Hour 1: Should Darryn Peterson Be a Top 5 Draft Pick?

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Good morning happy Monday everyone welcome to first take shake or not here with you Stephen a in the building

Well, I'm in the house with you shake. I did well. What up Jake? What's up, Shay? What up, I say what's going on?

Oh, by the way before we start the show, you know, I don't know the kind of mood that I'm in Jay, you know

It could be this show. It could be my radio show. It could be YouTube

I just don't know what kind of move what will come out of my mouth this morning

I'm going to be on the air for at least five live hours on top of that my YouTube show

People have been talking smack particularly about me and I'm in the kind of mood where I want to exhale and check some sorry

Best it's and I will be doing that today. I don't know whether it's going to do it in the next two hours

I might do it. I might be in the mood of 30 minutes from now and hour from now two hours from now

But I assure you

Today at some point I'm going to deal with some some some some some sorry

I said if you want to take a 60-second time out to display your feelings to the world

I don't I don't because I'm not I'm letting it. I'm letting it for me and I'm letting it grow

I just because I'm in the mood and a very very good mood to express myself

So I just want to let's let's do the show

But I just want everybody to know you just at any time this show turns left because something come out my mouth

You know it's going to be that kind of party today all day all day

I just want to say that Jay is good to see my brother. It's good to see bed. You're seeing you today. Okay. That's wrong

We'll be ready for anything here on first take. We'll just put it that way kind of like they're ready for anything in New York

They are partying like it's 1999 in New York City

After St. John's knocked off Kansas over the weekend to punch their ticket to the sweet 16 for the first time in

27 years now they're dancing into the second weekend after a perfectly drawn up plates Dylan darling in the closing seconds

There it is

Patino post game about that play here. He was

He is the amazing thing and the funniest thing I've ever been involved with

So we're going to run a play and but they got fouls to give and

Bells comes up to me and says run power which is a high back screen pick and roll

So I walk away. I said, okay power walk away and said

Wait a second. He hasn't scored a bucket and he wants to run a play for himself

And then I'm thinking as I'm walking and I said, but he's bells

And not only did he do it. He went with his right hand

So real proud of him because to want the ball

When you haven't made it a shot is unbelievable

It is unbelievable and if you don't know why they call Dylan Darling Bells

I'll let you google that. We'll talk about it later on

Jay will I'm gonna go to you though now that we know St. John's is going to the sweet 16

Chance do you give the Johnny's to advance through the second weekend a K a final four beyond

That's a you know, I'm well, you know every when I hear you talk about the nicks

During the post season run. I see distressing your face and I see the turbulence the volatility

Throughout the entire year the conversation. Where are they now? What's going on the Boston Celtics yet?

I know how you feel. I know how you feel right now. I um, I

I don't know how

I feel about this game coming up. I'm nervous

And I know it's my job to be objective. I know it's my job to tell you the truth

I mean, I give St. John's a 50% chance of winning this whole thing. I do. I

When they double a Jordan it

Is that what you just said? You know, that's what I just said. I'm looking at all right Duke is a crazy game

Can they beat Duke would you be surprised if St. John's beat Duke at this point? No

No, all right, so Patrick Gamba down two starters. He comes back not sure he finds his win

I think Duke is probably favorite, but they can win that game if they see

Yukon or Michigan State they beat Yukon twice already. Yeah twice now. That would be a blood bath

I would love to see that game if it were to happen Dan Hurley Rick Matino

But they proven they could beat Yukon already

So now you're talking about them being in the final four now look at what happened last night

Florida lost to Iowa now. We're talking about Nebraska and Iowa, Illinois or Houston

If they got to the final four if they met Houston if they met Illinois if they met Iowa and they met Nebraska

They couldn't win that game they could win that game

So now we're talking about them being in the championship game the road is carving out itself to be possible

I never thought I'd be saying this. I mean the last team to win a championship to shoot under 34% from the three-point line

Guess what that was. Stephen A

Louisville 2013. Guess you coach that team. You know Rick patina

That's all I'm saying to you man. The path is leading itself to itself. I never thought I would say it

It is possible

Jay, I feel you on that I get you and I've had trepidation Jay Jay about say John you understand

I'm from Queens and from highlands. I went to Thomas Edison High School right across the street from the Grand Central Park

St. John's University. I got nothing but love for them

I grew up in the days where I was watching Chris Wolland would walk to Barry with Mark Jackson with Willie Glass

Even Bill Wellington

I remember the crew with Lucana second to coach listen. I go way back St. John's

I looked at them and I said to myself damn it. They can't shoot they can't shoot and the sudden happened yesterday

You know what that you know what that was Jay

Bryce Hopkins

No, no, Bryce Hopkins. I mean the brother only made twenty five threes this season in thirty five games

But he had six and nine yesterday and Rick patino

Knowing his team can't shoot worth a damn at least date back the last year because they shot four forty one

Uh, they combined with Arkansas shoot four forty one from three point range in the in the NCAA tournament last year

I looked at them and I said you know

I'm just not feeling. I know they're tough

I know they don't back down from anybody. I know that they defend because their defense is no joke they're exceptionally well-coached

But call it a prisoner the moment Jay Williams. I'm gonna say it here on national television

I got St. John's going to the final four

They will beat Duke

And then they will beat the winner of Yukon and Michigan state whether it's H to the is oh or it's dead early

who I love

And I got the storm

In Queens, New York, Queens in the building. I got the storm going to the final four now then that wasn't my pick to the NCAA tournament

That's not what I pick. That's not what I picked okay, but Duke's got some injuries and Yukon

I know they kind of want them back. I get it

But I'm just of the mindset right now watching cans and watching St. John survive the way that they did yesterday

Watching them neutralize late in the first half Kansas went about seven minutes without feel go okay

Even though they weren't about six minutes themselves. It was a struggle in the end

I'm looking at St. John's and I'm like if anybody can shoot

If anybody on this squad just has a good game shooting the basketball

Dead defense and their toughness and their coaching

Will carry them through?

I'm going to roll with say John's going to the school. I say before here. Here's a differentiator for you. You ready?

Even if they're shooting is not on par. It's not Bryce Hopkins has a good night

You know what they do? They muck it up

It's almost like you're looking at the Detroit pistons of college back 16 turnovers without the Kate cutting it

yeah

Course 60 turnovers just think muck it

That's what I'm saying so they beat you in a deep instrument and I'm one last thing and I say I know you alluded to it at first

Yo church bells give me that all day long

All day long. I mean that that kid the darling of New York City

He's a lefty for him to close out the game first off great strategy by bill self

They had four files to give yeah, he kept winding down the clock

This dude who's a lefty even though they close out. I don't know what Darren Peterson is looking out on the left side of the floor by the way

But the fact that he drove

Righty and finished it with his right hand in traffic

After not dropping a bucket the way as the whole can it was come on with a great play that's special

It was a great play by darling no doubt

Especially when there was this first shot that he made he missed all four of his three-pointers some of them badly by the way

All right, but props to him the flip side to it is if you're Kansas

It ain't some three-point that lay launched it when you can't let some miniature dude drive to the hole and no help comes

I mean no help from anywhere

Kane it's the last seconds you can't let that happen

But it was emblematic of what we've seen from Kansas on far too many occasions this season

So the thing was saying johns. We don't have any real Cinderella's right left in this tournament right

So saying johns now it feels like almost has become that because they haven't had a winning record in conference and like over a decade

They've gone through a handful of coaches and here they are finding themselves in the sweet 16 for the first time since 1999

Let's go to the other side of this though. We talked about Darren Peterson here for a second

The j-hawks go home now in the round of 32

Despite having possibly the top pick in the NBA draft and therapies and play 36 minutes

He scored 21 points he had four boards four blocks

We know the narrative that is surrounded Darren Peterson. Should he be a top five pick in the upcoming NBA draft hell no

Hell no, I'm gonna say it loud and I'm gonna say it right and listen

I'm not rooting against the kid the kid is electrifying

He's got the skills Jay. He's a walking bucket. You see

It's it's not ignore his stats even though last yes, they wasn't great five or 15 from the field

But the point is this he's automatic 20 point. So imagine what he'd be on an NBA level

but

First of all availability was the first issue we talked about this

You know him missing 11 games this year flu and cramps don't know what I ain't never heard I ain't gonna lie

I ain't I ain't hear about that before flu and cramps Jay

We usually with with the fellas when you on the basketball court they call it a hamstring with him

They they specify cramps. Okay, that is not something we're accustomed to hearing

Keeping a dude from playing basketball. It just does it all right. So that's number one number two

Outside of the availability there have been times when he's been on the court like j-wheres just went out

Jay Williams is sitting there giving darling props from St. John's giving Rick patino props

I'm giving this cab rise to props. I'm we're seeing all of this right? So I'm gonna try right we're seeing all of this

and Jay

Instinctually like what is Darren Peterson doing on the left side of the court right there?

In the last thing we find ourselves on too many occasions asking these kind of questions about him

He's either unavailable

Literally or figuratively speaking on the court in key moments

He doesn't appear to be available and that is what is alarming when you're transitioning

From 30 35 games on the collegiate level

To being paid to have an obligation to show up 82 games a year

Even though in this day and age we know that's not true, but but 65 plus games how about that right 60 plus games

Plus the playoffs we're relying on you and I'm saying

Respectfully that's what he has to overcome

But there's nothing about his skill set that I have an issue with I think the brother is worth all the hype

He's that in a bag of chips the brother special no doubt. He is not a scrub all right

And I don't know I'm personally never met him never talked to him

All I can go by is what I see and what I hear the experts covering the sport or yourself how you know

Highlighting they're like yo, this is what it is and you can't get around that jay Williams

It's a big thing when jay Williams is all remote right now and he is dissecting what is happening in the game

And in a mist of his soliloquy he says what is there in Peterson doing right there

That is consistently what we find ourselves doing when it comes to him that cannot be right there

It cannot be and maybe he had his back turned it all that I get it because they could have kicked it out to the three

And maybe you guarded against that I'm just saying

Every single game

We find ourselves asking

What is he doing?

That is not an investment that you can trust with the number one overall pick in the NBA draft

And jay to kick it to you here like Seth Greenberg was on this show last we kind of said the same thing about Darren Peterson was like

Watching him in person in the big tournament like not apologize to you both

I was answering the question about him being the top overall pick not necessarily a top five so I apologize for that jay

I'm not saying

Okay, you can't pass up on the top

He just wouldn't be number one overall for me. Okay, go ahead jay

Thank you for the clarification because I was about to lose my mind right but I was oh

I was gonna say I say because if the question on the screen is should he be the top five pixels? I appreciate the clarification yeah

I

If we're having a number one overall pick conversation. I'm gonna take a j debonza. I'm gonna take I'm starting to believe

That I may take there is a cup now. I think a j is a better talent because of his size in his frame

Kill Wilson's moon of the charts boozer's always gonna be in that conversation. I love the positional size of Kingston Flimmings

I think

I'm gonna say this about Darren Peterson. I've never questioned his talent

I do believe though that he does love basketball

I think there's a part of me that after doing more research steven a over the last month or so

I think it's hard for young players and I'm not making excuses for him

But I think it's hard for young players at times

To do what they want to do when you listen to a lot of people

Sometimes it may not steer you down the right path. We all know how we act when we're younger

Right as opposed to when we're grown men and we can make decisions for ourselves

So I do see when I talk to NBA scouts his positional size as a two the way he can catch and shoot work seamlessly within an offense

He's not really playing with dudes that can actually create shots for themselves

I see him being a special talent

But as a number one overall pick

I think there are two or three other players that I'm looking at now and considerably thinking

Better of long term as it relates to being a number one pick than I am about Darren Peterson

That's just how I feel about it. Can't pass up on him as a top five. He's too electrifying

No, you got to go with him as a top five pick

I'm not insane

But the number one overall pick I'm with Jay. It's AJ DeBonza really quick because we do have to bump because we have a shorter show today

Did his what he did in the tournament change your opinion at all?

No, it's stay the same. He's just not playing in the NCAA term. We would have felt the same way

There wasn't enough. It wasn't enough. What do you think did it change anything?

So I'll say one last thing and I get it. He's a Hall of Fame coach

I'm not sure the system that Kansas plays is the best system for Darren Peterson to play in

He don't got the ball in his hands all day like there is a cuff. That's all I'll say

Okay, we'll leave this here

A lot more tournament talk though. Of course on the way here on first say I was upset over Florida

Had it all but don't miss what Jay has to say about the game winning play by the Hawkeyes and maybe the miscues

By Florida plus two more blue bloods where bounce from the tournament yesterday

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All right, let's go back to the tournament here

The nine seated Iowa Hawkeyes had the ball with less than five seconds to go

And then Elvaro Fulgaris hit an uncontested three to seal the deal against Florida

Making the gators the first one see to fall out of the tournament and find themselves sent home in the first weekend

After winning it all just a year ago. Here's Todd Goldin on that final play

Obviously on the last play

We wanted to take a foul

To prevent them from getting off a three and they got away from us

We weren't able to take it and and they knocked it down so credit to them for that

And just a tough way to go out

Tough way for the SEC's best team to go out

Jay was that more of a good play design from Iowa or bad defense from Florida

It's the it's the latter Shay

Well down my high school coach used to always say

Dumb loses more games and smart wins

And if you look at this last play, I mean, it's not it doesn't always come down to one play

But in this particular situation if you're going to take a foul

Why are you trailing boogie playing? Why is he trailing? Why would he be on top?

And if anything you force I would have catch the ball going back towards their baseline

You allow him to catch the ball

trailing that play and turn that corner with the entire length of the floor for him to find a shooter in the perimeter

This is why you love college basketball

For as much as you want to applaud the great play design of Iowa

You're sitting there as a Florida fan pulling your damn hair out if you add hair

You know because you're like I don't understand

If anything forced them to catch the ball back towards their baseline by the time you turn

You're going to see me waiting for you

Now I can turn you once or twice

Games should be over that that's how the situation should play out

But allowing them to turn with a full head of steam it was it was it was a bad bad defensive

Execution down the stretch of Florida

It's it's a debate show and we're supposed to disagree

But but not when somebody is obviously stupid and that's what that's what Florida was on that defensive that last possession

You can't let that happen

You understand first of all understand over the last 10 games Iowa was three and seven all right

You're talking about a team. They were sub 500. They were sub 50 in offensive and defensive efficiency

Shoot 31% from three. Why do I bring that stuff up?

If you're inefficient offensively and on top of it all you're not strong shooting the three

Wouldn't it behoove you to make sure that there's a body in front of anybody with the ball because

Contesting a shot. Contesting a dribble. Contesting a pry a pass and all probability it will work in your favor

That is not what Florida the defending national champions at that moment

Decided to do you know the play was supposed to go to this catch stirts and offensively

Well, Gary's ultimately interrupted with the three procedures whether he say give me the ball

I'm going to make the shot. I'll be ready a lot of confidence on his part say what you will about it

But it was still a great shot in this part

That's what the NCAA tournament is all about

But you usually see better defense than that and for the national champions to commit that kind of faux pa

Defensively at such a key moment

It was very very disappointing to say the least coming out of that time how jay I was like and Stephen A

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If you're wide open take the three

I'm like oh my god take the three wide open wide open and the last thing you supposed to be in the last few

Seconds is wide open. That is not supposed to happen

So now we got some of it when you don't have Walter Clayton on this year's team I sure guards not same team as last year

Well again, that's why they have to but that's Florida. This is Iowa

So my point is is that you know you you got to know better defensively if you had the offensive possession

And your point guard didn't measure up to what Walter Clay, Julia was capable of doing for you last year

That makes all the sense in the world

But defensively you ain't supposed to have that kind of laps. No, no, that's unacceptable

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So Iowa stages blew the doors off of Kentucky in the round of 32 one game after the wild cats needed that last second shot

Against Santa Clara to even get there. Iowa stated four starters and double figures beat Kentucky without their second leading score

And their top rebounder

But it wasn't just Kentucky that struggled in the first weekend of the tournament other blue bloods

Kansas North Carolina all failed to make it out of the first weekend

And so there's a concern about these blue bloods

But which one is the highest of concerning? Is it Kentucky, Kansas or North Carolina? Jay, what do you think?

There's no question is North Carolina

And I'm saying this growing up as a North Carolina fan like if North Carolina didn't have that logo

I'm not sure we'd be talking about them as a blue blood over the last five years since COVID

relevancy is currency

And I can make a case that they're not a top five

Current relevant team in college basketball right now, which is crazy when you think about this is a brand

That some of the most elite elite of the elite have worn from Michael Jordan to Vince Carter to Jerry Stackhouse

I mean the last time they had a top five pick was in 2005 now. They'll have won this year with Caleb Wilson

But let me let me actually put together a list even I know you like your your A's lists

Let me give you a list of my top five most relevant

College basketball brands right now in the last five years since COVID number one you come back to back titles

Dan Hurley a personality that extends and

It kind of epitomizes what college basketball is Duke you can make a case. Hey number one recruiting class three out of John

Shire's four years with another number one recruiting class last year back-to-back national players of the year at Cooper flag

Cameron Booser this year Kansas. I mean you talk about conference dominance

Bill self has won the conference tournament conference stuff regular season to the big 12 the best conference in America

13 years straight

13 years straight and by the way going to have a top three pick and Darren Peterson this year

Houston. Oh, where does Houston come from? Well, Houston since they entered the big 12 in the last couple of years

Have dominated multiple number one seeds and by the way a number two seed again this year in Houston

Will they have a chance to compete for another final four and then Kentucky

I'm just going to give Kentucky Kentucky praises for the fact it's big blue nation

It's the largest social media platform outside of Duke to pay attention to in college basketball

Mark Pope is struggling a little bit in gear two. They should have had a chance to get to the final for this year

They underachieved but to me I can make a case that Florida is more relevant of a program than North Carolina right now

I can make a case that Gonzaga is more relevant of a program than North Carolina right now

I'm not saying historically in the last 100 years, but in the last five years Stephen A

You're damn right. I'm going to make that case

I'll come around to your point about North Carolina after I say this about Kentucky and Kansas

Kentucky underachieved but it was primarily due to injuries. You got this cat quaintance and and low

Who was supposed to be available to only played about three games together? I get that. That's what they said

But go ahead Jay. Did I say something? What's up?

I was going to say I say is jade and quaintance is a hell of a talent

But he came into this season

With an ACL issue. No, they gave him money. No, and he was injured

So that's almost not right. That's what I'm saying is is that they ultimately were injured the issue with Kentucky is that

You misspent because you spent about 22 million in and I L and so because of that you got to make sure

This is a business now in college sports if you're going to dull out those dollars you got to make it count

It can't be on babies. It can't be on cats that ain't available if you like if you paying them

You had to make sure they're playing

Okay, and that wasn't the case with Kentucky

But the fact that they spent that much money in and I L and people were willing to come to Kentucky to play for Mark

Pope I think that obviously like would that combine with what Jay said about their social media reach and whatever

We can't just dismiss Kentucky. They can easily return

Kansas is interesting Jay

Because you didn't bring up Kansas. They haven't been

To the sweet they've come up short of the sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive year

This is what bill self coaching and now there's questions about whether or not bill self were returned

Even from bill self because of his health now he has said that he wants to return

He has said that he still has a passion to do this

But he needs to sit down with his family and make sure that he's healthy enough to move forward

That's not a good thing to hear that's not a good sign every time I look at it looks good to me

But I mean the damage we don't know so if he's got questions about his health

And how far he can go then that's a different matter altogether

And so I understand it because who the hell's gonna replace him and what are they gonna do because they build self

So what you gonna get to kids so I would tell you that Kansas is the huge question mark Jay

Having said that I'm with you about North Carolina for a big to me a bigger reason than Jay even brought up

Duke is eight miles down the road

And Duke is right there

You're talking about

What can easily be conceived as the best rivalry in sports Duke North Carolina basketball, okay?

and

I'm I'm thinking about I can't say enough about Jon Shryer. I can't say enough about him. This guy has succeeded

Mike Shchefsky and all we're waiting now we're waiting for the national championship from him

He hasn't won a national championship. Do you realize that's all we can say

Think about that who thought that when Mike Shchefsky departed and Jon Shryer's the new head coach for the Duke Blue Devils

That we'll be saying okay with the championship, but that's all we could say

I mean when you talk about this success during the regular season we're talking about this success during the conference tournament

There's no drop-off

This man has done a sensational job coaching Duke

That cannot be said about human Davis now last year was worse

But then he went out and got Caleb Wilson. So you got it all American

Um, they got two comment for next season including this cat me going to K right here on first take to announce that he was going to the University of North Carolina

To me the big concern with human Davis is not X's of nose. It's not its coaching acumen

It's his recruiting

Because you have to recruit against Duke

If somebody is interested in talking to Duke that's supposed to be interested in talking to you

It can't be Duke or nothing

The fact that it's Duke or nothing and when we look at more key dudes

They want to sit up there and go to Duke and ain't thinking about North Carolina

That is a problem

But there are people in North Carolina that are saying human Davis should stay

Because he's got two all Americans coming in next year

Okay, fine. I'm good with that. I don't want the man five cube is a good man

And I think he's a good coach, but you got to be able to recruit against Duke that to me

Jay is the number one criteria for anybody who wants to be the head coach of the North Carolina

Tawheels and let me make some news out here and boy is he going to be mad at me for saying this

But I don't give a damn because he's my brother. He's just going to have to get over it

Me and Kenny Smith go back a long long long ways

And Kenny Smith is phenomenal

Winning awards with Barclay and Shaq and all of that stuff

There are but this is not old news

There are two jobs that I believe are tailor-made for Kenny Smith

Years ago before Leon Rose arrived

I was an advocate of Kenny Smith

Kenny the jet smith

Being the president of basketball operations for the New York mix

Okay, just like I was an advocate of Mark Jackson being a head coach because of his his roots and queens and and St. John's and all of that

I believe

That if human Davis were to be gone

It should be for one reason above all else

That Kenny the jet smith is named the new head coach for the North Carolina Tawheels

Because you can't convince me people don't notice about Kenny Smith

They don't know how connected he is

To youth basketball throughout this country his knowledge about the players

We all know how brilliant his knowledge is about the game of basketball

But on top of that

His roots in North Carolina who he was

The Kenny the jet smith out of archbishop moloid queens and don't tell me he wouldn't be able to recruit

Kenny Smith walking to your living room. He could talk your son in the coming to North Carolina

I'm telling that right now now he don't get mad at me because I'm not advocating for human Davis to be fired

I know Kenny Smith don't want that. I know he want his mayor human to stay there and all of that stuff

They got love for each other. That's what North Carolina is

But I believe that the best option for the University of North Carolina

Again, I'm hoping human Davis keeps his job

But if I was running it

And and I had a chance to get Kenny Smith

That is the condition under which I would let him go because Kenny Smith coach in North Carolina basketball

That would be special

That would be special remember you heard it here first

I say I don't disagree with you on Kenny

I think you know, I agree look John Shire is about to have the fourth number one recruiting class

In his five years. That's right. Like there's another number one recruiting class next to this kid Darryl Ripley is

He's the truth. So I don't disagree

I think one of the things happening down in North Carolina that they have to make a decision on

Yes, do they want to stay in the family or do they want to go outside then that they're never going

I'm told Rashid Rashid Wallace told me this years ago

He said never think about North Carolina going outside of the family

They ain't doing it. He sent that to me. Let me let me ask you some

Let me ask you some

If North Carolina can get Danny Hurley

Would you go outside the family on Danny Hurley if you want to get Nate. Oh

Over Alabama. Would you go outside the family? I think that style and tempo will be great to see and Carolina blue

I feel you, but I'm telling you this right now

Kenny Smith

There's no way in my opinion

That shy and I'm he's sensational. I really am impressed by the guy

There's no way he has the top recruiting class in four of his five years at Duke

If Kenny Smith is at North Carolina somebody coming to North Carolina

If Kenny Smith is the head coach to somebody come I'm telling you they'll go back and forth you're not

I'm ladies and gentlemen boy Kenny Smith's gonna be so mad at me for bringing because because he he he he don't want to do that

I want this. I want this. I believe that Kenny Smith Kenny the jet Smith

You put him in North Carolina

The eyes of the basketball world would be on Duke North Carolina

What back and forth back and forth back and forth Josh. I ain't I recruined Kenny Smith every year

I promise you that I promise you that

Jay I hear what you're saying and going in different direction

But I don't know that Danny Hurley would leave you con for that job like I don't he didn't even want to do the leakers

I don't like us giving all that money and more. He didn't want to go. I want to coach LeBron and in his last year

The season where I'm no controllable system now. I'm not going to he should it be leaving you con for you and see

You con as a big-time program to now you don't need to go to it off. I hear you but North Carolina that's cool man

Stay in stores

Don't get beat twice by patino in the same season

Didn't with that different conversation

That's a different conversation but if you're down early, you're considering. I love you con

New you kind of ain't North Carolina essay

To national championships

Years until you wake up that bear hope you can wake up the bear please come on

The family it feels like Kenny the Kenny the jet Smith might be the only option

But if they say in the family, I think you've been Davis unless Kenny Smith wants to job. There you go

Speaking of the Lakers coming up here on first take the Lakers got their ninth win in a row in dramatic fashion

But are we ready to put them in the top tier of the Western conference? That's next plus

Texas is now the only double digit seed remaining in the tournament

Our deep Cinderella runs the thing in the past and is that actually a bad thing for college basketball that's next

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