Constitution He's also work. He's working a ref his constituents. Yeah next year if they're on the bubble, that's the right That's they might they might give him a little friendly bump This is the best thing that could ever happen to a politician because it gives you something where you can take Everybody under your wing and be like I got your back as you're later meatball Ron did this with Florida State

Yep, and then got awful quiet about it when Florida State got their ass kicked in that bowl game. That's true But it's a good opportunity. Like if you're a politician, you know every crisis needs a leader It's a great opportunity for leaders step up and to have everybody support them. So I guess congratulations the governor Yeah, public Cunningham is also like maybe the most corrupt person's name So my idea is that we need to change he doesn't deserve to be Bubba a Bubba is a guy you want to be friends Yeah, but also but also someone that's corrupt above Someone you hit up to get out of a yeah Was walked into a lot of meetings where the other guy brings a briefcase and it doesn't take that briefcase with him on the way

I think though we should call his real name is Lawrence. I think we should call him Larry Larry Cunningham strip him of the bubba about Liam You could call him Liam Liam Cunningham. Yeah, I just feel like that's a bubba move It is a take bribes, but also like being a bubba That's kind of a point of pride, you know you when you're a bubba that's cool to be like, hey I'm bubba so we should take that away from him and be like, no dude, you're Lawrence. Yeah. Lawrence Cunningham. You're a complete no name Lawrence. You remember your Bubba's. I feel like this is, this is on the, whoever the committee is, the NCAA for putting Bubba in charge of everything. You don't put a Bubba in the position of leadership. You put Bubba

brings the beers. Well, that's also coffee by the way, where they're like, we're UNC. We'll never be on the bubble. Right. And, and, oh yeah, we get a hundred thousand dollars if we make the tournament. Uh, that's not a conflict of interest or anything. It's bullshit. I think it's like anywhere between 40 and 60 grand. And the reason why they do it, they say is because if you make the tournament, then the AD has to work overtime. Yeah. So it deserves to be compensated for that.

Yeah. So UNC probably will win and we'll, they'll probably go to the sweet 16 and everyone be like, yeah, you didn't think they should be in the tournament. Uh, and then Alabama state one. Yeah. Sure. I'm just guessing. Yeah. Alabama state, St. Francis. I was looking, I did research into these teams earlier. So I've got fun facts about them as fun as they can get about Alabama State and St. Francis but yeah who they're gonna lose yeah I don't know who it was I saw it on X to everything app so apologies if this was you but I I like the take that the playing game should be bubble teams and not agree like it shouldn't be 16 seeds yeah we've been the point we've been saying that on this year program yeah that was John Ross did on Sunday night thanks for subscribing Please don't subscribe and resubscribe

It would be better if it was just the bubble teams that had to play for the right to get in and then give the give The 16 teams their opportunity to get their ass kicked by the ones now The only counterpoint to that our good friend Tom Frinelli did text me after listening to pardon my take on Sunday something Hank I guess doesn't do But he pointed out that they do get a bonus for winning a tournament game. So they win the plan. Yeah. So if you ask the 16 C, do you want a 50 50 chance at a bonus or a one in a billion chance? I think they'd probably take the 50 50 chance. And for, you know, the kids and the coach to get a NCAA tournament

win on your resume is a pretty big deal. So they might they might be fine with it. Do they not get a bonus if they just play in the tournament? No I don't think so. They might but they get an additional bonus for every win. Also I appreciate the pageantry and the tradition that is Dayton Ohio. Yeah it's fun it's where we started off. Listen I want another playing game on Monday night because I last, I don't know about you guys, but I was lost. I do think it's interesting though, and John brought this up, Hank, so if you see it online,

it's probably from him, that San Diego State, North Carolina, both teams that have played in the NCAA championship game in the last five years. Interesting. Fun fact. It is a fun fact. Really, very, very fun fact. Should we get to our fun facts? Yeah, let's fucking do it. So we split up the regions. We all took a region Pft, I think you're up first cuz you have Auburn's region, right? I do. Alright, so

Auburn and Pft The south one seed. Yeah the south. So Auburn is the one seed out of that out of that division They are the Tigers. We know them as the Auburn Tigers. Yeah, but they. So Auburn is the one seed out of that division. They are the Tigers. We know them as the Auburn Tigers. But they also chant War Eagle. Do you know why they chant War Eagle? No. So the tradition goes back to 1892. There was a football game going on. It was Auburn against Georgia. And there was a Civil War veteran in the stands who had a pet eagle that he found during a battle in the Civil War. Don't ask what side he was on. Okay. But he had his pet eagle in the stands. Then the eagle took off, started a circle in the sky

as Auburn came back and drove for the win. I love that. Against Georgia. And the crowd started chanting war eagle, war eagle. Plot twist. Then the eagle just turned straight downwards from the sky, flew into the field and killed itself. Oh. Kamikaze. kamikaze war eagle. That's an awesome story. I didn't know that the eagle might have been woke because he was like, I'd rather die than go back to my Confederate soldier boss. Yeah. So we don't know what happened there. But yeah, that's why they call it war

eagle. Okay. I like the Auburn saw one of the coolest college football traditions that I've seen. Yeah. The war eagle flying. Yeah. Yeah. Very cool. That now if we saw that today, we would say that's a bad omen for Auburn. If the eagle just decided to unalive itself. Yeah. It's like that central park pigeon or whatever.

Oh, are you talking about Flacco? Flacco. Flacco the owl. Yeah. But he was a slut. Remember? He was a slut. He was fucking everything. He had herpes, owl herpes. He also might have been taken out. Yeah, I didn't have eyeballs on Hillary at the time. Uh, okay. That's it I was a great start. I had no idea. I didn't know what war I knew they said war ego, but I never looked it up

Yeah, it's a fun fact. Okay, and they're playing and they're playing against either Alabama State or st. Francis of Pennsylvania Mm-hmm. So Alabama State Hornets, notable alumni, two chains. Oh. Also notable alumni. Oh, did he play, I think he might have played college basketball there. He might have played ball there. And also Clarence Carter, he sang that song stroking.

When I saw make love, I don't just make love. Stroke. Stroke, I don't know. That is a great, that's a super fun fact. That's a great song. It's a banger, isn't it? That is a very fun song. that's a super fun fact. Yeah, great song. It's a banger That is a very fun song Maybe the best like dynamic duo if you're putting together an NBA Jam team

Yeah, two musicians that went to any of these schools to change and Clarence Carter pretty good like that Clarence Carter Clarence Carter They're always in the first four and they've never won a first four game. Okay, and then the red flash Here's my fun fact about the red flash st. Francis coach Rob criminal has a lifetime record of a hundred and seventy one and two hundred twenty seven Oh, wow, so he's been coaching there for a long time They haven't won a lot of games. Good job. Just keep staying out there and trying is elite at keeping his job Two chains did play two seasons at Alabama State Wow. Oh, you think he's gonna be there? Gotta be he's got a titty boy. He's got t's got to be boy. He's got to be boys. Got to be there. You're adding some nice fun facts. Yeah. He's listed. Hey, I want to say we should have started the show

with a welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. You were back. You were just a vessel on Sunday. Now that was your, that was your any. Yeah. Oh yeah. No, that was his Audi. It might've been his Audi. Well, his Audi punishes any. Yeah. Yeah. I was reintegrating it. Yeah. Oh yeah. No, that was his Audi. It might've been his Audi. Well, his Audi punishes any. Yeah. Yeah. I was reintegrating it. Yeah. Yeah. It was your nose bleeding and being like, what the hell's going on? But yeah, it's good. Good to have you back. Okay. Next game. Next game, Louisville Creighton. Louisville versus Creighton. We've got bird nugget, bird

nugget of the week because it's the Cardinals against the Blue Jays. Hit the noise, Hank. That was good. That was good. the week because it's the Cardinals against the Blue Jays. Hit the noise, Hank. Go. That was good. That was good. A Blue J would kick a Cardinals ass in a fight, even though the Louisville Cardinal has teeth. Blue Jays are much bigger. They're super, super aggressive. Uh, also per StatHole Sports, Rain Smith is the best free throw shooter in the country for Louisville. So keep your eye on that.

His name's Rain? Uh, R-E-Y-N-E. I believe believe that's rain, but that's still making it rain making it rain Yeah good Creighton fun fact the Toronto Blue Jays sued Creighton in 2014 over the redesign of the Blue J logo and after three years of litigation It got thrown out because Creighton's name predates the Toronto Blue Jays name and also the judge ruled that the Toronto Blue Jays logo Was not famous enough to be infringed upon ouch judge ruled that the Toronto Blue Jays logo was not famous enough to be infringed upon. Ouch. Yeah, that's brutal. I had to go wild. I went balls deep in

reading actual court documents to figure that one out. Also, I did so much more reading than I've ever done today. Yeah. Creighton Blue Jays. Blue Jays is one word. It's not two. So if you see somebody put a space in between blue and Jays in March, they're casual. What about? BJ's BJ's you can see can you do the shirt? I love BJ. I heart BJ's. It translates to edging Edging blue ball. No PJ. What is the J? Are you saying B? L? E? W? J, but but you have blue balls, okay? Okay, yeah Head yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. but you have blue balls. Okay. Okay, yeah, yeah. Bad head.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, got it. Welcome back, Hank. Yeah. Too much teeth. All right. Which the Cardinals have. Yeah, there we go.

Full circle. Next matchup. We got Michigan and UC San Diego. Michigan, Dusty May literally translates to pollen season. 10 and 0 in Games decided by 10 points or less this year For them very good in those tight games and 10 of their last 12 wins have been decided by four points or fewer So they play close games. Yep, you see San Diego

They have the fewest turnovers in the entire country and they live in heaven. They live in San Diego So who cares if they lose honestly? Yeah, go back to your vacation You probably don't even like sports sports is for people who don't have to deal with winter, right? You don't deserve to see san diego. You just you just hang out all day. Also uc san diego during every finals week They have a primal scream at exactly 10 pm that goes 10 pm to 10 Oh five where all their students can just scream as loud as they want out their window in their dorm wherever the campus just erupts with people screaming because they're frustrated. Is this like COVID? Yeah, I was gonna say it's like the COVID we're right in the zone where everyone's doing

the five-year anniversaries and I cringe at every single thing I see where it's like you know videos of people dancing in the street socially distanced. I was walking to the grocery store during that it was pretty cool. I felt like I was walking to the grocery store during that. It was pretty cool. I felt like I was in a parade. Yeah. In New York, I can kind of see it because in New York, the hospitals were bad. A lot of people died right, right off the bat. But yeah, there's, I don't want to remember anything from that. No, I don't either. It just, it bums me out when I see it. It was a bad year. Yeah. All right. So that's that game. Next, like bad, like month and a half for us. We went back to work pretty quickly. We did

Yeah, yeah back to work Texas A&M against Yale Is the next one fun fact about this one? You could make the case that alumni from Yale have gotten more alumni from their Opponents killed than any other matchup in the history of March Madness Oh CIA stuff all the well all the war criminals Yeah, that went to Yale and then Texas A&M has like the highest percentage of military graduates. So when you look at it, famous alumni from Yale, George, what were you saying?

No, I think I think you're about to explain. Okay, George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, Prescott Bush, some Nazi ties there, Dick Cheney, Bill and Hillary Clinton, all Yale graduates went to Yale and then A&M has the highest amount of Medal of Honor winners of any school in the entire Army. Any non-military school. Yeah. Also Texas A&M, not a cult. That's my fun fact. They're not a cult. They're very clear about that. Reveilleley the dog their mascot is considered a cadet general and the highest ranking member in the Corps of Cadets at A&M Freshmen are required to address her as miss rev ma'am It's a held tradition that if Reveley decides to sleep on a cadet's bed

The cadet has to sleep on the floor Reveley has her own cell phone Who's operated by the mascot corporal and she has her own student Identification card not a cult not a cult they wear the rings too. Yeah everywhere I got some ring facts for you the Aggie rings from A&M. Yeah, just it's it's a lot Also fun fact about Yale Yale played in the very first five on five collegiate basketball game Oh, wow. Mm-hmm who played in the first four and four? I don't know. I don't know what happened before that I have I Have that same stat for a different team. Oh

Fun fact not What team was oh, yeah, we'll get to it. Yeah. All right, you can't spoil the fun. Yeah, you're right You're right. I've said too much about class rings. All right. Next up. We have Ole Miss against UNC or San Diego state. Uh, there was, I think it was Doyle. Who was it on CBS? One of them said that Ole Miss gets a lot of love because they played in a great conference. They had a lot of opportunities, but eyeball test. They're a fraud. They've been called out as being frauds. The eyeball test seems like a personal shot at notable alumni been meant. But I don't know. Chris beard is their coach. He's a very, very good basketball coach. Yes, way

better basketball coach in person. I already built up my UNC San Diego State fun fact, which is what john rostein told us that these two teams both played in the national championship in the last five years. Iowa State. Okay, I would say this is a fun fact. I wish I could take credit for it, but I can't. There is a Reddit user who goes by the name of Azole burgers, polos, who very tight put together a spreadsheet of the winningest and losing his polos that he wears. Wow. Pretty good, right? Like this is why this is stuff you

need for your bracket This is why the internet was invented for this guy to figure this out so the best polo shirts that he wears are the dark red stripes or the Red polo shirt with the dark red stripes on the front and then the red polo shirt with the single yellow stripe The worst that he has is the plain gray. He's really bad in plain gray. And he has never worn a polo that's, you know, the extra medium size that has yellow as the primary color, even though that is their one of their primary colors at Iowa State. Okay. So keep your eye on what Otzelberger wears for his polo shirts. Very important. Lipscomb has five guys who are shooting 33% or more from three. Iowa State is 135th in

three point defense. Fun fact. Yes. Lipscomb. What does lipscomb mean Hank? Teeth. I was going to say mustache, but you're thinking about teeth a lot. Yeah. Something going on? No, I just had it all. Is that when you dream about your teeth falling out, your infertile? It's that you didn't say something that you should have said or you said something that you shouldn't have got it Marquette Marquette Marquette, New Mexico Marquette the term the big dance was first coined by Marquette coach Al McGuire Who said that he would wear a blue blazer because he's going to the big dance It's the first time anyone said it and they won the title that year

laser because he's going to the big dance. It's the first time anyone said it and they won the title that year. Shock smart. Their coach has a 26 page document about culture that he sends to every single recruit and manifesto manifest. Well, it's a manifesto after if you killed somebody. Okay. But it's borderline manifest. It's borderline that a handbook, a handbook, but a culture document. That's a a manifesto I think that's a coaching thing that might be a manifest I think if if you send it to somebody for publicity it's a manifesto I'd like to get my hands on that and we can we can judge if that's a manifesto yeah 26 pages that's that's a lot that's a lot of pages yeah but if you they send it and then it's like if you don't want to handle this

don't come if you have to like click and download that's a manifesto. I Like that move I think manifestos they typically have to be uncovered too, like somebody finds a manifesto Why don't you do that as a project a? Culture manifesto on my take Okay, that'd be nice. Yeah, it'll be one page great good then it won't be a manifesto. It's at that point It's an executive summary. Yeah. Yeah, it's table contents is what you're doing The market has lost to every tournament team in conference twice except for Xavier. Hmm, they beat twice. Okay New Mexico

Richard Patino is their head coach. Yes fun fact And my other fun fact is we should change the name to New America instead of New Mexico. I like that. That's my only fun fact there. Okay. Michigan State, they have the longest streak in the country in terms of consecutive tournament appearances with 27.

Next year, they would tie the all time record. So 28 would be the record that Kansas had. Kansas does not, it's not an active streak for Kansas any longer. So yeah, Tom Izzo January, February Izzo, April, although he should want it to be January, February, March Izzo would be better because that's when they play the championship game. And they play against Bryant. My fun fact about Bryant is their coach is Philelli jr. Son of legendary st. Joe's coach Phil Martelli senior Yeah, also, I believe this is true Richard Patino back to New Mexico

I think he's the only coach in this tournament that at some point has lived in another coach's balls. Mmm That's also in this tournament That's also in this tournament. That's also in this tournament because Phil Martelli jr. lived in film. That makes sense. Okay. Who's up next? That was great. PFT. Thank you. Who do you have coming out of this region? The funnest fact out of this region. If I know who do you have coming out? Oh, I've got Michigan State coming out of this region. I got Michigan State against Auburn. Okay. Hank, are you up next? I think it's Duke.

Florida. Oh, Max, you're up next. Jesus Christ. Duke. Duke, we're going to the east. We're going across. Okay, I thought we were gonna go to Hank too. Clockwise.

Okay, we can. No, no, no, I'm good. I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go. Who's more ready to go? Me. He said that faster. I've ready to go. I'm ready. Who's more ready to go? He said that faster. I've already, I've already told you guys this fun fact. I don't know if I told all four

of you, we're starting with Duke and my friend's sister is John Shire's assistant at Duke. Yes. That's pretty cool. So how close are friends? We played baseball together in college. Do you keep up? He was in Chicago last year. We got dinner. Okay, so so fairly like yeah, you could get us John Shire on the show Yeah, okay. Yes. Love that. I could get it. I could yes. I will say yes. Okay, that is very fun fact fun fact What is John Shire translate to? Oh, I got one what no, I'm waiting for Hank Bilbo's son I Don't know who bill bo's Bilbo Baggins Shire. I don't know okay

What do you got? Pft. I was just gonna say Sirius XM 2015 bathroom. There we go. Bathroom. Because he couldn't piss. He couldn't piss. Got it. What? Well, what's that?

What is that? What are you referring to? I mean, I brought it up with Ed Sheeran. I don't think you have. In 2015, I was at the Sirius XM studio and I went to the bathroom. He came in with me and Ed Sheeran goes to the urinal next to me and I start to piss I'm letting it rip I'm just pissing like a race horse like letting out gallons it's a fire hose it's like a super shocker and then Ed Sheeran is trying to piss and he can't piss and yeah he's just standing there like you

know he's shorter than me too which is crazy so he's trying to piss he's intimidated by my strong stream and then he does the fake flush like he pissed but him and I both know he didn't piss and then he gets out Washes his hands and leaves he went in there to pee. He didn't pee because he got scared Oh, that's great. All right, Max back to you So Duke plays the winner of American or st. Mary's I have some facts about both of them. Okay, great The one the American fun fact is, is another personal fact in 2009, they're all personal facts in 2009. They were beating Villanova by 13 at

halftime in the first round as a 14 seat against a three. And I vividly remember where I was at that moment and thinking that I wanted Jay Wright fired in that moment. And then they ended up, how old are you? Uh, to the, uh, I was 14. Okay. I love that. I wanted J. Wright fired in that moment. And then they ended up- How old were you? I was 14. Okay. I love that. I love that. 13. I was 13. Yeah. So like, this is why we shouldn't listen to you. You're going to want every coach fired at some point. Yeah. No, I wanted him fired,

but then Villanova ended up winning that game by 12. Okay. Nice. I also did something. I started to do something and then I felt like it was mean. I started to do a best player and a worst player from each team. Okay. Um, I don't have to continue with, I don't have to know. Give us one. Oh, okay. American Matt Rogers, best player, 17 points, 55% shooting, 40% from three. Pretty good numbers. Worst player. No disrespect to Jeff Sprouse. Jeff Sprouse is definitely an AWL.

He's definitely trying to take his mind off the guard. Jeff Sprouse from American plays 23 minutes a game. I didn't want to pick the walk-ons who like play. He has six points a game, but he's the guard who shoots 33 percent from the field and 50 percent from the line. Oh just not just browse those numbers. What are the assist numbers like their Max. I was just game. This is what I. Yeah he might be like John Stockton. This is the notes that I have. OK. I don't have the assist numbers on here. OK. OK. St. Mary's. This kind of got away from me too. You're on your third team. I know. But okay D2 D2 wagon 1962 national champions in the D2 five time final five final fours in the D2. Okay. And then I started thinking about St. Mary's. I'm like I'm pretty sure

they have a really small court. And then I looked it up I'm like oh yeah they have a small court. But then it made me think like, is that the smallest court with it? And courts, not regulation size. No, like stadium, small stadium, like high school looking small barn. Yeah. So they have 3000 people in there. Like they can see 3000 people in their stadium. And I was like, that's pretty small. I wonder what the smallest is South Carolina upstate their stadium seats 800 people in it Whoa, like I think I look I'm gonna show you a picture of it right now I want to see this I think if if like we could get more people in our office

Basketball gym than this than this team can I love these small gyms Yeah, so it kind of got away from me and I started to look at it. This is why this is being a South Carolina upstate fact Look how small this gym. That's really small. That's small. This gym is that's like a high school gym This is why this tournament is so great though, because it's it's These type of teams. I know South Carolina upstate's not in it, but They could be it's why I love this tournament. It's why it's it's analogous to The what do they call it FA Cup FA Cup? Yeah, where it's like, you know

A YMCA is playing against me and man you that gym I can guarantee you is hot as fuck during a game Yeah, that's cool. That tiny room. Yeah, that's cool. Jim and one more thing about st. Mary's This is a bad fun fact that I found. Oh just like it's it's just a stupid fact. They have a player on their team that his name is two other teams in the tournament. Oh. All right, go on. His name is Xavier Lipscomb. Wow. Whoa.

That is a very fun fact. That's a very fun fact. Xavier Lipscomb plays for St. Mary's. You killed that. What happens when he plays against Lipscomb? Does he play for the name on the front or the Name on the back. Well, yeah That's big time

Okay, I think that's gonna win that win that Okay, we're on the Mississippi State baler Mississippi State big dairy school. Yeah, didn't know this Brandon looks like a bag of milk. They annually produce 369,000 gallons of milk, 9,000 gallons of ice cream, and 300,000 pounds of cheese, all sold exclusively on campus. Love that. Big dairy school, didn't know it. Josh Hubbard, good player. Okay. Baylor. So I have a fun fact about the people in this room with Baylor and then I have a morbid fact that I did not know about Baylor. Oh, you did not know about that.

Did you know? Did you know about this? What about you? He's pointing at you. Are you talking about the murders? I didn't know murder. You didn't know the murders? Not the murders.

Oh, okay. Go ahead. Well, the fun fact is that branch Davidians are going to bring up. No. Okay. All right. Go ahead. Um, well the, the fun fact is that branch to video and you're going to bring up. No. Okay. No. Uh, I don't know what that is either. I don't know what that is either. The fun fact is that Baylor is the team of the bracket busters of the people, of the three, three of the four people in this room. Well, whatever room, whatever. So let's go Baylor's we're rooting for Baylor in here. Yes, so Max Max And and Hank have Baylor as their Experian Buster. Yeah, what you do every year at Barstow. It's very fun

I have Utah State with Jerry Bear up Yeah, you do the bear down call. Yeah, they leave it's one of these. Yeah, right. No, that's a horn from a Baylor What's the what's the hand signal for the Bears the paw paw? They do a claw? I don't know. I'm just doing the kale-bill paw Okay, okay Morbid fact about Baylor basketball. Did you know that they had a Marshall situation? Oh what we are Marshall. We are Marshall's in Oh in 1927 they were busing the team to a game and the bus driver

Ended up putting the bus on a on a train track as the as the tracks were coming through Why it's and of their players died and they had to suspend the season. Holy shit. Not good. Not bad Morbid fact not a fun fact all gas no brakes should have blown through it There were some crazy stories of it Apparently one of the teammates pushed another one out of the Out the window before the train team a saved his life good teammate Yeah, cuz you know the other one too, which is also very morbid I don't know a Baylor player shot another Baylor player murdered

They pretty much had to redo the entire pro like 20 years ago. Yeah, so I didn't know about but this is new program Yeah, this is new program and it's good vibes. Did you guys have Baylor? Yeah? Waco is Waco Bay program. Yeah, this is a new program and it's good vibes. Did you guys have Baylor? Yeah Waco is Waco Baylor. Yeah. Yeah, that was the branch of Indians. Yeah Yeah, we've really we've really put a nice spotlight on Baylor here. I mean our Bracket but they won a national title. They yeah, there we go Baylor Baylor Okay, I like Baylor in this game How many schools have won a national title in basketball and a Heisman in the last? I thought you were gonna say one national title and also had murders. No, we're not talking about that

We're not talking about that and in the last 15 years Let's say won a national title in a Heisman Heisman trophy if you go a little bit Florida obviously if you go a little bit further back, I selectively put it at 15 years for that reason. Um if you go a little bit further back. I selectively put it at 15 years for that reason. Um, yeah, not a lot. Baylor Baylor Baylor's the answer to that question. Okay. Okay. Um, Oregon, this was another, I got fixated on courts a little bit during this. Um, I was in my head, I was like, my, I was going to say Oregon, horrible, horrible court because I remember watching how bad their court is. They changed the court. Yes. That's what I was gonna say Oregon a horrible horrible court because I remember watching how bad their court is They change the course. Yes, that's what I was gonna say. They changed the it still is not great

But they change its way better and the coloring of it. So it's not as distracting. It looked like it had water damage Yeah, yeah. Yeah. No, they did. They definitely upgraded it this past year. Yeah, so it looks much better now Yep, that was that was that that's it They've improved their court. Okay, which they won't be playing on in this tournament. Yep. No They also have TJ Bomba who was once a Villanova Wildcat So I like him, but I also hate him for leaving on fact Hey, remember when they tried to update puddles the duck into Robo puddles Nope, I think they debuted that in like 2002, 2003. They try to have like a new

space age version of Puddles the duck who we all know and love. And this duck, the Robo duck is fucking hilarious. Yeah. He looks like Batman. If it was a doc, it was crazy. It just went a little too far. Little too far with it. Oh, there's Robo duck. Well, that's from, oh yeah. Yeah, you gotta, you gotta watch the birthing of Robo duck. They had it hatch out of an egg It was weird and then it met puddles and it was yeah one of my favorite clips. Yeah Okay. Well, they played Liberty and I knew that Liberty was strict, but I didn't they're worse than BBY you straight. Oh, yeah I I looked up in some of the things that you can't do at Liberty's school

They know our rated movies no cursing no hugging and no dancing Mm-hmm and all and if you violate any of these you get fined Yeah, I don't understand how you can find someone who's paying who's paying to be they can do whatever they want What about is there anything in the rules about a love triangle with a pool boy and watch your wife get cocked? I didn't that didn't come across okay, sir. Jerry Falwell, Jr. Yeah, Jerry Falwell, Jr. Who is the president bailer the pool boy was fucking his wife It was just sitting there watching it and they have all these rules and then that whole thing happened Yeah, I didn't know any I didn't know about that. You don't know a lot about a lot. No. Yeah

I spent like four hours looking for these, by the way. You can ask me. I was stressing. Okay. I like I like Oregon in that game. Okay. Okay. Okay. Now we're onto Arizona Akron. Yeah. Arizona. Fun fact. They already have a Cinderella on the team. One of their best players, Treyrey Townsend was a teammate of Jack Gulkey at Oakland last year when they He's got Cinderella DNA. Yep. He had a really good game in that game. I I think I'd like 18 points Yeah, I think he was like obviously Goukhi was a story, but he was a stud. He was a stud. Yeah Also Caleb love I think he's been on the team for 40 years

Well in college basketball for four years on North Carolina. Yeah college. Yeah, whatever. I think he's been on the team for 40 years. Well, no college basketball for four years on North Carolina. Yeah. Yeah. College. Yeah. Whatever. You know what I mean. Yeah. This is the worst fun fact that I found of the day. I was looking up every team's fun facts and then I found this and it and it pissed me off. So I had to tell you Akron is really excited about this. This matchup because he really likes coffee and the game is being played in Seattle. That was a fun fact that I found. Who really liked the coach? The coach really likes John. Yeah. Okay. He was excited because Seattle is known for

their coffee. You can't get coffee in anywhere else. No. Yeah. So he's really excited to go to Seattle for their coffee. That's, that's the fun fact that I found from Akron. Okay. And that pissed you off. Well, I want to say right now, John Gross, if you guys hit the over in this game, I will send you coffee from StellaBlueCoffee.com. Love it. I like the over in this game. Okay. Okay. BYU. memes is a BYU lever because they play super fast and he likes teams that play super fast. And they also have like the most NIL in the entire country. They have the number one recruit coming in next year and they've given them $7 million and I did not know BYU had NIL money like that. I also read another article. They got stupid money. Yeah. I don't know where that money's coming from. Why do the

Mormons have all the money? But whatever. 10%. You gotta kick it up to the boss. Also, I read an article that they may have, that someone predicted Richie Saunders would be the name of March Madness. So that's a guy on their team that apparently is getting a lot of hype. Okay.

What was that documentary you told me to watch, Max, about the influencer family? The mom influencer. Oh, yeah, that was hype. Okay. What was it was that documentary told me to watch max about the oh, yeah It's her family the mom Fuck Ruby Ruby Frank Ruby Frank. Yeah, yeah crazy And then her crazy weird husband who I think is just as in on it as she was either that or he's the biggest idiot On the planet. He's always rocking BYU gear interesting. So he's a good fun fact. Yeah And they will be playing VCU who their head coach is this will be his, this will be his last time at VCU no matter what I am. That's my, my, my, this isn't a fact. No, no, no. I'm telling you this as, as, oh, my thoughts is that this guy will not be coaching D VCU after this is this

are you reporting I'm reporting this you're reporting this that he's going to be a coach or Virginia it's most likely Virginia okay like because I want him to be the Villanova head coach but it's looking like he's going to Virginia so he will either be going to Villanova or Virginia after this year he will will. This is his last ride with VCU. And what's his name? His name is Ryan Odom. Yes. They also have a player, Max Shulga, who transferred, who said he was transferring to Villanova and then said he wasn't transferring to Villanova and went back to school.

I love these fun facts. These are great fun facts. OK. OK. Wisconsin, Montana. Another terrible fun fact that I found that I'm going that I'm going to share. Montana's forward Amari Jenkins and Wisconsin guard, Kamari McGee are both from racing Wisconsin. Yeah. And they both started at their college at Green Bay. However, they did not attend the same high school and they weren't at Green Bay at the same time

So it's basically a nothing fat. Okay, that's a nothing fact. I was I I was starting to read I was like, oh this could be good. This could be good And then by the end of it, I was like why even include this in anything They both know they know each other they like have have been in one area at the same time Okay, it pissed me off. Maybe one had the old guys, old locker. Yup. Yeah. Well, yeah, I guess at green Bay. Yeah. Another thing that I found about Wisconsin is that every single article about Wisconsin basketball, the headline is just the coach is not complaining about quick turnaround to Thursday. Love that makes me, but it makes me

think that no, we're not. He should be no complaining, no complaining, but everything is just about, they're not complaining Can't complain you have to complain once no about going to Denver. Nope The best player also was named the second team all-american yes John John G. G. He's great And last thing not good for big cat Montana has the best name The best name in the draft in the the tournament. The Grizzlies? Oh, Money Williams is a guy from, is the lead for Montana.

What about Danger Danger? That's a good name. But Money Williams sounds like a guy who's going to be a star in March Madness. Any fun facts about Wisconsin and Villanova going up against each other in the tournament? Wisconsin once beat Villanova as an eight seed stop them from a three Pete yeah nice nice he's decided to be you know the one year be in between their Villanova's championship Wisconsin's been really good recently max do you know the last team to beat Wisconsin in

the NCAA tournament JMU yes Jamie I also have a fun fact about that game I was what I was watching that game at my friend's house at Delaware and he had friends that were coming over that apparently had to leave because I was, he was like, I couldn't watch a game with that. He was freaking out so much. Yeah. But you guys were defending champions. I was pissed and, and yeah, I mean you won, you won titles on either side, so it's not really, but at the time I was, yeah. Okay. Um, I like, I like Wisconsin in that game. Okay. Um, now we're on to st. Mary's versus Vandy. Oh, this is actually a pretty fun fact. Well, first off, notable

alumni st. Mary's PFT, deli deli. There you go. Uh, Fun fact. Their name is the St. Mary's Gales and their name was given to them by a sports writer in the 20 who nicknamed them that because they had so many Irish guys on the team. Oh, so that's where they got the St. Mary's Gales. Australians are just, they're Irish criminals. And now they're, now they're just importing from the opposite side. I guess so. Good way to look at it. Okay. And now we have just importing from the opposite side. I guess so. Good way to look at it. Okay. And now we have a contradictory fact from PFT from earlier.

Oh. But I think I understand where the- Contradiction came from. The contradiction comes from. Vanderbilt is the first college to participate in a basketball game. And that was a nine to six victory over Nashville YMCA. Oh, OK. So I think maybe yours is the first to play another college.

And yeah, the first college to play. OK, was yours a five on five game? I don't know. All it says is in 1893, Vanderbilt beat Nashville YMCA nine to six in the first college to participate whatever. Okay Okay, this is my last game Alabama verse Robert Morris, I have some Bad stats about Alabama murder, but I thought that I would phone a friend to you know

Okay, yeah, see if he could say save those facts from being said. Yes. I like that. That's a good idea So let's let's phone this friend. Let's see if he could say save those facts from being said yes. I like that. That's a good idea So let's let's phone this friend. Let's see if he answers I Mean he should He's probably on the phone with somebody else. He probably is yeah, he's got he's got Rico thank you for answering the phone tell me slide you are live to tape on part of my take Do you have any fun facts about this Alabama Robert Morris game? So that I just want to know if there's if you have any fun facts about Alabama's basketball program. Yeah, I mean they came out of nowhere. They were never good my entire life and now host of live to five straight high seeds.

Something that's never been done before. I was personally going to say that their coach may be involved in a murder allegation. I mean, you guys are supposed to be an incredible news source. Why don't I just say that you double teamed three fat girls at the ball last week? I called you. I called you because I wanted... Wait, is that true, Matt? I Called you I called you because I I wanted is that true man. I want to know it is not true Oh, how do you double team three? Wait, it sounds like he's he's at home

Wait, I don't think he does have more fun. I don't know. Let's fact-check. Yeah, cuz that's a fun fact You bring up Rico Rico also, can you just make sure Rico sounds like he's home right now? Just tell him to let the kids hang out Yeah, he hung. All right the kids have the Reese's. Oh, he might have more followers Max says a hundred forty four. All right Rico has 180 so credit to Rico credit to Rico credit to Rico also had that off the top of it Yeah, pretty quickly by the way. There's a rumor going around that Rico and Max are dating What they left together on Friday night? Well, they were that's actually incorrect. They're sitting right next to each other I saw you double team. This is actually incorrect

I actually have video evidence of us not leaving Oh as we were going to go to the bar together and then wait, you assistant coach hit him up and asked him to go to a different bar and he was like, Oh, I gotta go. And you have video evidence. I have video evidence of him on the phone with this other. Oh, that doesn't prove that he didn't leave with them. Uh, I guess technically that's true. Yeah. But I have him on the phone. You guys did make, in fact make plans for a date. Sounds like you guys did make in fact make plans for a date Sounds like you guys might be dating. Yeah, I wanted I wanted I wanted to go on a date with him Yeah, but he but you know, I was you're too busy. I was turned down triple team in fat girls I think it was was it you guys double-team three fat girls

Further record. I had nothing to do with any fat girls. I had nothing to do with any fat girls. They were just happy that they could eat the Reese's without getting stolen. But no disrespect fat girls. No, no disrespect. All right, Hank, Hank, you're up. Wait, was there a Robert Morris fact in there? Um, I thought maybe he would have something about Robert. Oh, okay. All right to me Robert Morris Just sounds like a cigarette fun fact, but that this is via stat whole sports is that they? Have the most losses of all time without a win in the NCAA turn. Oh Robert Morris, okay, oh and eight. Oh Okay, Hank. All right. Here we go South region first fun fact actually comes from PMT alumni South region

Yeah, what's already off West region? Yep This comes from PMT alumni our darling Jake Marsh. Oh Florida said this is this is his tweet This is awesome three of the four number one seeds in this year's NCAA tournament are led by Jewish head coaches Bruce Pearl John Shire Todd Golden of, Mazel tov on a great season so far. Wow. Fun fact. That is fun fact. Fun fact. Also love Jake. Yeah. Love you. Are all your fun facts and be ripped from other people? No, that was just, I guess it's not great timing at the first one was, but the rest are all because you could see how we

think like, Oh, well we all did hours of research. No, I did. I did a lot of research. That was just that. I liked, I liked that. That was a good one. Fun. Jake,. I just call Rico, but that's fine. No, that's yeah, that was fun Norfolk State there's a few fun facts here. Okay, one each of their previous games by one point So there if it gets close they know what to do. That was the intentional foul game Did you see how that came out they so they tied? I can't remember who they were playing It might have been Like North Carolina upstate or something some one of those schools. Their opponent scored, got the ball on a press, scored to tie it with 10 seconds left. And

then they intentionally fouled because he just like didn't have time and space. That's how they ended up in the tournament. JR Smith. Yeah. Uh, they're one of their most notable alums also recurring guests on this show JV smooth. Oh Yeah, people forget and then this is multiple this is for recurring. This is the wind horse. This one doesn't make sense to me I feel like Maybe I'm still Brain-fried and big cats gonna have an obvious reason for why this is all the other 16 seeds are a hundred and one Hundred to one to make the sweet 16 on DraftKings.

Mm-hmm. Norfolk is 20 to 1. Yeah, well at least two of them haven't won yet. Right. Right. Okay. And then the last one? The last one would be...

Oh no. Yeah, who's the last one? SIUE. Yeah. SIU, uh, Edwardsville. What is there? What are there? Oh, yeah, I hate I do have the reason They're in Illinois school So you can't?

All right, I knew I knew it didn't as I was looking at it didn't made no sense It's like do what what is what is Vegas? No, and and that's the end the other the other two have to play in the play-in the other the other four have to Play in the playing and the last one would be 20 to 1 but they are in Illinois school You can't bet Illinois schools at Illinois. So 20 to 1 you can you bet the opposite side of that? I wish that's a good investment Yeah Okay, I know it's 200. No, what is it? It's two two thousand one. Yeah, okay Yeah, Norfolk State is not a hundred away. This was also this I swear to god They changed this in the last hour mean spider were on this earlier means better

We're looking at this what happens when he doesn't get it from somebody else didn't make sense. Okay Okay, moving on cuz I really well that was an excellent opposite of 20 to 1 for Norfolk Yeah, maybe that's a easiest bet. That's a great bet Yukon yeah trying to be the first team to three Pete since UCLA in Yukon. Yeah trying to be the first team to three Pete since UCLA in 1969. Mm-hmm. They were led by luol cinder Mm-hmm a gallon of gas in 1969 cost 35 cents. That is a fun pass good And the number one song at the time was dizzy by Tommy Rowe. Mm-hmm. Give us a couple bars of dizzy I don't know dizzy dizzy dizzy When I make love I be stroked

And then Oklahoma this is just some player fun facts. Bryson Goodeen is from New Bedford. I that's that's a mass. That was that was a fun fact to me. Okay. And then they're one of their top players. Jamire Fears is from a local guy. Juliet. Okay. Yeah. Perfectly brother of Michigan State Fears. Yeah. He said perfectly. Brother of Michigan state fears. Yeah. Assist machine. Another fun fact. Uh, Memphis. I am choosing to believe this because it is crazy. I don't know if you guys seen the Memphis Louisville, uh, people are saying the committee, they accidentally swaps them. Yeah. Louisville has a better net RPI Ken Palm H lock and higher in the ESPN BPI rankings in every category. But Memphis is the higher seated team. Yes. I choose to believe that too. I do as well because it

makes no sense other than they just accidentally mess it up and they just have to live with it. That's how I choose to believe that they put Wisconsin Endeavor not making excuses for it They're like whoops. We meant to put him in Milwaukee. Yeah, I mean there's a lot just like there's a couple there Yeah, they're moving around a lot of things things things get lost in the show in Michigan should have been flipped And then they are playing Colorado State Whose campus is on a five thousand eleven foot, which is the fifth highest in the country. Oh. And the highest, or New Mexico,

UC Air Force, and Wyoming are higher. Okay. Maryland. Yep. Interesting, I couldn't find the reason why, because Maryland's the biggest crab exporter in the country, they're all about the crabs. I was curious why you know the crab five

Why? Aren't they the Terrapins and not the crabs? Why are they the turtle why are they the turtle not the crabs? Yeah? I don't know the answer I feel like crabs just aren't a great mascot. I disagree No in terms of why there's a turtle though, right? Well, but a turtle is stronger than a crab turtle you can't you can't like crabs you just fucking put a little trap out and then you see them I think it has some turtles can at least defend themselves I think has something to do with a flag I think they wanted the

flag to be the start of the show and so they wanted like a less angular cool mascots they wouldn't with the terrapin and the reason that Maryland blue crabs are so elite is because they hibernate in the Chesapeake Bay during the winter, which allows them the luxury of building additional fat reserves that have distinct look and taste. Delicious. Put some old Bay on there. They are going up against Grand Canyon, which fun fact is not the deepest canyon in the

world. Did you also know fun fact, it would take us, the entire population of the world, 800 years to fill up the Grand Canyon with piss? I did see that video. 800 years? Yeah, if we were all just continuously pissing. We should try that at some point.

Yeah, we should. What is the deepest canyon? What is it? Bonny Blue. Yarlung Topanggau Grand Canyon in Tibet. Oh. Plummets to a depth of 17,567 feet, making it more than two miles deeper than Grand Canyon in Tibet. Oh plummets to a depth of 17,000 567 feet making it more than two miles deeper than Grand Canyon's 6093 feet. It's also about 30

miles longer than the Grand Canyon. Wow the Grand Canyon I saw it for the first time last year. It's grand. It is really awesome. It's it's a very cool place to go. I can't imagine the first person who discovered it. They're just like walking through the woods and they're like holy fuck. Yeah. Where's Grand Canyon University, Hank? Nevada? No. Arizona. Yeah. Yeah, it's in Phoenix. It's also for profit. You can, I believe you can buy

stock in Grand Canyon University. Oh, we should. Yeah, or short it. That would be nice. I will not be buying stock. I like Maryland in this game. Okay, but the women's team. Yeah. By stock. You caught up on the women's team. I did. Yeah, I understand now. I understand it now. March Madness great Missouri three thousand five hundred forty three students Drake four thousand seven hundred seventy four with the University of Missouri only has three thousand thirty one thousand five hundred there you go that does make it great thirty one thousand five hundred forty three Drake has four thousand seven hundred and seventy four mm-hmm Missouri's leading scorer went to Duke for two years fun fact I'm sure they'll mention that in the broadcast and

Jeremy Piven is an alum of Drake nice Love it. Also wouldn't have wouldn't have didn't was didn't wouldn't have thought Drake was in Iowa. Yep. All right, Des Moines Iowa. Yeah, you got it. Yep. Where would you think it was? I don't know if you're bringing on somewhere like the Northeast or like I don't know, you know, Pennsylvania, Ohio Kansas Seems like a rust. I guess Yeah Texas Tech moving on. Mm-hmm The mascot is named the mask rider. Mmm, Jeffrey

But true fans know that the mass riders real name is Jeffrey Jeffrey. So when you see him on the broadcast, they'll say, Oh, it's mass rider. You can say no his real name is actually Jeffrey and even say like, Hey, that's Jeffrey. Yeah, yeah. Give a shout out to Jeffrey. Yep. They're going up against UNC Wilmington. There are 17 schools in the University of North Carolina system. Yeah, system. There's a school, the University of North Carolina system. Yeah. System. There's a school,

the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Their mascot is the Fighting Pickle. Whoa. One of the best mascots I've ever seen. That's cool. If someone hears listening from UNC OA. Doubt it. I would love some Fighting Pickle gear

cause look at, check it out, Pete. I'm checking checking out right now The UNC Williamson is the Seahawks That's one you can just throw around to people makes you feel like you know ball not as good as the fighting pickle Yeah, well the fighting pickles fighting pickles awesome. He's got like a little Cavalier soul patch mustache thing going on. Yeah That's cool. That's cool mascot Let's get some fighting pickle merch

Okay That's cool. That's cool mascot. Let's get some fighting pickle March. Okay. Uh, Kansas versus Arkansas, Arkansas, our Kansas, uh, Kansas. So both of these names, they're so similar and it's because they're both, uh, named after native American tribes. And I'm guessing it's, it's Kansas means wind. Oh, Okay, you're guessing or like, or fun facts. Well, no, the that was a that's a fun fact you can find out. I had different I had different notes. How come Kansas is pronounced Kansas and then Arkansas is pronounced Arkansas, not Arkansas, because they're both they're different tribes. Got it. Now that's fun fact. South wind or wind of the people. That's Kansas and also Arkansas is a different, uh, type of wind. No, it's also, it's, it's wind. I mean,

it's, it's wind. So it's a wind battle. Yeah. Got it. Wind. Uh, coach Cal. Yeah. Very superstitious. He wants, he said he wouldn't, he wouldn't start a player who got a haircut on game day. So if you played for coach count, no haircuts. Wow. And he hates raisins and oatmeal. If he walks into like where they're having breakfast and he sees raisins and oatmeal, he said he wants, they were on like a 25 game win streak or something at home and he

walked in saw raisins oatmeal threw it across the wall they lost the game Wow he also collects bobby pins hmm he thinks they're good luck if he finds a bobby pin he saves it and he has a collection of what is a bobby pin is it it's like the thing in your suits I think or something yeah it's like the little tiny oh that the tiny hair clips yeah yeah that's a fun fact that is a fun fact and then it's kind of weird oh yeah that is weird yeah notable pro golf alums Gary Woodland went to Kansas he has six pro wins one major John Daly went to Arkansas he has 19 pro wins and two majors it would have been funny if you just did all golf yeah and then you got one more game i do where are my notes st john's in omaha

uh omaha was just an indicator word manning explained it was a trigger word that meant he changed the play there was low time on the clock and the ball needed to be snapped right now kind of let my offensive lineman know that hey we've gone to plan play there was low time on the clock and the ball needed to be snapped right now. Kind of let my options of Lyman know that hey, we've gone to plan B there's low time on the clock. It's a rhythmic three syllable word Omaha set hut Jimbo sex positions. Good job. And then St. John's I think they're gonna my fun fact is they're gonna advance out of this region and win the national championship Wow fact tank that's very fun. All right, I'm great. Yeah, these have to feel like I'm ready for the tournament No, I got I got my region before I do that game time

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three of the teams in the Midwest are In the top six for most tournament appearances without a final four. So Xavier has been to the tournament 29 times, no final fours. Tennessee's been in the tournament 26 times, no final fours. Utah State's been in the tournament 24 times, no final fours. Utah State's sneaking in there. Yeah. Okay. First matchupup Houston versus siu Edwardsville Houston Speaking of has the most final four appearances without a national title So they've been to the final four six times

They've never won the title the next in line for them is Illinois and Oklahoma both have been to five never won a title Also, little Wayne attended University of Houston for a year in 2005, majored in political science. So shout out political science majors. I did not know that. Pretty cool. Let's get him talking some poli, so I was Stephen A. Smith. Yeah, then he had to drop out

and he went to University of Phoenix and finished his degree. SIU Edwardsville. What? What? I don't know if he finished his degree, but he went to University of Phoenix after Lou Wayne went to Houston He went to Houston enrolled in Houston. He and it allegedly was getting good grades. That's what it said Wow 2005 to 2005

Poli-sci major pretty fun fact, huh? Yeah, that is blow your mind Si you Edwardsville It is the first ever NCAA tournament appearance for them because they became D. He still doesn't believe it by the way. I saw that right there on. He was like putting music out. Yeah, I know you can do both. You both. He probably saw higher education was like I was wildly misled by this title. Yeah. Left. They are. This is our first ever tournament and simply tournament appearance. They were became D one in 2008. Also, if you want to sound, get a little cheeky at the bar, say you like the Cougars in this

game. I do like to get cheeky at the bar. Both teams are named Cougars. I like to get cheeky with the Cougs. Yeah. So just say, Hey, who you got in this game? I got the Cougars. Also Houston's going by a billion. Uh, SIU Edwardsville's 34th largest college in America by acreage. Okay, kind of cool. It's down by St. Louis. Notable alums, Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Bill Plashke, and this one, I feel like is stolen valor because everyone talks about the big show, the wrestler going to Wichita State. He finished his career at SIU Edwardsville. That's where he got the degree from? Yeah. And he played DT two basketball there. Okay. So we need to put some more respect to the big show going to SIU.

Yeah. Uh, also game notes for this one. I had, uh, Houston has played five teams, uh, 200 or worse in Ken Palm. Here are the scores. 97 to 40 against Jackson State. 91 to 45 against Louisiana. 80 to 44 against Hofstra. 78 to 49 against Toledo. 87 to 51 against Texas A&M, Corpus Christi. Not good. Dead.

Not good. Not good. Okay, next one, next game. Gonzaga and Georgia. Gonzaga is going for their 10th straight sweet 16, which is insane. That's an insane nine straight sweet 16 is nuts. Also, I found out one of Mark Fue's dogs, who you might remember from his DUI video, his name Stella. Oh, that's fun. And he brings her to practice. With a record like that, Mark Few could have also gone to Georgia. Yeah, that's true.

Mark Few also, he loves fishing so much, he convinced his dentist to shave down a piece of his front tooth so he can better use it to cut fishing lines with his teeth. That's kind of creepy. So he put like a little notch in there so he can line it up. I think it was like, it had gotten a little like, there was an indentation for where he had been doing it cause it was like wearing down. Yeah. And the dentist was like, we could, we could replace the tooth.

He's like, can you just shave it down so I can just keep going? That's crazy, but I actually respect that. Yeah, he's very competitive. It was, I read an interview with his fishing buddy. He's like, he's so competitive even when fishing. Pretty cool. All right, Georgia.

Does anyone know the last time Georgia won a tournament game? Did Tom Crane win one? He did not. Anyone? 2008. 2002. And so this got me thinking, and I went down a little rabbit hole of just searching because it makes no sense.

Georgia's a huge school of the 10 college football national champions since 2002 Seven out of ten of them have been to a final four all All ten of them have been to an elite eight All of them have won a minimum of six tournament games and Georgia has not won a game. That's crazy. So you go down the list like Ohio state, 21 wins, final four, Michigan,

25 wins, final four, Alabama 13 with Clemson six wins lead eight. That was actually the worst. UCF UCF I did not have on there, but they've won games in the tournament. Florida, obviously 33 wins national championship. Texas 20 wins, final four, USC eight wins, lead eight. Georgia zero win combined 154 tournament wins for all other programs that have won a national title in football. And Georgia has had zero wins since 2002. That's kind of crazy. Why do you think that they've had some decent players too? Right? It's obviously you can do the like Villanova's a basketball school football is not But it's rare to have such a like football when you have a big robust football program

That means you have a lot of money in the athletic department The basketball school should at least be in the tournament every now and then at least winning tournament It also means it yeah, you can fund a decent basketball program Yeah with what you get it you want to have your fan base spend money in the winter time after football seasons over with basketball. Yeah. Funding a great athletic department for a, for football is a lot harder to do from the ground up. Right. So this is that I think that's the biggest disparity. Yeah, I would say so.

Between a football and a basketball program. Hank, you, you with us? What are you doing? Just doing some research. Oh, okay. Nice. Also this game, just game note, Gonzaga is a better team, but Georgia is taller and more physical. So it'd be very interesting to see how Gonzaga has sometimes been called soft. Yes, they have. By me specifically. Next up Clemson versus McNeese State. So this is Clemson. I've gone to a game at Clemson. Pretty cool campus.

Nice stadium. Not like, it was good. Clemson is also a cult that doesn't get enough credit for being a cult. They all wear their class rings. Didn't realize that they all wear their class rings. So they're in the Texas A&M Notre Dame camp in there. There's a rule on campus before football games, you have to wear orange on Fridays.

It sounds like you get arrested if you don't. They also do the $2 bill thing, where this started because in 1977, Georgia Tech and Clemson used to play every year in Atlanta and Georgia Tech canceled their rivalry game and so George Bennett an executive director of Clemson's booster club said all Clemson fans Let's use two dollar bills to show the impact we have on the economy. Yep. Now it's kind of just they're bragging now They don't even make two dollar bills anymore. Yeah, they're just bragging

You probably have to if you're a Clemson fan and you're planning a road trip, you have to go to the bank. Yeah. And ask for like all the $2 bills that you might have behind the scenes. You have to plan these road trips. And they're kind of just being like, look at how awesome we are.

Everyone's got $2 bills now. Yeah, we travel well. And then there's also a statue, Thomas Green Clemson in Tillman Hall statue. You're not allowed to read the plaque until you graduate. Guess what? I read the plaque today But you didn't graduate but I I might graduate and I already read the plot. You're not allowed to I could I'll fucking do it, but you're not allowed to read the plaque

What do they do is there a punishment if they catch you reading the plaque? I don't know. I asked we have a co-worker Kayla who went to come sounds like did you read that plaque? She's like, I don't remember. I was like, sounds like you specifically didn't read the plaque. I would definitely read the plaque. And she had a ring on. I didn't know they all wear the rings. Have you ever been?

They need to be made fun of for the ring. You ever been to Clemson? I just said that. Yeah. I went to a game. You spend any time like in the town? Yeah, yeah. They've got a gas station.

Yeah. They've got a rock. It's small. And then they have a hill. Yeah, it's very small. Yeah. The bars were cool. I went to a couple of bars there. Yeah, that's a Clemson class ring. And they switched the sea around when you graduate. McNeese state. It's all about Amir Khan viral

student manager. He's the best. His nickname is aura and he's the first student manager to ever signed an NIL deal. He got to deal with Buffalo wildlings, ticks, pit, tick picks and insomnia Cookies. And he has the quote, if they kept manager stats for rebounding and wiping up wet spots on the court, I'd put up Wilt Chamberlain numbers. Yeah, this guy rocks.

He's the best. I've seen a bunch of videos with this dude. Yeah. He's worth every penny. Yeah. One note on this game, McNeese State actually played two Power Five programs this year.

They lost by eight to Alabama and three to Mississippi State. So they might be able to hang. Fighting Will Wade. Okay. Next up, Purdue High Point. I got Purdue. I'm going to keep it clean here. Purdue has produced 27 astronauts and they also have the first and last guy to walk on the moon. So Neil Armstrong first, Eugene Cernan last. You mean a sound stage in Burbank, California? Yes. Okay. Also, I found out that 16% of people who've been on the moon are named Alan. That is a fun fact. Yeah. Alan Shepard and the

other Alan. There's another Alan? Yeah. Also over 70% of Purdue students graduate as virgins high point This one's crazy high point University I don't know if you guys know anything about high point I actually talked to Kelly Keeks our co-worker who went to high point there They have the second longest wind streak in the country right now with 14 High point University is they basically made like like a Sims College because it looks like Disneyland. There's like 15 pools.

There's a, Max, you're going to like this because I know I liked it. There is a ice cream truck that you can, that's free to all students that you can get in between classes. It's free all the time? Yeah. That is an incredible, that's, that's so- I think it's part of your meal thing, but it's like you just go, you get ice cream. That is the best perk. Uh, High Point also has a steak restaurant that you can go to once a month free. Uh, and it is the, the goal of the state

steak restaurant is it's a fine dining learning lab aims to teach students business and social etiquette, including how to eat in a professional setting. They're literally teaching them how to eat. High Point's not real world. I'm gonna guess that High Point might have, outside of Yale, High Point might have Sneaky the highest tuition. It's a cra, looking at the campus, seeing all this stuff.

Also, the president is from, uh, the country Jordan and he made it from high point college to high point university. And then he built all this stuff. $70,000 a year. It's insane. Like if you look at anything about high point, it's, it basically is like a movie set for a college. That's very funny. They're like, it's $70,000 a year, but free ice cream while you're here. Yeah. And you get to learn how to eat a steak. Also High Point, South Carolina is the furniture capital of the world. Yeah. North Carolina furniture is a real thing. Yeah. So they have

like a furniture expo, uh, every year. Pretty crazy. Uh, my only game note from, Oh, they also have a guy, a seven footer, uh, Juslin Bodo Bodo. I like that. Just like it. My note from this game is high point plays a drop coverage scheme and Braden Smith is probably going to go over on his points and assists. Okay. They're just going to run two man offense Purdue all game. Okay. Next up I got Illinois verse Texas and Xavier. My Illinois fun fact is I have two of them. Tom Freneli was once at a party with Doron Williams and Doron slept while standing up in the corner. Oh, that's pretty cool. Yeah. Way to go, Tom. Yeah. So that was a cool one. And then my other one is that just because you didn't want to talk to Tom or that was really mean.

That was really mean. You don't think that Tom can party no He's saying that he's Tom was such a bore that he was sleeping in the corner Maybe Tom was Tom talking to him while he fell asleep We had like oh, no this guy's gonna come talk to me. Yeah Other fun fact is our guy Chuck and I witnessed this firsthand he had a friend in college named Pat Moriarty who this firsthand. He had a friend in college named Pat Moriarty who would bring a Ziploc bag of Italian sausages to the bar. And I actually watched this. We were out there doing an event at Red Lion for the Blackhawks. I think it was like 2013 or 14. And he literally just

pulled the sausage out of his pocket. He's like, you want a sausage? Cooked sausage, not like sausage bites, cooked on the grill sausage. How fat? Pat Moriarty, he actually was in pretty good shape. That's a wild move. Yeah, pretty cool move though. I ate the sausage. Was it hot sauce, like did it, was it temperature hot or was it just cold, stale pocket temperature sauce?

No, it was like he grilled the sausage in the morning, then would put it in the Ziploc bag and then bring it out with him. Boom, need a sausage. There you go. I Think you were there with us. You might have been underage. So you might not come to us the bar with us. Yes Okay, and then they're gonna play Texas or Xavier Xavier Sean Miller all-time sweat guy just needs to be reminded everyone. Yep. Also Xavier Zach Fremantle has been there for about 100 years. If you're not familiar with him, he's very good, but he's been there forever.

And Ryan Conwell, their other really good player, you might recognize him. He was on Indiana State last year, which was kind of a darling that didn't make the tournament. And then Texas, Trey Johnson is a lottery pick. You should know his name. And Texas is in the tournament 19 and 15 is their record. And if you take out teams worse than 200 in Ken Palm on their schedule, they were actually 13 and 15. Hmm. So they beat the fuck out of Houston Christian, Chicago state, Mississippi

Valley state, Arkansas, pine bluff, New Orleans, Northwestern state. Texas has good players. There might not be a good team. I've seen enough Texas this year that I would agree with that. Yeah. Uh, okay. No, I got three more Kentucky versus Troy, uh, Kentucky. Mark Pope met his wife. Uh, she was a, a personal assistant for David Letterman and Mark Pope actually met his future wife's brother and then the brother called the future wife and said, when my brother met Mark, he was like, I just met the male version of you. He's you, but he's a dude.

He's gonna call you for Letterman tickets. Is that good? I saw White Lotus, kidding me. Yeah, true, true. And then also Mark Pope raps. I saw Mark Pope's rap. Well, true true and then also mark pope raps. I Saw mark pope's rap. Well, he did Eminem at the credit him for trying. Yeah, this one was he did Hamilton Do you want to play it? I don't there's nothing I want to yes. Yeah play it Do I have a hidden talent just in the hopes that Lin-Manuel that you're watching? I'm gonna get a scholarship to King's College. I probably shouldn't brag but dad got maize and astonished the problems

I got a lot of brains with no polish. I got a holler just to be heard with every word I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough a shiny piece of coal everybody Okay, that's Mark Pope that's Kentucky, uh Troy coach Cal would have killed that right? Yeah. Yeah, Troy that's that was tough to watch Troy it's their third tournament appearance. They've never won a game. And this one's a fun fact. Their coach recently went on record saying he only recruits guys who like Waffle House. That's not a bad strategy.

Yeah. So in the town where Troy plays, it's like 15,000 people. There's three Waffle Houses. So it's like, he said it's probably per capita, the highest like 5,000 person per Waffle House. And he said, we often ask them, do you like Waffle House? If the answer is yes, we sign them. If it's no, we never get them. I like that, because if you spend time in a Waffle House, you know how to handle yourself too. You got street skills.

Yeah, facts. Also Troy, the game note I had Lamont butler's back for Kentucky and Troy is one of those teams. It's very analytical. They only shoot at the rim and they shoot threes. Only problem for Troy is they suck at shooting threes. So they're literally the worst percentage in the entire field of 68 is shooting threes and they shoot a lot of this one keeping it Steph Curry goes wrong. Yeah. Yeah, but they're doing it. They're doing it. All right. UCLA versus Utah State. This one is just UCLA Mick Cronin. Remember when Mick Cronin basketball almost killed him. He had a unruptured aneurysm in the back of his head and almost died. Yeah. So I found a very funny, I went deep, I found a very funny dude's rock moment. There was a story about a man in Minneapolis who saw Mick Cronin's story.

He had similar headaches and he went to the doctor and the doctor was like, oh, you have an unruptured aneurysm and the guy was like, I know exactly what that is. Coach Cronin's got it. And the doctor was like, who the hell is coach Cronin? So Mick Cronin saved the guy's life. This is how dudes learn about about like illnesses that they might have. Yeah, it's like, Oh, I think I think I might have with that coach has he literally saw him. He's like, Yeah, I got really bad headaches. Almost died. And he's like, Oh, fuck, I've had really bad headaches. Am I about to die? He went to the emergency

room was about to die. Good for him. Yeahaving lives, saving lives. Uh, Utah state. I just have notable alumni because they have a lot of guys who played football there. Uh, Bobby Wagner, Donald Penn, Roy Shivers, Al Smith, Travis Laboy, Eric Hipple and Chris Cooley. Those are all the, uh, really good football players from Utah state. They're the Aggies too, right? Yes, they are the Aggies. Utah State also is going to zone the fuck out of UCLA. So I kind of like the under in that game. All right, last one for me, Tennessee and Wofford. Tennessee.

Rick Barnes is in his 29th NCAA tournament. A lot of tournaments. He is fourth all timeth NCAA tournament. A lot of tournaments. He is fourth all time for tournament appearances. He's never won a title. He's been to one final four. He's 30 and 28 in NCAA tournaments. Not great. Is it their last three years they won?

Yes, so that was my other phone call. So 2020 was COVID year, no games. 2021 they lost the first round. 2022 they lost the games. 2021, they lost the first round. 2022, they lost the second round. 23, they lost the third round. 24, in the Elite Eight last year. So this year- Final four. Final four.

And next year, championship game, unless they're a playing team. Yeah. Then that would fuck up the whole thing. That would mess, I don't think that there would be. But yeah, so this guarantees that they get to the final four. Yes, yes.

Wofford, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Notable golfer Hank. Willie McGirt. Do you know him? Nope. Great name. Dirk McGirt. Two professional wins. Also, they have a live mascot terrier named Blitz Three. Uh, and has been the mascot. It has been the terriers since the live mascot since 2014. Yeah. Those small dogs live a long time. Yeah. I tried to find any other news and I couldn't find any, which I think is a good thing. Yeah. I mean, the only, I, I think that most people learn about geography in the United States via mid

major schools in March madness. And so when I learned that this was South Carolina, I'm like, okay, Wofford, South Carolina Carolina terriers and they had that one good player a couple of years ago. Fletcher McGee. Yeah. Also this game game note Wofford 333rd in tempo, Tennessee 346 in tempo. I'm going to be a slow one. A real slow one. Um, okay. I feel like that was it. Very fun. Fast. Fun. What? What max? I think that was the longest segment we've ever done, but it was great. It was good. for us what what max I think that was longest segment We've ever done, but it was great. It was good. It was good. It was the funnest segment. We've ever done Yeah, should we rip a quick Mount Rushmore? I don't this is gonna be alright, then we won't that's not about rapid fire Rapid fire Mount Rushmore on Friday. Let's do for Friday's episode. I love that. Yeah, I love that

Episode Mount Rushmore. I love that. That's a good idea Friday. Guess might be sick Friday. Guess might be sick. Yeah, I love that Friday's episode Mount Rushmore. I love that. That's a good idea Friday. Guests might be sick Friday guests might be sick Yeah, uh literally literally ill oh So we can't get right a guess is sick. Oh actually sick actually wait is that what you were referring to Hank the flu? Yeah, oh yeah, okay. We will have Stanford Steve on his right so no snooki Damn, it's looking like no snooki. She's a flu. She missed her filming shoot today. Okay, well, we'll try to get her on She wants to talk ball with us Alright, we just broke down the whole bracket our fun facts

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and qualifying bet criteria vary for additional terms or responsible gaming resources see dkng.co slash audio. All right, so we're going to do a parlay for Thursday and a parlay for Friday. So you guys got your Thursday picks? I'll start. I got a Purdue high point over 153 and a half. I have VCU money line Okay Is this like that is Yale and him Thursday or Friday? Yale and am is okay Yale plus seven and a half like that Max I am going to go

Louisville minus two and a half Did anyone say that no nope? Okay, that's first game a lot of pressure fuck. Nope. Okay. That's first game. A lot of pressure. Fuck. I didn't know that was first game. Yeah. What did you want to think about that? No, just go for it, dude. All right. All right. Go for it. All right. Uh, should I change it? If you want to change it, you see San Diego. Yeah. All right. Why don't you change it? Why don't we move the line a little? We got a money line in there. Make it four and a half. For what? UC San Diego. Okay. Our odds are going to be good because we have a VCU money line.

All right. I like it. All right. And then our Friday pick. You're going to be able to bet all these in the Draft King Sports For Cat. New Mexico plus three and a half. Okay. I'm going to do Colorado State minus two and a half. I'm gonna do Memphis Moneyline. No, well, oh My bed I I Had that written down. Okay. All right, you could do you could do that. Oh, I'll change I'll change the only problem is well, we didn't talk about this before. Yeah, it happened rapid-fire You're acting like I did that on purpose. What did you not get the text? No, oh

It's too finer. Oh yeah, I didn't see that. Okay. Um, he said it was a lineage play. He's going to be, he's going to be pissed if you're saying this. I already said it with Titus. Did we say that? Yeah, we live updated with Titus when he texted us yesterday.

All right. Give me grand Canyon plus 10 and a half. Okay. I'm going to go with our Baylor Bears plus one and a half. Love that Max. Love your confidence in our Baylor's. All right. Go bet those DraftKings sports book ride with us. We're going to be live streaming all Thursday and Friday. We're very excited. Let's do a hot seat, cool drone, and then we will kick it to Titus and we will talk some more bracket from someone who maybe won't be fun facts, actually be real facts about the games. Hot Seat Cool Throne is brought to you by our friends at Body Armor Flash IV.

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What do you got? Michigan baseball player. Yeah, no tap. Oh for doing a line of coke max. He took mine. But yeah, that's that's what Hank would have done Sorry, no, no, go for it. I was just thinking I was like we should that's it was funny Yeah, the notes app the the guy from Michigan had to apologize for fake snorting a lot of coke Yeah, it was very funny. He really Read the notes app. Do you have it? I Got it right here. He really took down that line. Yeah, I Would like to apologize for my actions on third base yesterday I made an immature decision in the heat of the moment the gesture I made does not reflect my character the household I was raised in or the block in that I represent in any kind of way

I take full responsibility for what I did and I'm truly sorry to all those who I have negatively impacted by doing this This is like Michigan State's tradition of kissing the logo at center court every Michigan player should snort up the third baseline. Yeah, I Like this. I don't like I was very funny. I don't think you should have apologized. No What's your cool throne since Hank left? Hey, Hank. Do you want to go? No, you got it? I sorry I had to pee really bad cool thrown pft. Okay, my cool throne is Paul skeins He's Paul skeins You might want to sit down. Oh He was named the starter for opening day for Wow. And they did a big video production about it too. And they were like,

congratulations. You're going to start opening. The dude fucking started the All-Star game last year as a rookie. I love it. Like the Yankees don't have to put out an announcement that John Carlos Stanton is going to be injured opening day. Right. The pirates don't need to put out an announcement that Paul Skeens is going to be the starting pitcher opening day. Right. My other hot seat was gonna be Griff 2, the Drake Bulldogs live mascot. Oh yeah. You're not allowed to bring your live mascots to the NCAA tournament unless it's the Final Four. Yeah. But they don't allow them in the building and the Drake Bulldogs, they under Griff 2, their current Bulldog, I believe their record

is at least in the Missouri Valley conference tournament, nine and oh, they're not, I know when Griff too is there. You gotta, if you're a Drake alumni, if you're Drake administrator, you got a trench coat. This bulldog. Yeah. We're gonna bring them in a trench coat. I don't care. You gotta get the bulldog in there for all the dogs, right? Yeah. Yep. Get him get him do the service dog I don't care griff's got to be in the building Got it free griff free griff. All right, Hank My hot seat is the FBI slash CIA slash mafia. Okay. Oh, yeah

Yeah, Trump announced that the he's actually finally releasing the JFK JFK files So he was supposed to release those today We haven't seen it today. I hope it happens. I'm sure I mean he they gotta come out right they gotta The Epstein files that was a big nothing Nothing burger. Yeah. No, obviously nothing's gonna come who do you think? But they like I like how they keep saying like I cuz I'm sure in a couple like weeks or months They're gonna say now we're gonna release the same files. Yeah yeah who do you think did it Hank the CIA the guy the his driver yeah I turn around got him yep I think it's the dude that was from Illinois that guy mafia

guy oh yeah mafia slash CIA yeah who is like who is in charge of getting Jack Ruby killed yeah that guy did that shit yeah or Jack or good charge of Jack Ruby killing killing that guy Yeah, and then the craziest part about Jack Ruby He went to prison and then one of the doctors that ran in MKUltra went to visit him Gave him like a dose of some medication then Jack Ruby went insane right after that visit damn damn Nuts make you think visit. Damn, damn. Nuts. Makes you think.

Finally we'll know the truth. My cool throne is Podcast P with Paul George. Is it back? Yeah, so he on February 26th said, I wanna let the Podcast P family know that after today's episode with Dwight, I plan to take a break from the pod just to focus on getting my body right, mentally right,

and help the squad make a push towards our goal to finish the season out and gives ourselves a chance to be in contention for to compete for a championship mm-hmm and then today these Sixers announced that Paul George received injections in his left muscle and left knee on Monday and has been ruled out for the rest of the season mm-hmm so he's bringing back. He's gotta bring it back. I mean, you said podcast pee, I thought you meant that you just got off the couch again to go use the bathroom during a segment.

Or you were just talking as oldie. I love that oldie calls you pee. Yeah. So funny. Podcast pee. Makes me laugh every time. It's a good nickname. I like it.

Okay, my hot seat, I have two, is my sleep because I woke up this morning at 4.30 this morning to watch the Cubs lose to the Dodgers. Turns out the Dodgers are still really good. Yeah. And they're going to win a lot of games. I hate this shit that they start the season overseas. Yeah.

And like, like, Shota was pitching a no hitter through four, which doesn't really count through four, he threw four walks. And they pulled them because I think they're trying to be very like cautious with the fact they have to go all the way back from Japan and then there's 10 days before actual opening days so it's weird. But the Dodgers are really good. Did you see any more highlights? Yes, they had a, so they had a high, they had what I think was the camera we watched from behind the plate, and it was just the player, the batter was just totally pixelated every time. It was garbage. It's weird. It was garbage. So it's not one camera.

I don't know what it was. It's a combination of a bunch of cameras. Every time it looked like your TV broke, it would show this highlight. So it sucked. Your thoughts Hank, no comment. Also hot seat Aaron Rodgers because Cam Hayward said, I ain't doing that darkness retreat. And he said, I don't

need any of that crap either. You want to be a Pittsburgh stealer? You don't. It's that simple. That's the pitch. If you want me to recruit, that's a recruiting pitch Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, I like that from Kim Heyward. Yeah. He's like, this is what Aaron Rogers is doing right now. It's not stealer football. Yeah. And he's like, I'm ready. I'm about to retire. Just fucking just let me go. Like just figure it out. I'm about to retire just fucking just let me go like just figure it out I'm not doing this Also Schefter said that he thinks that the Vikings want Aaron He's he's option number one for the Vikings. Ah, and so now it's up to Aaron Rodgers to just decide if he wants to play there

Yeah, so whole thing is weird. We'll find out Crazy at some crazy that Aaron Radges is holding up an off season. This will turn out well. Yeah, he really is just it is cats in the cradle with Brett Favre. Yeah, he's just learning everything from he hated Brett Favre. I know. It's perfect. Cool throne. Two of them as well. Get your brackets in. Stel Blue Coffee. We're doing a golden bracket So all you do is buy something on Stella blue coffee comm if you have the best bracket You're coming to the Final Four with us next you know what I'd like to make an announcement big cat

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out of the Knicks game and the games delayed like 20 minutes. That sucks. I think it was like in a weird way, good that Tracy Morgan could see how much he's loved because I didn't see anyone counting on him. Well, Tracy Morgan, he's had this opportunity a few times. Yeah. It's like the world has reminded Tracy Morgan like, please, I hope you're okay. Yeah. Like he's had health issues.

And so everyone, when I saw it, cause I'm, I'm the number one puke guy. I love puke. I laugh at puke all the time. There wasn't a lot of like joking about Tracy Morgan. Everyone's like, I hope he's okay. Yeah. James Dolan has got to be furious that Tracy Morgan got food poisoning at MSG.

He might be kicked out. Yeah, also it was very funny because if you saw one of the videos, Bobby Bacala was just looking like, get this guy out of here. Yeah, he was a goal. I need my train set. It's very funny, very funny puke.

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me about March madness. Now we work together. Now you own me. Yeah. We own you. Yeah. Two years is your two year anniversary coming up. Uh, yeah. Yeah. I think I've been here two full years now. I was hired right before March madness, which I don't know if that was smarter. Terrible idea. Well, no, it's actually smart because you survived it. But yeah, we, uh, we always have you on the Wednesday of March Madness of the tournament week. I'm excited about this bracket. Do we need to just say a quick fuck you to UNC and prayers to West Virginia and Indiana for being left out?

Yeah. I mean, like you said before, you'll move on fast. The second the ball's tipped, I won't give a shit. But it was egregious, I thought. I thought North Carolina at no point in the season, did they look like an NCAA tournament team? They, yeah, their highs weren't very high. Their lows were pretty damn low. And I was stunned, I was.

In all the years of, you know, that's how the bracket works. It comes out, we lose our minds about teams that got in that didn't deserve it. We feel bad for the teams that were left out. This is the most egregious example that I've ever seen. And, uh, you know, the fact that the ad is the guy running the whole thing also is, is interesting, but it says Michael Jordan's paws all over it. But you know, when the, when the basketball starts, who gives a fuck? Yeah. Who gives a fuck? The, the, the more I thought about it, because we did our instant

reactions on Sunday night. Uh, I think the committee basically was like, we have four historically great teams at number one seeds and the rest of the bracket will just fucking fill it out. However it goes. Because it's not just who got left in left out. There's some weird seeding like Michigan getting a five Louisville, getting an eight Louisville, getting an eight. Yeah. The whole Wisconsin going out to Denver and four days rest. Like it just felt very weird how they put those half fast thing together. And I think I would have been fine with that if they just like would have straight up said, all right, so here's the deal. Carolina got in cause Bubba Cunningham's the chair. Uh, some of these seatings are off because to be completely

honest, we think it doesn't matter. There's right. It's so top heavy. So who gives a fuck? Um, but the, yeah. So saying like Tucker DeVries was hurt and that's why West Virginia was it. I don't know. It's, it's, it's so transparent and stupid.

I didn't think Carolina, I said this to you, Dan, I didn't think Carolina, if I was running the NIT Carolina would not have even been a one seat in right, in IT bracket much less in the NCAA tournament. But at the same time, we move on. We get excited about the bracket we do have. And they're going to probably win a couple games. And they're probably going to win a couple games. Yeah.

You guys just interviewed the governor of West Virginia, but he also gave a press conference earlier today. I wasn't able to watch it. Did he do the thing like Chief Soholik's lawyer, where he made a lot of bad basketball puns and reference to the miscarriage of justice? No, he actually, he had a good perspective on it. He was like, this isn't going to change anything. Yeah.

Okay. He's like, nothing's going to change. I just want to raise a little hell. I was hoping he was going to say like, this is an alley oops. Oh, or like, like this is the big dance is now the big dunce. He did that with the sign, the national corrupt. Yeah. dance is now the big dunks. He did that with the sign, the national corrupt, yeah. But he, yeah, the, the West Virginia governor doing that, I, uh, he basically had like two hours of, of, you know, everyone's paying attention and then I'm already over

it. He's just like, I'm showing my constituents, I too am upset and I'm going to say something about it. It's the quickest, like we, literally when Tuesday happens in the first balls tips Like who was that governor? I saw when we were signing off I told him I'll do anything to help you governor as long as it doesn't require extra effort or inconvenience me in any way I will throw my weight behind your cause But would you change the channel to something else during the play-in-game halftime show? No Roste. Yeah, that's a good point.

Yeah. I can't turn my back. I try to figure out what I could do. Yeah. Probably nothing. Do we think we're going to break down the bracket with you in a second, but do we think there is any chance they have the ball situation figured out this year. Oh yeah. I'm very nervous about that. We had the guy from Wilson. There's a guy from well, we were doing one of the upfront thing. A guy from Wilson was in the office. I talked to him for like an hour about this. He said the, the, the problem they have with this ball and maybe you experienced it because we have them here. The super orange balls, there's, they're a little more cushiony than the other evolutions, right? Yeah. He said the cushion, the way it works

is they'll pump the balls up and then they just give it a little squeeze to see if it's, you know, you want to like a little bit of give but not too much, you know? Right. Just the, you feel it out. It's like, yeah, that's how you pump up the ball. But it has so much cushion that they'll pump it up

to the max, give it a little squeeze and feel the cushion. And be like pump it up more more and pump it up more. And he said, it's like the, the, the people that pump this thing up are working on. I apparently there's just not a PSI system. The way I don't know. He told me this, this was like a year ago. He told me all this and I was like, Oh my God, it makes so much sense. So I don't know if they solved it.

They have to, because I think they just got these like 65 year old dudes just over there pumping up these balls and they're overinflated and uh, I don't know. I, I, I, And it matters. It does matter. We saw like crazy air balls and weird things happen. Um, yeah, but hopefully, hopefully that's not a problem. And they, and they've learned the lesson, but yeah, that, that, that first year, especially, I think that was the 22 tournament. I think it was three years ago. It was brutal guys. Yeah. Dribble guys can shoot, but you know,

has it ever gone the other way where the ball is like perfect? Like a great example of ball and it's like scoring through the roof because the guys love this ball. The guy has a perfect ball? Yeah. Oh, that's a good question.

Because I feel like anytime they switch out a ball, it's never for the better. You're right about that, yeah. No, we should figure out what the perfect ball is. It's a feel thing. Like you know when you dribble it, it's that perfect ball, the exact right amount of bounce that you were expecting you throw the other one Way, let's go. I had someone point out to me something I never thought about but I was when Wisconsin was playing Michigan in the Big Ten

Tournament final I was like, yeah tired legs Like this is what I expected they just aren't moving and someone's like do you ever think maybe the ball is tired? The ball could be tired like the ball played a lot of hoops in the last In the last five days on top of all of it. It's too orange. It's a weird orange It is very gonna fix that we got to go back to a more brownish orange I agree so you want to get into the bracket mark. Yeah, I would love it if you don't I've been mark Titus's credentials He was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters.

That's right. So that's a pretty fucking impressive thing to have on your resume. I got a high level bracket before we go region by region. So this is the season, and I love it, where we get all the analytics and people are like, hey, this is what needs to happen as a champion. It's the Ken Pom rule where I think it's,

a team has to be, I believe it's 21st or better in adjusted offensive efficiency and 37th or better in adjusted defense. Both of those cutoffs exist because of 2014. You cut. Yes. But so those cutoffs usually, and it is like, if you look at it, going into the tournament, that's where you're going to find your national title champion this year though. It's crazy. There's 11 teams that meet that, which I feel like has never been. It's usually like six or seven teams. Yeah. So it was 11 teams. I'm going to say,

I'm going to list all 11 for you and you could tell me yes, that the national champion will be in this group. Duke, Florida, Houston, Auburn, all your one seat, Tennessee, Alabama, both two seeds, Texas tech, a three seed Gonzaga and eight seed Iowa state, Wisconsin. Also your three seeds and Arizona. That's the list. I mean, yeah, I think the national champion is in that group. Notable exceptions that have been left out are Michigan state, St. John's. So those are the teams. Like I think a lot of people, Maryland's, Maryland's not in there. Would you feel comfortable saying that the others are not going to win? I would. I think this year is the most top heavy feeling I have about college basketball

entering an NCAA tournament since 2015. I remember 2015 was a, it stood out to me going into the tournament. There was Kentucky at the top who was undefeated obviously, but I felt like the rest of the ones and the twos, Duke ended up winning, but Wisconsin was absolutely loaded that year, as you know Dan. I think Virginia and Villanova both had really, really good teams.

Arizona had a good team. I think Kansas was a two, they were like a week or two that I think ended up losing early. But, uh, I remember going into the 2015 tournament feeling like it was kind of a perfect setup because Kentucky was the undefeated behemoth Goliath, but they weren't unbeatable as we learned in the final four. Um, but I had a really good feeling that it was going to be a one or two. Cause if you watched all season, it just felt like these teams are just way better than everybody else. Right. I feel that way this year for the first time since 2015. I have that same feeling again. Um, I just think the, the, the Dukes, the

Auburns Florida has been coming on strong Houston, all the one seeds, uh, are, are clearly better than everybody else to me. And then the two seeds, it's like all the ones, all the twos and then everybody else is kind of how I feel. Yeah. Um, and Texas tech is like the one team that might be in the mix. That's then everybody else is kind of how I feel. Yeah. And Texas Tech is like the one team that might be in the mix that's not a one or a two. If they got healthy, yeah. Otherwise, I just think it's really top heavy and it sucks because I think everybody this time of year

gets excited about the Cinderella and they want me to come on here and be like, I think this team's gonna get upset early. I think it's really chalky season. Yeah. I think I have a really chalky bracket. I think this is the year of chalk. But chalky, again I obviously you want an upset or two in the first round. It's fun

Chalky always does make it great for the second weekend in the final. Yeah, cuz it's like you don't Like a st. Peters was a great story that elite game was garbage. It was garbage. It was terrible Yeah, and like even George Mason who was like the OG Cinderella story, they got to the final four and got their ass kicked in Florida. Um, it always happens that way. Uh, so yeah, it's weird cause you want to celebrate the fun little, little guys making the runs, but you do want to see the big boys. I think that's what we're getting this year. I think, I think there might be like one or two, maybe you get like a double digit seed, make the sweet 16. Maybe you get like a crazy elite eight run. Uh, maybe hell, maybe there's like a seven seed

in the final four, but I'm very, very confident that your national champion will be a one or two, which I understand everybody listening is like, good job going out on a limb, but UConn two years ago was a four seed. What I'm telling you is that will not happen this year. There will not be UConn two years ago four seed. There will not be the UConn of 2014 being a seven seed.

It will be a one or a two. And it'll probably be a one. They're just so much better than everybody. The other nice thing that we like about the Cinderella's early on is if there's a, like an unlikable coach or a coach where it's fun if they lose to like a goal key. Last year it was Cal losing to a goal key in the first round.

Is there any coach out there that you think America would be like be really funny if that guy lost it'd be funny if that guy lost um Good question. I mean Todd golden. I don't know how many people out of people paying attention to what was going on Yeah, and their investigation with the guy Florida's really good. Oh, it's always funny if Rick Barnes loses Rick Barnes losing funny Yeah, I mean Matt painter that painter get over the hump just to go right back like losing to the first round It's always funny if Rick Barnes loses. Rick Barnes losing's funny. Yeah. I mean, Matt Painter going, Matt Painter getting over the hump just to go right back to losing to the first round.

Yeah. It's also a little bit personal for you. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know who. Natoats. You got the Bill Self, John Calipari, Rick Pitino little section down there in the bottom left, you know?

Only one of those guys can come out, so I don't know if there could be some, some interesting dynamics at play there. Uh, yeah. All right. Let's break. Let's, let's start breaking it down. All right. Uh, let's go in the top left.

Uh, the East, is that right? So I have, I have a, you think Auburn was deserving of the one overall seed? It is unprecedented. Lost three or four going into the tournament. That is never, no team's ever done that and gotten the number one overall seed. They had a, obviously a dominant stretch up until like the last couple weeks.

Basically, someone pointed out that their tough stretch started when they clinched the SEC. So maybe if you want to believe in Auburn, just say that they have had nothing to play for. Yeah. But it was interesting, because like up until they started losing, someone, I was watching, I think it was Jimmy Dex,

I was watching one of the Auburn games, he made the point, Auburn could forfeit every game for the rest of the season and still get the number one overall. And they pretty much, they're like, okay, we're gonna go do that. Love practice. So yeah, I think if you're looking at it

in the totality of the season, Auburn's resume was maybe the strongest resume like we've kind of ever seen, which maybe is not true now that they lost because I guess Kentucky was undefeated that one year. But it was just like an insane resume. They played all the other one seeds. They beat just about everybody.

But yeah, I mean it is weird, because going into the tournament, the number one overall seed is generally the team that everyone's like, yeah, that's probably the best team. And I think most people are like, yeah, Auburn is, it feels like it's Duke in Florida. I would not have, if, I'll put it this way, if any of the four one seeds were named the number one overall seed, I probably would have been fine with it. I think all of any of the four one seeds were named the number one overall seed I probably would have been fine with it. I think all of them have arguments. I think Duke is the best team I think Florida has is the hottest team. I think Houston is like a team that that ripped through a big 12 That's really strong and Houston. I think Houston only lost one game in regulation all season

Yeah, they lost like four but three of them were in overtime. Yeah And they just like they don't go away. It's impossible to beat them, uh, by yeah, more than one possession. I think Houston had a case to be number one overall, but I don't know. Auburn, Auburn had a, had a historic run and, uh, you know, played, played Houston non-conference. They played in the Maui invitational. They went to Duke and then they were also in the sec, which was as good of a conference as we've ever seen. All right, so what do you have? Any upsets in this region?

So I'm looking at what everyone else is looking at, 12-5, how do you feel about this? Because I, UC San Diego, I'll be honest, transparent, I watched one game, it was the Big West Championship, they did not look good. I know they won the game against a team that's also supposed to be good, I didn't think they were that good.

I was worried. I'm worried about the idea. Michigan turns it over like crazy. UC San Diego leads the country in turnover margin. So part of me is like, Michigan's just gonna turn it over like 30 times, and UC San Diego wins this. But has UC San Diego faced two seven footers

running pick and roll? Do they have the horses for that? I think their tallest guy is six eight, and most of the guys are six six or under. I feel like I yeah I feel like everybody's hot on UC San Diego and I I'm the other thing they haven't played a power conference team and that's why I'm worried about that because it feels like McNeese last year. You remember McNeese State last year everyone was like like they were the hottest team in the country and lost by a billion and then I looked at their schedule like they have it. They have literally not played

anybody that has a center that that's taller than six, eight, you know, um, when did they become McNeese? I don't know when that happened. They just dropped the state. You know, it's funny too about, uh, the UC San Diego, Michigan, uh, like upset that everyone's going to pick because I agree with you. I think that's you see San Diego is a very good team. Their metrics are are like off the charts for a 12 seed for a small conference. They haven't played anyone and they're going to go up against two seven footers. That doesn't feel like a good recipe. But then right underneath it I think Yale could be Texas A&M. Yeah. So is the team like Yale completely dominated the Ivy. They played a couple, like they played a, uh, they lost by like eight to Purdue. They played a one possession game with Minnesota. Obviously

Minnesota did not like, wasn't an incredible team, but I feel like Yale and they got guys who could rebound. Like I do. Your point about Minnesota. I think that matters. I want to see these smaller schools have having played, just, just get a taste for it. Get right in the mouth by having to have to go up against a defense, even if they're not the best team in the world, you're actually being guarded by like a six, six guard out there or something versus, you know, playing in the Ivy league and dealing with the smaller and less athletic dudes. Right. And Texas A&M is one of those teams. I like Buzz Williams. I think they're a good team, but they are a team that struggles to shoot basketball

Yeah, and so if you can't score that's why as much as I want st. John's to go deep it's like if you have if you don't have the ability to get a Couple guys hot just because you look at their body of work and they just can't do it I that always smells yeah, so I feel like Yale might be my upset. That could be a good one. I yelled, you could get the Yale, Michigan, Danny Wolf storyline. Yeah. Yeah.

That little thing going. I think New Mexico, when I look at this region, the first round game I'm most excited for is New Mexico Marquette. I think Donovan Dent versus KM Jones is going to be fucking insane to watch. I think both those guys could score 35 points in this game. It'll be up and down and I'll love it and I don't care who wins

But I that's that's an upset I guess, you know, New Mexico beating Marquette that has my attention But yeah, I I am gravitating towards chalk in general across the board in this bracket which is very boring and I apologize to the Today WL's out of the gate because I just, not the first time you had to apologize. Uh, I, I wish I had the balls to pick Louisville to beat Auburn. Yeah. I had the balls, but I don't Louisville plane and Louisville got with their seed, but they could have played in Lexington. I know. Like I would have rather had a five seed and be in Milwaukee. Uh,

here's another one that I'll throw out there. And I don't think Brian's going to beat Michigan state, but it shocked me when I saw this. Uh, Bryant's taller than Michigan State. Oh really? Yeah. They don't have a starter under six six. No shit. Yeah. Which is that's a shocking 15 to where you get that, you get a 15 to and it's almost always, Oh, well look, height actually matters in basketball. But Bryant, again, I think Michigan State's gonna win the game, but that could be a game that's a little bit trickier for Michigan State if they can't out physical them.

Give me your overall vibe reading on Michigan State and Tom Izzo heading in. This specific Michigan State, does this feel like a quintessential Tom Izzo and March type Michigan State team? Does this feel like maybe they have, they've been punching above their weight class, so to speak, because, uh, I'll be honest, like after the champions classic, I thought Michigan state was, was going to be in jeopardy of missing the tournament.

I was like, this team just doesn't have a ton of talent. I felt like last year's team was like a nine seat, if I remember right. And they lost their three best players. Yep. They didn't really replay it. Like Jace Richardson ended up being awesome, but at the time he was, I think he was like a four star recruit. And it was like, I don't know how they're gonna replace

the production they lost. And they weren't even that good last year. I didn't think they would be very good. I was very wrong. They have bought into the culture. They've been playing out of their minds. But I don't know now that the tournament is here, is that the recipe for Tom Izzo?

Or is the recipe like sneak up on teams a little bit? What I see from Izzo, usually coming, like the last couple seasons going into the tournament, Izzo, he's very transparent. He kind of like lets you know with his body language and his language language that he's not happy with his team and he's not like super confident. What I've seen more from Tom Izzo is him being like upset that he doesn't have enough reasons to be pissed off at his team. Right. Right. Which, which to me, I read that as confidence. Yeah, no, I think this is a very, uh, classic Michigan state team and the fact that they

have, uh, guards that wear thick headbands and are absolute dogs. And then even they throw in the, uh, the, the Kohler bear, Jackson Kohler, just a white dude who plays basketball, like he's a football player. He's got like a Hakeem Elijah dream shape to, he'll just post up and like hit a little baseline turnaround. But they always need one of those guys too. I, I, yeah, I like this Michigan state. I think I've got, I settled it. So I have Michigan state going to the final four because I think Auburn's going to get

tripped up somewhere. Um, so I, I do think Michigan Michigan State's gonna go to the final four. I think I settled on, they are on a typical Michigan State tournament run, but it just started in November. I think that's what this team is. This team was not, this team started their typical, like I don't know, when I think of the Tom Izzo runs,

they're like a seven seat or a six seat or something. Like right when the seat is starting It's not hot yet But people are like talking about maybe heating it up next year And I think this team was that in november and then they just stayed on a run the entire season basically And I think they might be a quintessential michigan state team in the fact that I think they'll go Like i'm gonna pick them and go to the final four in this in this region as well. And then they'll lose like 72 to 54. Yeah in the in the uh, semi-ifinals in the first one. They're gonna play the early one. They're not going to shoot it all in the big dome. And you'd be like, ah, that

was it. You made a great point too. The guards that they have, um, the, the one thing that they have perfected is, is figuring out the exact amount of confidence you should have on a basketball court. They have the perfect amount. They talk the perfect amount of shit, but Auburn's a team that I think they've overdone it in recent weeks. They almost get too much into the shit talking and pumping up the crowd and all that,

whereas Michigan State is the perfect level of we're gonna talk insane amounts of shit to you, but also remember that we're playing a basketball game and we need to beat you at basketball. Whereas Auburn, I feel like, yeah, I don't know. The last couple of weeks, every time I watch Auburn, they'll hit like one shot and like just start getting the crowd going and getting the, it's like, you're still down for that. He blacks out and just gets a technical Chad Baker, Mazara. Yeah. It just hit you in the

back. You're a game two weeks ago. Yeah. Yeah. I think they were playing Arkansas. I think it was the Arkansas game where he, he hits a three by Arkansas's bench and turns them and like pops his Jersey. Then like two possessions later he hits another three and like goes like he said he says something obviously and the ref immediately texts him up and he just goes, what? What? Yeah. What? And then in the Alabama game, like he, he like clothesline, so he clothesline someone in the game. Well last year hit him and then he was like, no, that wasn't hard enough. And then brought his hand back. Yeah. Last year in the tournament, he, uh, he got the

flag run against Yale to start the game. Yeah. Yeah. So this is like, is a coaching against Draymond if they get to that matchup. Yeah, that's right. That's all right. So you got Michigan state in this region? I think so. Uh, Michigan state's offense worries me. I'm not blind to that, but I think I've doubted Michigan State the entire season basically. And I, I, I think I've seen enough to be like, yeah, they play great defense. They're all bought in. I think, I think Jason Richardson is a star. And I do think as much as I was concerned about throughout the season, like do they have top end talent? Do you have a guy who can go get you one when you need it? I think he's that guy. And I think Auburn will get tripped up somewhere along the line.

And Iowa state, K'shawn Gilbert being out is definitely significant. Yeah. That was going to be my question as a, as a college basketball casual. I watched probably five to six games of college ball a week until March starts. And then you ramp it up and you feel like, you know, more after conference tournament week. I don't know anything about Iowa state. I don't know anything, but I know they have a great coach. I know that they have a star who's going to be injured. Tight shirts, TJ Altshuber. Tight shirts, yeah.

He loves to wear tight shirts. He looks like a thumb. Yeah. Is he going to be thinking about how the Villanova colors will look on his body? Oh. Is he maybe mind elsewhere? But also really, how is Iowa State going to be able to do without their star? I also will say that TJ Altshuberger, Greg Gard is, is a phenomenal coach.

And I want him to keep coaching forever, but TJ Altshuberger will be next. He's from Wisconsin. So, okay. So he's going to Wisconsin. Yes. You can't have them. Iowa State. There were times this season, Iowa State looked like they could be national title.

Good. They were, they went to Maui. They had Auburn up like 18 at halftime. I think it was. Um, and obviously Auburn up like 18, a half time I think it was. And obviously Auburn's the number one overall seed. Throughout the big 12 schedule, they have awesome wins. They've dealt with a bunch of injuries. They're banged up, but I guess the overall thought

on Iowa State is they are like Houston's cousin almost. They play insane defense, but they also, even though defense is what they're known for, they have guys that can score the basketball. I loved Iowa State throughout the year. The injuries have taken a toll though. They've had dudes get randomly sick and banged up. Yeah, and I don't know how healthy they are.

And I don't know if they've really put it back together since then. So it would not surprise me if Iowa State, I have Iowa State in my Sweet 16, I haven't played in Michigan State in the Sweet 16, but yeah, it wouldn't surprise, like I think Iowa State at their best is a team that is national title good.

All right, so Michigan State over Auburn in the Elite Eight and then Michigan State going to the Final Four. That's what I have, yeah. Okay. Okay. Michigan State in the Final Four. The next region region Florida's yep How did they print a bracket with no?

What is that? Oh, that's the West West the West, Florida. Ah Florida's playing incredible ball. Yeah out there. They're on fire. I don't know I I Don't know how I like it sounds stupid because the tournament and anyone could beat anyone. I just don't know how you deal with everything Florida can do. Yeah. They have everything. They shoot threes. They have incredible size. They rebound the fuck out of the ball. It just feels like they're almost like a ramped up hyper version of Alabama of what Alabama wants to be. I will get to Duke in a second, but I think Florida and Duke are the two teams that I, I, I honestly can't figure out how they

lose before the final four without them fucking it up themselves. Right. Like they just, yeah. If they play their best game, they're in the final. Yeah. It's not even close. They have answers. Like you said, they have answers for everything. There's no team that says, I like our matchup with Florida because we can do this and they're not good at this. There's just not, they have no weaknesses. They have guard play. They have a rotating cast of big dudes. They play defense. They shoot threes. Everyone can shoot. Everyone can shoot. They have like demoralizing dunkers. Like Elijah Martin will just shit all over you and you're just like, well, God damn, I thought, I thought we were kind of shut cutting into this lead a little bit, but I guess, I guess

maybe not. That's a great point because it is when you watch Florida, that is exactly what happens. It's like, Oh, here's a logo three. And then here's like a dunk on your two, your center and power for, in back to back possession. And then you, I mean, the guards are the makes them go with Martin and Walter Clayton and Will Richard, who's like, you know, could just out of nowhere drop 30 points. But then Condon is like, he's a dude that,

that was at Bama, the Bama game, he had, I forget what he ended up with, but in the 20s or something, he was dominating Bama. Florida is playing insane basketball right now. And- You know what else is demoralizing about Florida? Is when they, they just wheel their seven foot nine redshirt freshmen who's not even playing.

It doesn't even play. Yeah. And he's the tallest human being you've ever seen. We don't need this guy. He does. They get sides like in their back pocket. Yeah. I think that like, do you think that helps them like where they just come out to warm up and he's just standing there and you're looking at them, at him, instead of the guys you're actually going to play against Yeah, you're like you're like holy shit. This guy is not even playing. He's not even one of their best players He's kind of fucked up that he doesn't play

We all want to see him play. We all want to see him out there It's kind of fucked up that that we all saw the video of him and the preseason and then they redshirt him It's a cock tease. I wanted to see him out there, and I watched him walk. He looks like he's a healthy walker He looks like he can move for so yeah, I got an edy move where he cut down the nets without a ladder Oh love that, you know, he was the world's tallest teenager. That's pretty cool. I think he was like seven foot four That's really cool. Yeah, but this this is actually my uh, so With with everything we said about florida how good they are. This actually is my group of death because I do think Maryland is final four caliber. I think st. John's Florida how good they are. This actually is my group of death because I do think Maryland

is final four caliber. I think St. John's Texas Tech who we mentioned and Colorado State's probably the hottest team outside of Florida and they're all in the bracket together. Yeah. I think I think Maryland's probably the best for yeah. I think Texas Tech is definitely the best three. So in that regard, I would agree with you. I also just think like, though, if you're a Florida fan, you're not really worried about any of these teams. I think, I don't know how much, what's the read on UConn? Like am I-

Oh, I said that I want UConn to win the first game because then I want everyone to be like, oh, watch out for UConn, Florida will kill you. Yeah, like those of us that have been watching all season, like know this UConn team's just not good. No. They can't guard and they don't make, but the you come though. You'll watch them. They'll be down like 15 They'll go on a run. They'll cut the lead to like six and they fucking have it and Dan Hurley's

Fluking chest bumping someone and I'm fucking you know, Liam McNeely is like going caravan It's a three caravan hits a three Like I don't know they get the juice flowing and you think that they have something and then you look up into their play and like fucking sorry Max but like Villanova or something or they're playing. You're like what a seat. They're playing Georgetown and you're like I mean the fact that we're down. Yeah. Team is kind of concerning boys. I don't think you can. Yeah. I was I was curious though like PFT what is as a self-proclaimed casual? Yeah, you see you con in a bracket. Do you think watch out the cash across the country?

Really knows how to coach. I don't know It's disrespectful that you can is an eight-seat mark because they want I don't know if you know this they won the last two National championships and I think they covered every single game in both those tournaments And now you're just relegating them to throw them out like the trash. Give me fucking break. They stink and caravan. The shocking thing about watching caravan this year is last year people were saying like top 10 pick top 15 pick in the NBA draft.

Yeah. And it turns out he needs it appears that he needs other guys that he can just worry about getting open. Yeah. When he has four other guys on the court who are better than everyone else's guys on the other side, he looks a lot better. Is that what you're saying? Well, I'm saying that also like last year I thought that he was better off the dribble. I thought he was a better shot creator this year.

He has just not been that at all. They also really miss. Did you guys see the cam Spencer clip of him just barking at KD? Like that's the guy they don't have that guy who's like a Hurley on the court and I've I've Held out hope for Yukon this year that they were gonna like there's been moments like when they played st. John's twice I was like, this is the moment they were up big against st John's in stores and I was like, oh here comes you go even in the big East champion or in stores and I was like, Oh, here comes you. Even in the big East champion or a semi-finals is like, you cons going to be right. And they're going to go take down St. John's. It just

isn't there. I have a bone to pick with you about Yukon though. Okay. You don't like Dan Hurley. No, I never said that. I said Dan Hurley is, is, is an asshole and I think that's fair. Okay. But I think that's fair. I think that was the whole point with that. That is fair. Like, but you, is Dan Hurley good for college basketball? Yes. Okay. Good. Yeah. Well, Dan Hurley loses three games in the Maui invitational and then says, I'm never going back to Maui, invitational. He shits over one of the great things college basketball has going for it, which is the Maui invitational, which I fucking love. Shut the fuck up Dan Hurley. But that also like, that's why I got up. But that's yeah.

Like that's why I love college basketball. But like, but that's part of the, that's, that's, that's, I thought this is a, my whole thing with Yukon and Dan Hurley was that I thought this was like a dance we're supposed to do is Dan Hurley is an asshole. Then I, the pundit, I'm supposed to be like, this guy's an asshole. And then you can't, they're supposed to be like, no, he doesn't like it. We don't, he doesn't like it. I thought that was the whole thing. Yeah. All right. So we're on the same page because I, I'm doing my job. I'm a big believer that like one of the things about college basketball, because the, the, the, the rosters change every year, especially now with transfer portal coaches matter.

And the, the, like, you know what I mean? Like the asshole coach is kind of getting phased out. Yes. Where we don't have the Bayheim, we don't have the Huggins. We don't have the coach K Dan Hurley to me is like, he's the torchbearer for that next generation of Dickhead coaches. You need them because otherwise you're getting mad at like an 18 year old that you've known for like two months. I completely agree with you. I just can't. Okay. I can't. Yeah. I got to play my job. Dan Hurley's the heel. That's fair. So I'm going to react to the heel behavior. Okay. We're on the same page and say, yeah, when you tell the ref, I'm the best coach in the sport. Yep. You know, we're on the same page. You're back to me. I'm going to call you a douchebag and then

important to the ecosystem. But I do want him to be, yeah, if he would have gone to the Lakers, like he definitely was a hundred percent going to do, and that was a very real thing that almost happened for sure. I would be, I would have been upset that college basketball lost. Yeah. Lost him. He's a heel so that you're a face as a pundit, right? I don't know.

Yeah. If he loses, are you going to take any pleasure in Yukon losing in the first round? I won't take any pleasure. I don't know. Yeah. If he loses, are you going to take any pleasure in Yukon losing the first round? Um, I won't take any pleasure. I don't know. I've enjoyed for as much as yeah, like the Dan Hurley antics. I don't always love, uh, I, I do enjoy watching their team when they're good. Like I think the offense they run is fucking awesome. Like last year's team was like sex dude watching them play basketball. So, uh, you know, like I, I, I appreciate good basketball. This year's team is not good. And I just think like when they lose, it will just be like another mediocre team dipping out in the tournament. He knows how to coach in the tourney though.

He does know how to coach in the tournament. I will say like if he, if he goes on, if he can like go on a run to the sweet 16 B Florida, he'll, I mean, obviously won two national titles. He has my respect for that, but like that's a different level of like, God damn, this guy might be a wizard. Yeah. You're a wizard. If you can take, if you can take this team and go on a deep run, you actually are that dude.

You figured it out with college basketball. All right, so at the bottom of this bracket, we have the Bill Self-Cal matchup, which I know people want to hype up, but like I feel like it's just a depressing matchup because both these teams aren't good. So it's just like, and I'm like, I'm closing my eyes. How I'm going to bet this game is I'm closing my eyes and I'm just going to try to figure out which one of these two I'm going to like visualize standing in a hallway

after the game doing a CBS interview being like, we just didn't have the guys. The Patriots and giants are playing and they're just showing like Superbowl highlights of like, you know, the times that they met and this like, but it's modern day Patriots versus modern day giants. What are we, you know, this isn't it. So I don't know who's going to win that game, but I hope St. John's gets this sweet 16. Cause I do like Rick and Rick Patino is going for rosting told us he's, he's personally trying to get Cal parry off of his resume by taking a fourth team to a final four Cal and he are the only two to take three teams

to a final four. Okay. So he would then, He would be the fourth. It would no longer be Pitino and Cal did it. Oh that's right. And he might have to go through Cal to do it. It would be Pitino did it.

Wow. Yeah. St. John's is, what a story, man. What a story. They are so fun to watch. I can't get enough of it. I am fully bought in on this team, even though yeah, like the offense isn't great and you put it you pointed out the Ken Pom Thing their offense is like what the 60s you can't shoot. They can't shoot they get rebounds

Um every time they do hit a three though. It feels like it's worth like 10. I know It's like oh my god They hit one and they got a technical on Saturday night for for the for the boys. They're so comfortable They they know they can't shoot though. That's what helps them is that they are aware of it it's not they're not like a team like like what we'll get to Wisconsin in a second, but like Wisconsin I it's a bad example because Wisconsin is a good shooting team But like Wisconsin the Big Ten tournament was just missing and they're just like we're just gonna keep shooting and keep miss

You're not gonna see that as st. John's like if st. John's is brick and threes. They're not gonna put up 33s They're gonna be like, all right, we just we're not gonna make threes, they're not gonna put up 33s. They're gonna be like, all right, we're not gonna make threes tonight. But yeah, they're comfortable being down 15. They're comfortable with chaos. They're comfortable, I think, when these NCAA tournament games go to the under eight timeout and it's a three point game, and assholes start getting tight,

and the energy in the room is building, and there's something here going on. I think St. John's is gonna be really comfortable in that environment. So I understand all of the concerns about St. John's, but I'm fully bought in on Rick Pitino, the Rick Pitino Renaissance. Yes. And I'm bought in on this being a matchup of Calvary's Pitino. I think it has to be. I'm with you. You got to rig it. You have to rig this. If you have to ensure us of one second round matchup, it has to be Arkansas, St. John's. Although it was very funny during the bracket buster selection that we took today. Uh, Rone was on Pat Bev's

team. Arkansas was still on the board and then he selected like some random ass team. Then Arkansas went off the next one afterwards. Yeah. Pat's not gonna be happy about that. Uh, I have to see Cal versus St. Versa Rick Petino. You have to see it. I need Petino wearing the white suit for the matchup against Cal too. Um, what about Drake? What about him? What about Drake? I, here's what's going to happen with certified lover boy. I'm going to bet on them certified spread a file. I'm going to bet on Drake and they're going to be up for the majority of this game. Then they're going to melt down in the last five minutes where they can't score a bucket. And I'm like, I did it again. Yeah, we did it again, boys.

It is a completely different Drake team. It is different coach, different team. Same Drake probably though. I just think that it's really tough when you play games at that pace and then you have like a four minute shooting spell where you just can't hit a shot. It's like, God damn it. where'd that game just go? What is your plan B is the question I have for basically every team, but you know, that's why you get excited about the Florida's and the Dukes and the top of the teams.

They've demonstrated that they can win games of different styles and when they're hot and when they're not and slugfest and yada yada. Drake, I don't know, they play the slowest, right? The number one slowest team in college basketball I think they are the only team in the country to average less than 60 possessions a game and Missouri Missouri's reeling a little bit. I'm I'm fascinated the SEC Very much deserving of the reputation it got this year

But I'm there does seem to be a sense that like all these these middle- of the road SEC teams, like your Missouri's and your Oklahoma's say, your Ole Miss's, there's a thought that like, once they get out of the SEC schedule and they have a little room to breathe, they're gonna just go back to dominating everybody. And I don't know if that's gonna be true or not. So I'm fascinated by, I'm more interested in, and when you talk about like the,

how the SEC is gonna do in the tournament, I'm less interested in like, is it going to be Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Bama, you know, like those teams in the final four. And I'm more curious, like the middle of the pack teams that, that swear the only reason they're losing these games is because they're also playing like other heavy hitter teams. Right. So now you get a Missouri team that has been struggling down the stretch, but you know, let's see what they're made of against Drake. I don't, I think that's going to be an awesome game. game yeah but Drake will probably lose like

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All right. So in this, so if not Florida, is it St. John's or is it Maryland? I mean, Maryland, I like Maryland a lot. I think they're super talented. I do think like having the depth that they have does hurt in the, in the NCAA tournament where you can get these stupid games where a guy gets two fouls, you know, five minutes in and you're just like, what the fuck? What's the plan now? I think it might be Texas Tech. where you can get these stupid games where a guy gets two fouls, you know, five minutes in and you're just like, what the fuck? What's the plan now? I think it might be Texas Tech, if not Florida.

Texas Tech is- You're just so banged up. JT Toppin plus shooters is the recipe. I ended up, I filled out my bracket last night on my show live. I put St. John's in the Final Four because, and maybe you guys can help me out with this, you're better at the content game than I am. I said in the preseason when I was doing final four picks I I picked I think Bama who was preseason number two. I picked you con who was like preseason number three. I

Picked uh, I think I picked Duke who was like in the top ten But you know Cooper flag was going there and I was like that would I I'm gonna pick Duke So that wasn't really going out on a limb and then the the one like, I'm going to put my neck out a little bit with St. John's. I said St. John's to the final four in the preseason. Uh, now I'm staring at the bracket and they're in Florida's region and I'm like, it's Florida. It's obviously fucking Florida. But I said in November St. John's to the final four, what do I do? Do I double down and say, I said November of st. John's and god damn it

I met it you don't know you know I diversify the tax. No here's what you do you do it double down because if you're right Then you're like I'm a fucking genius I told you and you get to claim yourself as being like the number one st. John's believer Okay, and if you're wrong, then you just find something to bitch about like something unfair that happened They got a bad draw that made st St. John's lose that game. Okay, cause that's what I settled on last night. I picked St. John's in the final four. I do believe in that.

That wasn't just like a, I said in November type thing. I do believe the St. John's team is special. You could also do, this is what Steve and A. Smith is really good at. If they lose, then you can turn it on them and be like, they let me down. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's a good point.

You also would be, so you also would be going up against another Ken palm stat That in the 64 team era There have been 36 teams enter the tournament as a one or two seed that weren't ranked in the preseason AP poll Mm-hmm, and they have a combined zero final four appearance St. John's in Michigan State are those teams this year. They were not ranked in the preseason AP 20 top 25. They're one, there are two seeds. So you could be like, you know what? Yeah. But if you get this right though, you, you are the first guy who believed you beat the Ken Poms. Yeah, you're right. I beat the more a lot because that, I mean that is how these things work is that you do the, no one, you know, you draw the line. You're like, no one below this line. And then 2014, Yukon happens. And instead of being like screws

everything instead of taking the whole formula and throw it into the garbage, you just move the line down. Yeah. Yeah. But that one is a one that's floating around right now. And it, I mean, it makes sense. Like the, I know we make fun of the preseason polls, but it is largely based on overall talent. He's got the talent, right's like St. John's was like 26 right like they were right outside I don't know they might have been and I think Rutgers got in over. I think ruck. I think st. John's was like St. John's should have been ranked in the preseason. That was just insane amount of talent at the top. Yeah Yeah, lottery two lottery picks. All right, Max is looking it up right now. Let's see The preseason I max Google really bad

I'm not that bad. I'll just do it myself. You're really bad at it All right, here we go What he's got it st. John's isn't there they're not ranked right confirm that what was the others receiving votes Wisconsin, Colorado UCLA st. John's for so they were 29th this crazy Auburn were 29th googlyth wait but Auburn wasn't in the top 25 oh they're 27 or they got 27 votes wait wait that this year this can't be this year no I think it is yeah Kansas-Bama Yukon Houston oh wow's this. No, what the fuck? Why is Auburn at the end too? They just got extra votes. They just got extra votes. Oh, there you go.

Yeah. St. John's and Michigan state are the two that follow under that last year. Iowa state was, uh, was a two seed not ranked in the preseason. They went to the sweet 16. Yeah. So I'll, all the, I'll stick with St. John's to the, to the final four. And like you said, PFT, if I'm right, I just become the guy who believed in St. John's. And I think, yeah, I think I need to be part of the national championship celebration. I agree. So, okay. Uh, what about East East Duke? Uh, I'll start with Duke. I, uh, I believe Duke is the best team in the country. I believe Duke has no weaknesses. I believe Duke has three, there's three things you might be slightly

concerned with Duke. It's, it's, they rely heavily on freshmen. It's obviously the health of Cooper flag and Malik Brown, um, Malik Brown's out Malik Brown's just going to be, he's not going to be, I don't think I don't strap it up. Dr. Dan said that he strap it up having that he's going to have to have surgery. What about next man up? He's a defender. Just strap it up. He's a strap it up and let him. But yeah, Cooper flags ankle. Like you, I don't know. I look pretty bad to me, but I assume he's going to, he said he was going to, he wanted to play apparently like an ACC championship. Uh, he's probably not going to play against the 16. I don't know what

they'll do for the second round game. Um, but then the ACC that, that is a, on a scale of one to 10, it's like a five of a four or five of a concern for me that the ACC was weaker this year. I think it's being a little bit overblown that Duke played nobody. Um, I think Louisville and Clemson are better than people realize. I think Duke did play Auburn and beat them, beat them pretty easily. Oh, play Alabama too. No. Uh, but yeah, I think they played at Arizona, I think, and just fucking smoke Arizona and did play Auburn and beat them pretty easily. They play Alabama too? No. But yeah, I think they played at Arizona, I think, and just fucking smoked Arizona and

Tucson. I mean, they kicked the shit out of Illinois. I know Illinois was pretty down at that point. So I think this idea that Duke hasn't played anybody with a pulse is just wrong, but I will at least admit that they have not played the Florida's and the Bama's, and they haven't played those teams over and over and over. Anyway, I have Duke winning the national championship because I think Duke is in a position,

when I was making the reference to 2015 earlier, and I said this tournament feels like the 2015 tournament, I think Duke, more than any other one seed, feels to me like the equivalent of that Kentucky team, where yes, of course they can lose, but I think that they're a little bit better than every other team in this field. So I have Duke coming out of the East,

and I have Duke winning the national championship. And I think Cooper Flag has had, I don't, for some reason, the hype is somehow there, but it's also, I feel like it's not as great as it should be for this kid. Cause he is unfucking believable. He had an insane amount of hype coming in. He's delivered on all of it. He leads Duke in every single category. He does everything there is to do on a basketball court. Well, do you know what it is? I don't know why. I think the hype went down a little because the ACC is not good. So it's like he wasn't playing top 25 matchups

week in and week out. And then he slipped in that game against Kentucky. He slipped early in the season and that was pretty much it. He slipped in the last possession. He is a, if you haven't watched Cooper Flag, he's an incredible basketball player. Guy sweats a lot. He does sweat a lot.

He sweats a lot. Yeah. And he slips. And his mom likes to talk a lot. Sweats a lot. Yeah. He slips and his mom likes to talk shit. I love that from her. Yeah. That was such an awesome statement. The one in Carolina, the Duncan. Yeah. Oh, you're fucking. Yeah. And then when she apologized and then everyone was like, Oh shit, she's apologizing. And then she was like two middle fingers. Yeah. For nothing. PFT. Let me ask you this. Cause cause big cat is compromised and he can't give a straight answer. I agree. Is it possible? I already said they're gonna win it all by the way

Is it possible for Duke to be likable? No, no, I don't think it's possible ever to be likable I think it's possible for them to be less hateable. Okay, and this is this is one of the less hateable Duke team Yeah I think this is a pretty neutral one as far as Duke goes and that almost makes them likable because I what I said about Yukon's team last year where I said like, you asked me what I would do,

am I cheering for their downfall? And I was like, I honestly can't because I enjoy watching them so much. I feel I'm starting to feel that way about this Duke team. And it's very bizarre because I'm not necessarily rooting for them to win. I am, I'll be honest, I'll be transparent. I want them to get to the final four

because I think it's great for the sport if they make it there. And we do get the like 2015 Kentucky thing where it's like you have the number one pick and the best player in the country leading this young team. And you know, maybe they fuck it up. Maybe they don't. I think that's fascinating. But yeah, I'm slowly like enjoying watching them play and I don't want to, I don't want them to stop playing. But then also I don't want Duke to win the national championship. I don't know how to reconcile those. Yeah. I want them to give us a reason to hate them.

Yeah. They're not doing that. And it's, it's disappointing for the sport. I don't know if I told you this Titus, but I grew up, I, I liked both UNC and Duke when I was a kid in my family, cause my parents were from, my grandparents were from North Carolina and they were Tar Heels fans. And then Grant Hill was my preschool teacher in Northern Virginia.

So then when he goes to Duke, now I got a route for Duke too. And it was a very confusing time until I learned what a dickhead Coach K was. And then I'm like, oh, this is no brainer. UNC, better colors, nicer people, let's root for UNC. And then now that there's no Coach K, it's like I need a reason to be reminded of my hatred. But if you watch the Carolina Duke game, that was like living in bizarro world

because the identities of both of those programs have been flipped. Carolina was like flopping all over the court, trying to draw fouls on Cooper flag. Duke is the program that now has like all the five stars in the NBA players and Carolina's got these unheralded guys and we don't know if they're going to make the NBA or not. And they're just trying to like grid out a win. It was, you know what it is? Blew my mind. We need con canipple to step up and like hit someone in the balls. Yeah. That's really the only answer. It's not going to be Cooper flag con canipple more shots of coach K in the crowd. Maybe show him like smiling and I'll be like, okay, fuck this guy. Chris now

needs to do something fucked up in an NBA game. When people say, when people are like, Oh man, I wish we didn't have the one and done rule. I'm like, well that's bullshit because kids should be able to go earn a living. And if they're good enough to be in the NBA, they should be in the NBA. But part of me is like, I kind of miss. I wished we had three years in college basketball just so I could get my heat up for Duke. Yeah. Cause that is they, they're, it's so transient now. Yeah. You know, it's in and out where, and again, I think it, I think more than anything, what you're saying Titus about this Duke team is they just didn't, it what's the most memorable game they played in this year. They were just so much better than everyone. They destroyed everybody except Clemson beat them. But like usually you have at least a couple memories from like deep in January or February where

it's like, Oh, Duke went to wake forest and they tripped someone and then they want a bullshit way or yeah, you know, now we've got his white Lotus. That's it. That's the only, that's the only thing about Duke that's been memorable this year. I saw that. I'm not, I'm not caught up. Okay. Well, I won't say there's like a Duke. Yeah. There's a guy from Joe, right? He's got a fucking hard wife's UNC. Oh yeah. And she's just peeled out. Um, yeah. I mean, I, I think what else in this bracket? I agree with you. I think Duke's going to win it all. I think, yeah. Duke's the most talented team by far in the country. Uh, it doesn't always shake out though. If this was the NBA, no seven game series, I would bet my house that

Duke would win it all. Yeah. Crazy shit can happen. Your house game. This would be a bet. My house bracket bracket. Yeah. But what about the bottom half? I guess Wisconsin is screwed. But I, I, I, well Montana's ass. That's certified. So we got, we got screwed in the location. I would rather play Montana than Lipscomb. Yeah. Lipscomb is like, you're right about that kind of kind of plucky Montana. I know they can shoot threes, but they've played two power four teams. They got fucking fucking smoke, dude. You're, you're, you're fine. They're BYU is an interest. BYU VCU would be interesting. I think VCU might win this. You might win that game. Um, be like, so annoying. They are annoying. You're not a BYU lever. I said, uh, I actually picked BYU to be Wisconsin. That's fine. BYU to beat VCU in Wisconsin. But, uh, I, I said, uh, I actually picked BYU to beat Wisconsin. That's fine. BYU to beat VCU in Wisconsin

But uh, I I said on my show last night that I'd be why you VCU I want um, I want BYU to just play all-time offense and have VCU guard him and annoy Yeah, and I think that and then if he's a VCU gets a stop they get like two points And when I say VCU is annoying I just want to be on the records that I want Dukes is VCU got to come after me and in prison fuck me Annoying me in a good way. They are just, they annoy their opponent. They're not fun to play against. But yeah, BYU Wisconsin, if BYU gets past VCU, that's a sexy matchup. That's a very

fuckable matchup. That's a lot of offense, a lot of threes. I like Wisconsin's draw though. I like this Wisconsin team. You know that Dan. Yeah, you do. I think this is not a, if you have not been paying attention to Wisconsin this year, this is not your daddy's badgers. This is a completely retooled Wisconsin team and terrible showing in the big 10 tournament for what Wisconsin basketball is in the final and the final. I'm not. Yeah. That was the funniest part of ever being like this team is ass. That's what I just want the final. Yeah. But if you, if that was your introduction with this Wisconsin team and you turned it on and they their brick and threes, you're just

like, God damn it. Not again with Wisconsin. They are completely different team. Um, and I have to believe that they're going to make shots in the tournament. If you take Tange and just put them in just a, uh, like a black Jersey with no, no letters on it, no numbers on it. How long do you think it would take for you to guess what school he played at Wisconsin? Oh my God. I think it'd probably be like, yeah, 90 364 teams. I'd probably be well into the one 50s. Yeah. But they're, they are fun and they have like a solid nine, nine guys and you know, blackwells, awesome. I think Crowell and Nolan winter they got both got called out early in the season for being soft and they played a lot better. They just need to make it to sweet 16. If they make it to sweet 16, then I'm on the, then I'm like, I said this before, I said this

like a month ago, get to sweet 16. Then there's obviously I'll be devastated if they lose in the sweet 16, especially to Alabama. But I understand the tournament crazy shit happens Like once you get to that point, it's like anything can happen So I mean it takes a little little bit of this thing out But if they lose in the first or second round, I'll be devastated if we get BYU, Wisconsin, and then we get Whoever wins that game plays Bama. That's just a lot of a lot of fun basketball. Yeah a lot of offense a lot of fun I what do you think about Bama's tough to figure out figure out, man. They're tough. They, they, they run the Bama shit. They it's it's same old Bama of spam and threes and layups and Mark Sears is there and Grant Nelson's there. Although what's, what's, what's his deal? I don't know. He's getting a knee. He's

getting his knee looked at as we speak. Um, they can't, they, they don't shoot as well as they need to. They were last year like because I think you know We do that as fans where we're like, oh, this is the same team last year They obviously went to the final four they were 19th in the country in three-point shooting. Yeah this year They're 114 right and their whole thing is that three is more than two So we're gonna take three three is only more than two if you make the three gotta make them if you miss the three It is not more than two and they they just they just, they, they get stubborn. And that's, that's always when, when it goes wrong for Alabama in the tournament with Nate Oates, it always

looks the exact same way. And it's just them being stubborn, them being like a, uh, you know, going back to the plan B thing of like, they don't have a plan B. It's like, we are built to shoot threes. We're not making threes. It doesn't matter. We're going to keep shooting them and then the mid range is coached out of them. It's completely out of them. You see them standing there with an open mid range and they'll pass it up. I in 23, I think it was. Yeah, that was the San Diego State team. They played San Diego State. They were the number one overall seed. I lost my fucking mind. I picked Bama to win it all. And I'm watching them play San Diego State and San Diego State had the rim protector.

I think it was Mensa was his name. Yeah, the seven footer and San Diego State. It was like so obvious his name. Yeah. The seven footer and San Diego State, it was like so obvious what they were doing. They were just running out to the three point line, funneling everything to the rim protector. Alabama, if they would have taken mid range shots, would have been wide open the entire game, just would not do it.

Yep. Would not do it. Wouldn't take a single mid range shot. And that's why they lost. I don't know. They have the, I think they have the players. I think there have been moments where Alabama, it feels like they're turning a corner

and they are hitting shots. But I don't trust that six games, they're gonna put that together and they're gonna make shots for six straight games. They just haven't been that this year. Their defense isn't as good as it should be either. So when they have that guy, LeBaron Filon making shots, then they can beat anybody, I think.

If it's going like Grant Nelson's playing well and then also file on is able to step up and score, then they're a very good team. But yeah, there's another team out. Is it, is it Baylor? So they're really good from three, but they suck at shooting foul shots, right? Liberty's that way for sure. Yeah. I don't know if that was your thing enough to, but Baylor, Baylor is like that too. Yeah. Liberty is Baylor's like that too, yeah. Liberty is comical. I was like reading up on them. They are fifth in the country in three point shooting and like 300 something in free throw shooting.

Yeah. So it's like exactly what you said about Baylor, but more pronounced. I kind of like Oregon. I think Dana Altman's the, and they have their seven footer Biddle who's, he's a tough one to look at, but he's good. He's, they play great defense. Um Akron

is a was a school that I was excited about like before the bracket came out I thought I'm gonna pick Akron to win a game. Arizona is a horrendous match. Yeah. They're just they're just basically better Akron. They play the exact same styles. They have the same philosophies in Arizona has better players. So I hate that matchup for Akron. So do coming out of this region Yeah, I like Duke and you have BYU who wins BYU, Alabama Um, I ultimately went Bama, but I think that's gonna be a track me in a fun game. But okay. Yeah I went a little chalky. Okay, I went chalky with the lead eight and then yeah, I got Duke over Bama All right. Last one Midwest Houston They're really fucking good. They're really, really fucking good,

man. Really fucking, but they also have to play possibly Gonzaga who's a top 10 Ken prom team in Mark few has made like a thousand sweet 16s in a row. Yeah, right. Um, Houston has I've been like a Houston critic a little bit through the years. Uh, mostly just cause they, they always are, they always a great in the regular season but There for a while they were playing the American now that they've joined the big 12 They're absolutely dominating the big 12 They stepped into what was the best conference of college basketball and just fucking own that conference now I

Think this Houston teams as good as any Houston teams been in this stretch with Kelvin Samson to add they they can score they have multiple guys who can score like Malik Wilson's like a dude that just is a bucket out of nowhere. LJ Cryer's like the best scorer. Yuzon's, but Wilson's like the microwave guy of like, if you wanna be concerned about Houston, but you're worried that you need a guy

that can just go get you one, they have an answer for that. They have an answer for three point shooting. They have great point guard play. They obviously play just phenomenal defense. I really, really, really love Houston. So yeah, I think Houston finally gets a breakthrough. It makes the final four. They made one in 2021, but I don't count that one. Yeah. And you were right. So there are four losses on the season. They lost Auburn in the second game

of the season, early November. Which came down to the wire. It was, it was like a minute left. We need to stop here. Like I think it was like tied to the minute left or yeah. Yeah. And they lost an OT to Alabama, OT to San Diego state and OT to Texas tech. Yeah. Pretty good. They've lost one game in regulation. And you remember the Kansas game in, in a Allen field house. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. When they were, it was, they were dead. They are those, uh, Houston and St. John's are the two teams that just will not die. They will, they, when the clock hits zero and you think you've beat them, you better make damn sure

you've actually beat them. Get the hell out of the arena, take your win and get out of there because if there is 1.1 second on the clock, they are still alive. They, I don't know, you can't put away either one of those teams. And I love Houston for that reason. So talk to me about Gonzaga because as a casual, I gotta admit Gonzaga until the conference tournament, not a team I was ever interested in watching

this year in a conference play. So all I know about Gonzaga is basically what big cat said, which is they're always winning in March. They're always winning in March. They always go to the sweet 16 at the very least. Um, never been to final. They got never been to a final, but they got screwed on their seating. Last year I remember being out on Gonzaga as the calendar turned to March really like mid February, I'd say they put it together, started playing really, really well. They go back to the sweet 16 by beating the fuck out of Kansas in the second round. They brought a lot of those dudes back and I was really high on Gonzaga entering the season. They opened the season, beating the piss out of Baylor. Uh, that was, that

was night one of college basketball season. That was like the big game and they won by like 40, I think it was like literally 40. Um, but then since then they just kind of been uninspiring. They, they had a big lead on Kentucky and squandered that, uh, in, in West coast conference, they, they've been just kind of like St. Mary's won the conference. They lost twice to St. Mary's. Yeah. They don't play, they don't have a rim protector. They don't play great defense.

I think the offense, like the shooting comes and goes, the three point shooting, they still have dudes that can play, they still have Mark Few, who knows how to coach in this tournament. They still got, they still have a Nemhart. I think there is a world where Gonzaga does pull the upset over Houston. I think that's going to be a great game, but I don't love where Gonzaga does pull the upset over Houston I think that's gonna be a great game

But I don't love this Gonzaga team as much as I've loved Gonzaga teams in the past. Yeah, right Illinois talk to me about Illinois. Yep, because I think from what I've seen at Illinois They've been really really good or they've been getting the shit kicked out of them Illinois is in my estimation and there's probably a lot of teams you could say this about but when if you were to say this phrase To me, I would I would think of Illinois immediately They are the make shots team at the NCAA tournament make shots team when they're making shots You're like who's gonna beat these guys the best team ever when they're not making shots You're like this team is dog shit. This is absolute dog shit

so Illinois whole thing is they They are they're doing what Bama they're taking the Bama approach and they're like we're just gonna shoot a bunch of threes and they So Illinois's whole thing is they are, they're doing what Bama, they're taking the Bama approach and they're like, we're just gonna shoot a bunch of threes and they just simply do not make threes. They're shooting like a little over 30% from the three point line, but they are just gonna keep jacking them up.

I went to the Ohio State Illinois game in Champaign and I sat behind the Ohio State bench and the thing that stood out to me when the ball gets tipped off, like immediately it was obvious that Illinois is like two or three inches taller at every position. They just had, like Yocke Chonis is there, he's going to be a lottery pick as their point guard. He's like 6'6", plays like a European, is under control at all times, knows how to find

the open man. They got the seven footer big Z at a at Arkansas. His brother is at Illinois. They have a bunch of big dudes. They're just like, yeah, they're long and tall and they do nothing with it. And they all just like hang out with the three point line and shoot threes. And I was like, why are they doing this? This is so stupid. Why are they not getting inside and taking advantage of their height? So that's, that's the report on Illinois is I think like there was one game, I think it was at Oregon where they were hitting everything and they looked like the best team in the country. Um, but then, you know, against Duke,

they lose by 40. They are as volatile as it gets. I, you know, flip a coin. And if, if you're someone that wants to believe in Illinois, flip a coin and you know that that's, that's as good of an indicator as any, as to whether or not they're going to be hit the best way to sum up Illinois. And I, I'm pretty sure this of an indicator as any as to whether or not they're gonna be hitting shots. The best way to sum up Illinois, and I'm pretty sure this stat is correct. Someone told it to me, and even if it's not correct, it makes sense for Illinois. Their average margin for a victory is 15 points.

Their average margin to defeat is 15 points. Yeah, yeah. I love that. That's it. You know what? I think I'm gonna believe in Illinois. And I can just about guarantee you, every single win, look, just go straight to the three point shooting. shooting. Yeah, and it's like oh they went 11 for 24. They probably won that game

Oh this game they went for for 26. They probably lost. Yeah. Yeah, that's really all it is with them Um, yeah, just be a believer Illinois looking at it right now. Just going down the stretch. They lost by 14 to Michigan State they lost by 14 to Michigan State. They lost by 21 to Wisconsin. They lost by like 50 to Duke and they turn around and beat Iowa by 20 beat Michigan by 20. Big 10 tournament. They beat Iowa by by 12. You know 12. Then they lost to Maryland by 20. That's just what they do. I like it. Yeah. They're fun. I want their bad. If I had to if you said like what, if you could just snap your fingers and be like that matchup happens, Illinois, Kentucky, I know it'd be

so fun. So fun. That would be awesome. And then also maybe Kentucky, Tennessee. Yeah. Tennessee beat Kentucky twice this year. Um, but yeah, if that matchup happens, I think that is, yeah, Kentucky. I know that Tennessee already beat him twice, but I think Kentucky is another team that like, they don't guard anybody, that's what worries me, and they are really injured. They're seemingly every guy that's played for them this year has gotten hurt. But Kentucky's a ton of fun, and they push tempo,

and they score a ton of points, and have a bunch of guys that can beat you. So I like Kentucky a lot. So you have Houston out of this region? I have Houston out of this region, so have Houston out of this region. So what about Purdue High Point? We what was the source you had a source inside? Well, I don't want to say who it was from, but our giveaway, who it could be from. But it was a source that I have has sources inside High Point. And they said that Purdue was with one matchup that they did not want. Yeah.

Looking ahead at the tournament, it said, okay, we can deal with a lot of these other three seeds, four seeds, that sort of thing, but Purdue was the one matchup nightmare. Yeah, neither team plays defense very well. I think it's kind of what I said about the Akron Arizona matchup, where it's like, you would think that Akron playing against a team

that likes to play up tempo is a good thing for them, because they play up tempo. I actually see it as the opposite. It's like the way those teams win is they bring a style to the table that the other team isn't comfortable with. And I think that's what high point Purdue is going to be, is that high point is a, their offense is great, their defense is not.

I think Purdue is, you could say the same thing, like when their offense gets going, they look pretty good, but they're never gonna be great defensively. And I think produce, you could say the same thing. Like when their offense gets going, um, they, they look pretty good, but they're never going to be great defensively. And I think Braden Smith is just going to control this entire game. This is just going to be a Braden Smith masterclass of controlling the tempo and everything. So, oh yeah, I just got a tax breaking moves. Breaking moves. Max just count the text. T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t- That means that's your entire lineage your your your family tree. Oh my god, that's finer. That's too finer He just asked me Colorado State is a lineage play

That is finer that is one Stu fine Colorado your entire family I didn't mention it. We were talking about the West but Colorado State Memphis is gonna be a fucking banger that PJ Haggerty versus knee Clifford. Yep. If you don't know anything about Colorado state, they got to do that. Nine of the last 12 games, it scored 20 plus points. Uh, Memphis has PJ Haggerty who is just a fucking bucket. Like he, I don't know. I don't know how else to describe the guy. He just, he's, he's incredible score that matchup and uh, the Donovan dent cam Jones matchup with Marquette in New Mexico. Those are the two that I circled as like, don't care who wins, but God damn, that's gonna be fun.

Basketball. It's gonna be fun. Basketball. Yeah. So lineage play, huh? Lineage play. So Duke Houston. Yeah. Then we have, did you go Florida? St. John's St. John's St. John's and then I went Michigan state for copying pieces. Oh really? Yeah. And so then I went Michigan State for yeah, oh really? Yeah, and so then I did Duke over st John's okay, and I think Rick Patino who said he put the white suit away for the season I don't believe oh, I don't believe him. I think if st. John's makes the final four. I think we see it. Okay All right last thing I want to do with you tight is row back question All right, Joe B a C k.com promo code take 20% off your first purchase Q-zips polos hoodies joggers shorts row back comm promo code take go right now

Let's do a quick ranking of the windows for the people. Okay. Yeah, let me look at him. I Didn't prep so I'm not just springing on everyone. I just it popped in my head that this would be a fun exercise ranking the window so obviously we had the first we'll rank them the Eastern Standard Time the 12 15 to 4 35 window on Thursday the night window Let's look max fill in with you with your bracket thoughts real quick. Why are you wearing a headband? I Don't know ADD what kinda while we look go ahead and fill in your bracket thoughts you and memes talk amongst yourselves while we Look do our research on this. I don't have much thoughts. I do

The head coaching yeah Ryan Odom is the top of my big board. I really think that he's gonna be the guy to get villain over to the next step There were some talks from Mick Cronin today. I don't think that I want Mick Cronin. People were upset that I said Todd Golden yesterday. I still think that there's a chance there. We have money. We have lots of money. They're upset because they think that you're delusional?

Correct. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chris Collins I think is a blant. I think that he's probably gonna be the one that gets higher. Wait, he's a what boy Just a little blend. Yeah, I don't think that he's gonna be really exciting I've heard that Porter Moser is gaining more and more steam Which I think I would be pretty I think I would be excited about Porter Moser

But I'm not exactly sure because you know, he's kind of a one-hit wonder at Loyola, Chicago He's been in Oklahoma for a couple of years now. This is the first time in the tournament You want me to keep going? Yeah? Yeah? Keep going keep going keep going It's a great job a little patino that would I would like that just because it's fun like at st. John's Villanova to you know OG Big East basketball. I have my answers. All right, I'm done. Okay.

I think Friday night is by far the best. Friday night you got Marquette versus New Mexico, which we talked about. Illinois versus Texas or Xavier. You got Yukon, Oklahoma. Akron, Arizona, I think Arizona wins easily, but it would be fun to watch. I think Arizona will be up like seven to 10, the whole game and then Troy, Kentucky, like those are some really

good good games Friday night. So that would be my one one. I got, I'm looking at a Thursday afternoon right now. I might go Thursday afternoon as well. I think the early slate of Creighton Louisville, we're starting off with a banger. High point produce should be a lot of offense. A lot of fun. I do think Montana is ass and Wisconsin won easily. So that one's not good. Houston's not good. The Houston game, I mean, I think McNeese Clemson is going to be a great game. I think VCU BYU is a great game.

And I think Gonzaga George is going to be a great game. I might go early. I think the opening slate is that I think the schedule makers got it right. Yeah. I think that Thursday, my favorite window is Thursday through Thursday at like 11 through Friday at like 11 30 PM. That is the sweet spot. That's your goddamn right. Well also, I mean Thursday night we got Arkansas and Kansas. Yeah. I like though that there's, there's some fun offense on Friday night that, that I'm like, because that's when you start to run out of gas mentally

and you need to, you need to pick me up. You need some good. You need to pick me up. Yeah, you don't wanna have it be like a bunch of two 15s or one 16s. Mm-hmm, although it is electric when it gets close. That's true, that's true. Okay, any last thoughts? I'm excited.

I don't know, I guess I would just say, I apologize for going chock. I just think it, you know. Don't apologize. But I also don't wanna apologize for being right, and I think I'm gonna going chalk. I just think it, you know, but I also don't want to apologize for being right. And I think I'm going to be right. I think this year is going to be the year of, I have a feeling after the first two rounds, when the sweet 16 is set,

there might be one or two good stories that we can latch onto. Maybe a 12 sneaks in there. Maybe, you know, there's always one or two, but I think the story of the first weekend will be not as much madness in terms of the bracket breaking open as we had hoped, but that sets up for the heavy hitters

playing each other down the road. Yeah. I think that's gonna be the story of this. I agree. There's nothing better. The ball is tipped. There you are. Da da da da da.

Da da da da. I just wanna like, Da da da da da. That Thursday morning feeling feeling I just wish I could bottle it up Yeah, cuz like I'm stupid where I get like introspective where we're once Thursday's over. I'm like damn we're Yeah, hundred and sixty five days. I've been doing that for I've been doing that for three weeks They'll just be sitting there in my in my kitchen I'll turn to my wife and I'll be like you do you realize she doesn't really care Yeah, do you realize in three weeks there only be eight teams left? Yeah, I'll just be sitting there in my in my kitchen. I'll turn to my wife and I'll be like you do you realize? She doesn't really care. Yeah, do you realize in three weeks? There will only be eight teams left. Yeah, I'll just say shit like that She's like, yeah, I don't care. Yeah

Yeah in that first window when I was growing up my parents are both teachers and They were hard asses were like, you know I had to go to school because they they cared so much about the profession and you know, you do not skip school for anything whatsoever. And Thursday and Friday of March Madness were the two days out of the year that I would always get a mysterious call from the office and be like, you have a dentist appointment scheduled for that. And I, that made it extra special because my mom and dad, not for anything, not like I was a senior in high school and I was like, can I just skip Last week of school and they're like no see it through to the finish line

Perfect to tend all this was important, but they respected the game and yeah those Thursdays and Fridays. There's nothing better than it Really isn't I can't wait. I can't wait to watch it to watch all the ball with you boys Yeah, Thursday and Friday have our eyeballs bleed. Yeah, there's nothing like it feel like I got hit by a truck every night No, get back at it. All right. got hit by a truck every night? No. Get back at it. All right. Thank you Titus. You're the best.

Everyone go subscribe to Mostly Sports, Mark Titus Show. Yeah, we'll be going. Titus Show will be going live every night after this. So if you're a sicko and you're like, I watched all the games and I want more, I'll be going live every night after the games and talking about everything we saw. I might have to Well, hopefully Wisconsin wins on Friday or Thursday and then Saturday if I could I only come on if they win I got a Save it for the AWL. I need your official pick. They don't want to hear me talking about winning Mississippi State baler Co-host Brandon Walker big big Mississippi State fan allegedly and. And when this comes out, we'll know that Hank, PFT, and Max, they accidentally took Baylor

and the bracket buster. Well, we kind of had to. Oh, no. We didn't want to take Baylor, but we- They wanted to do the troll move Montana, but Montana is ass. No, we actually did not want to do the troll move. The troll move would have been to take VCU. That would have been the troll move.

But they were already up the board. We wanted to do that one. But yeah, we did take Baylor. RG3 is my guy. Yeah. You know, central Texas. I was near there for a while. So we had to. Mississippi State never wins a big game.

That's true. They just don't win. They just don't. I watched them all year, and like Brandon would come in and just be like, this Mississippi State team, something special is going on. I was like, all right, what's your next big game? He's like, we got Kentucky coming up this weekend.

It's a must win. They lose. This just happened every single time. Last year, the tournament, they were in the spot, not competitive, looked bad. Like I just, I don't know. That's just what Mississippi State will do. They will lose.

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thoughts before we do numbers three I that was not he said he did before we do numbers that sounds like a penalty that sounds like a penalty to me no I can we ask person poor we do numbers Because I would max was looking at me like you want to say something. Yeah President Pug said it president Pug I Said anything else before we do numbers because max was looking at me like he wanted to say something Memes then said three right away said numbers, right, but it was not in numbers like that three If it's end of show and you say the word numbers, I think it's fair, okay. All right there we go all right

Better watch out for you Max. What are you gonna say though? What was Max gonna say I was gonna say my number oh What was Max gonna say? I was just gonna say my number. Oh. What's your number? You were looking at me like you wanted to, you had something very important to say. No, I just wanted to say one. 68.

64. Mmm. 99. 76. 21. Memes, you know this would be fraudulent. No. You don't want to win with this asterisk

people would be like asterisk 34 34 oh you're never gonna get it you're never gonna get it. You're never gonna get it. It's tough for all the memes leavers out there. Love you guys. So So So so So So I'm going to go ahead and close the door. Thanks for watching!