🏀Men’s March Madness Bracket Preview Extravaganza: Picks, predictions for ALL 67 games ✍️

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Hey there, I am Gary Parrish. Welcome back, CVS Sports. I own college basketball

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podcast, please also do that wherever you subscribe to podcasts like Apple and Spotify. Let's get

into it. This is our annual bracket preview show, which is not to be confused with our annual

bracket breakdown show. Two very different things. Sunday night equals bracket breakdown.

Is it Monday? Monday afternoon equals bracket preview. And I want to start by

circus. I think Tuesday we're going to have a bracket look ahead. First round look ahead.

There's another one coming. Don't even know yet. I'll figure that one out when we're done with

this one, but it's going to be different. We're giving you as much content as possible. Yeah,

I think we've got to the point in the season where we're going to figure out the next thing when

it's time to do the next thing. Right now we just trying to get through this thing. So this is we are

so let's take it one at a time. Bracket break down late Sunday. Done. Bracket preview right now

in progress. Whatever happens tomorrow happens tomorrow. I want to start by circling back to this

Florida Houston situation down in the cell. Yeah, I will say I heard from a few folks and it's

it's split. I heard from I say few. I say four to agree with me to agree with you. So there we go.

I didn't look at the chat with any sort of detail, but I glanced at it at some point and I saw

I saw both of these things. I said, man, Parrish is an idiot. And then I saw man,

Norlander is an idiot. And so they were, you know, and then I saw like I agree that I saw

Parrish is right. And then I saw Norlander is right. So like, you know, a good conversation, I guess.

On that note, by the way, we can get rolling here. I don't, I don't, I really don't use IG a ton,

like I post here and there, but I know like now that we're in

game pick and season bracket season, like they're doing the collabs and they're pulling videos

of you and me and all of our our CVS crew here. And so they had me do all this stuff for social,

pick your bracket, give me your Cinderella, all this. And as always, just don't read the comments,

because my wife, my wife gets a kick out of it. Like my brother has shared a few things I think on,

on Instagram and all this and and she goes, how much of the call on you and did he that was like,

I don't even look, I already know it's there. But I was like, you know what, just for you, I'll bring

it up. And instantly I bring up, I think it was, oh, it was my team ranking. So that I ranked the

one the 68 field, they put in graphic form. It looks beautiful, looks wonderful. And like the first

three are all gifts and memes of this guy's an idiot. Here's a guy who doesn't know ball. Like it's

just one after another after another, drag me as long as you need to. I don't even care. I'm about

to pick 67 games on this podcast and it's going to be a disaster. That is part of the fun you lean

into the bit. This is where I have a real like blind spot for the way the world works today,

because I cannot imagine myself jumping on Instagram and calling anybody you need to hear it for

any reason. I just don't care enough. But whatever years, whatever you're saying or doing on

Instagram, I don't care enough to weigh in. The best you're going to get out of me is a heart.

If it's a cute picture of your kids, I'll get you a heart. All right. I might type congrats

if you had a baby. But outside of that, I got nothing to say. And yet every day I wake up and

just strangers just call you the worst thing. I can't. I don't understand. I'm healthy for

the planet for sure. Yeah. It's evidence. It's evidence that the planet's definitely heading in

the right direction. All right. Let me tell you what we're going to do today. Here's what we're

going to do today. We're going to pick every game real or hypothetical that we have in our brackets

that have been published at cbsports.com. Yeah. One of us will stick to the bracket that you might

have seen on cbsports.com. One of us will definitely not be doing that. And one of us will just,

you know, say opposite things that way he can, you know, always say he was not playing

little sides. He had it right somewhere. You know, I'm going to make some slight tweaks today.

And you know what? I'm going to probably make some more tomorrow. So you're going to get what I'm

getting right here. As always, the cbsports app, cbsports.com, expert bracket picks, where I land,

call it midday Wednesday, then we're good to go. But I, and all seriousness, I think the majority

of what you will hear me say on the show today is going to be what my final bracket is.

I reserve the right to maybe tweak one or two more after this. Okay. So if there's one thing I know

about how this works, you pick UMBC on the podcast, you pick Howard on the website. You can say,

yeah, I had Howard. I had UMBC, whatever you want, whatever you need to say, you could say it.

I know you, hey, you ain't, you ain't so slick. All right. We're on to you. We're on to what,

what you're up to. Hey, let's start the east because it's the one in the top left. And that's the

one right, my brain worked. So here's what we're going to do. Start the east top left. Then we'll go

counterclockwise. And eventually we'll make a complete circle. And by then we, we will have each

pick 67 games. Some of them real, some of them hypothetical. And by the end, yes, you're going to

know who we think's going to the final four. Who we think's winning the national championship.

My intention is to go 67 and oh, well, that won't be happening. You don't, you don't know. I do know.

Don't put a ceiling on me. We'll actually bet my life on it. People have been putting a ceiling on

me my whole life. People've been doubting my whole life. Now look at me. Look at me now.

I mean, look at me now. I mean, if you can pull off 60 wins, it's going to be all time or stuff.

I'm going 67 and oh, don't put a ceiling on me. I've been doubted before.

It's the guy who once said you come and never lose again. I didn't think they were the way

the Yukon fans were talking. I mean, the coach was saying he's the best coach in the sport

and the fans were like, yes, he is. I was like, I guess they'll never lose again.

I was wrong. What do you want? I was wrong. What do you mean? Anyway, I put on going 67 and

now, but you can go first in the east if you want to. Let's bring up that bracket, Josh. If

you're watching on YouTube, you can produce interactive stuff as we go along here. Right into

the east we go. That is our inner that is our interface. By the way, that's the UX for the bracket

stuff at cbsports.com on the cbsports app. We will have I'm glad I'm glad I thought of it now.

We are going to have as always a Ion College basketball bracket games group on cbs sports.

We will send links out to that on every social channel. Josh, if we actually have the capability

in this podcast description after the fact, if need be, go ahead and send folks a link. If there's

even possible in the chat, I don't know if it is, let them know. We want to compete against you,

see how you can do. We've had some really really crowded entries to pass you a few seasons. Let's

do it again. I will compete against anybody in a bracket challenge except Miami, Ohio. I'm not

going to play them. I'm not going to play. I refuse to let them. It is against NCAA rules for people

that play for Miami and coach at Miami to participate in our bracket games. So I think we're good to go

there. All right, let's go to the east. Duke versus Sienna. You know where I'm going here,

we don't need to talk too much about it. Duke, it's done. It moves on along. Okay, Ohio State TCU.

You got the Hornfrogs team that has had some really nice wins this season, some interesting

losses. Hornfrogs are 43 at Kenpama, Ohio State going into this game. Buckeyes 26. There's a

there's a market difference there. TCU's got some good defense to it. I love David Punch. He's a

sophomore, six, seven, super smart forward. He's really the guy that if TCU is going to win this game,

I think can have a huge huge impact. He has much watch. I'm going to go Ohio State. It's got a

better offense. It's not just Thornton who's really good. John Mobley is a 42 percent three point

shooter from deep between those two. There's excellent, excellent range overall. In Christophe

Telly, he's been getting better as the season been going along as a seven footer inside. So I'll

take Ohio State to move along going on down. I'm going to take Johnny's here over Northern Iowa.

I thought Northern Iowa is going to land as a 13. They get there as a 12. Ben Jacobson is a really

nice coach. But boy, I mean, with the way that Johnny's have been playing in their physicality,

I don't see the 12 over five there. Kansas versus Cal Baptist. I'm going to go J-Hawks. Now Cal

Baptist has a player who was the February USBWA mid major player of the month in Dominic Daniels

Jr. He was a stud and can really fill it up. He's top five in the country in scoring nationally. So

I wonder if you can actually get going and really heat up here. I wonder if this one might be a

little close down the stretch. This game is in San Diego. Cal Baptist doesn't have to travel that far.

GP, you good with that? Kansas got to go out to San Diego and Cal Baptist taking a quiz bus

right there. You good with that? I don't love it. I mean, you really put in Bill Salford at an

incredible disadvantage against Rick, against Rick Croy. That's correct. Rick Croy. So I'll coach,

by the way, might be in the mix at Pepper9. We'll see how that works out. I will go, okay. Let's talk

through this here. I, so we make our picks on the show on Sunday night. And I was feeling so good

about South Florida. And I still am. But GP, I get home late last night. I'm sifting through the

reactions, reading a bunch of different stuff, checking what some people have posted. Is there a

single person in the media picking Louisville to win this game? This is so, this to me has scorned

so far in one direction. It's making me hesitate significantly. Bulls are good. They, they have been

playing extremely well over the past two months. Hodgson's a very good coach. I am truly torn

what to do here. I just don't want to go. I hate going all-chalk. All right. I'm going to stick with

USF. But if Louisville wins this game by 14, I'm going to be furious. Pat Kelsey, don't even have the

glasses. Yeah, I do. I got to listen. Don't think. I don't think I can't go Pat Kelsey. At a moment's

notice here, but I'm going against them. Look up, GP. Look at us. Look at us. You and me. Who thought?

We're twins. We're basically twins now. There we go. I'll go South Florida. I'm doing it

reluctantly. I swear. I will not change this pick, but it bothers me how many people are picking

the bulls in that game. I will go Michigan state to beat NDSU. I feel like I might be seeing a

little bit of some North Dakota state action. We'll see on that. I don't see it personally, but

never know. UCLA over UCF. This is a no hesitation one for me. UCLA has been playing a lot better. It's

two best players should be available for this game. UCF gets in. Gets in and doesn't even go to

date and where I thought it was going to go. UCF is the lowest rated at large team that is not

Miami University. It's 21 and 11. This program has dropped four of its final five. It's not good defensively

at all. I don't hesitate here, which means I'm probably going to be wrong. Nothing less going to

UCF. And then I will take Yukon over Furman. Furman. So hot right now, but not hot enough,

Bob Richies team can't get it done in Philly on Friday. Huskies move along. Let's go back up to

the top here in talk second round. I'll try and move a little bit more quickly. Duke over Ohio state.

How can you not Ohio States? You know, that'll be a successful season for sure for year two for Jake

Debler. But even with the injury situations, I'm going Duke there. I'm going St. John's over Kansas.

Feels like more people than not are also going Johnny's here. I think that's an impact of the

Big East double sweep. Zubie edge of four and how well he's played this season and played

himself into an all American status. So I'll go Johnny's there. That is a cross country trip. You

know, get through the first game. Hopefully it doesn't have any wear on you with that. Those are

in San Diego as a reminder. And then South Florida Michigan states.

Last that I had South Florida. Do I want to stick with this? This is a Michigan state team that

was almost a two. South Florida doesn't have a top 60 offense in the country. It is good on the

offensive glass. West Enis is a very solid guard. I like the match up there. Just in general with Jeremy

fears. This game's in Buffalo. There'll be Michigan state fans to show up. Plenty.

Boy, GP. What do I do? MSU's drop two in a row. But it was at Michigan understandable by 40 UCLA.

This is Nizo on a two day turnaround. He's using that pick. It's Tom is over here. Get on with it.

And I hate this though. Like, am I really going to do this? This just chalk nonsense? No, give me the

bulls. I'm going to be wrong, but whatever. Put them through. Put them through.

Bulls on parade. Let's go. We're doing it. Give me the bulls on the sweet 16. How many people out there

going that zesty? Come on now. And then I will go Yukon over UCLA. Nick Cronin goes one in one in the

eastern time zone in the entirety of the 2526 season. Here we go. I'm going to stick with this one.

A battle between the two best bigs in college basketball. Camp Booser. Zubie edge of four.

It's Rick Patino. It's John Shire. Game would be in DC in the East Regional. I'll take St. John

to get to the lead eight and upset Duke in the sweet 16. And then in the bottom half, I will go huskies

over bulls. And this is now I'm not doing this for the clicks or the reactions. I did this in real

time. And I'm going to stick with it. We are getting a fourth fourth game between Huskies and Johnny's.

And I'm going to take the Yukon Huskies to go to Indianapolis, which I feel like is kind of a

counterculture pick right now. And understandably so I'm not overly confident in this. It feels like a good

that feels like a good good value play here in your office pool. They got they got a coach

who knows a thing or two about winning a march. And a lot of people are going to take Duke. I think

you could see some Michigan state love. You might even see some some St. John's love here. So I

will go Yukon. It's all you. All right. Yukon in the final four out of the East Region for

Norlander. I'll keep us moving a little. Yeah. And you know, you know, I'm going to be long

when I'm fine with it. I'm sitting. I can just sit here and you know, text people and stuff.

I'm fine with it. Don't worry about Duke, Sienna, fun coaching matchup. John Shire, Jerry

McNamara, two guys who are famous college basketball players, both one national champion chips,

both scored more than 2000 points. Quick question. Quick question. Whose career would you rather

have had as at the college level? McNamara is wasn't as good of a player as Shire, but they're both

one national titles, but Syracuse. There's not as many legends as there is at Duke. Which one would

you rather be? I think and I'd be happy to be corrected by Syracuse fans or Duke fans, but it

feels like Jerry. The coaching thing might change it because like John Shire is about to eat,

but I think Jerry McNamara as a player resonates more at Syracuse than John Shire as a player

resonates at Duke. I think that's true. And yet Shire was the better player, but it's just something I

thought about earlier today. I wanted to throw a T on the show. Obviously, but one of these guys

coaches Duke and the other one coach is Sienna. So like, although they could be coaching against each

other next season, we'll wait and see how that goes. You think it's going to go that way?

I think there's a chance. How about this? I'll say 50% during McNamara is the next Syracuse coach

right now. Yeah, I was I've been I've been peppering my Syracuse colleagues up here. There

they're eager to find out. Ohio State TCU. I'm going to take the book guys. Bruce Thornton

in the NCAA tournament. So we never have to do that thing where can you believe he led the

school and scoring, but never played in the tournament. He's going to play in the tournament. I

think he's going to win, but TCU is six of one in the past seven. Sort that data. Top 30 in the

country in that stretch. St. John's over Northern Iowa. Johnny's are 19 and one in the past 20.

Two wins over Yukon in that stretch. Two wins over Villanova in that stretch. Kansas over Cal

Baptist. I don't love the idea that Rick Koy so Rick Roy so close to home. I don't I you know,

I feel about that kind of stuff, but Bill self there in Peterson. One way or another they'll get

through that. I in the bracket, I feel that I do have Louisville over South Florida. So I am maybe

on the one person picking Louisville or South Florida, but I did circle back. I might be I did

circle back and I found the Brian Hodgson press conference from yesterday after it was announced.

They're going back to playing Buffalo and that was really sweet man like that. That makes me you

ready for this. I pick Louisville, but I would be happy to be wrong if Brian could share that moment

with his father in a in person. If you haven't seen the press conference, I thought that was a sweet

moment. Go find it. I'll take Louisville over USF Michigan State over North Dakota State North

Dakota State 27 wins 17 and two in their past 19, but I'll take the Spartans to advance UCLA USF.

Where's this game? It filled Elfia this game. It's of course he's going to he's

micro and complain about the Statue of Liberty. Now he's going to complain about the statue of Rocky.

Imagine imagine you you go to a Philly and you decide you want to do the like you climb the steps

and get it all on video. You know you should do that by the way. Like Mick lean into it like

go do that. That would be a huge a huge win. Now I was going to say you're just a random Rocky

fan doing it and then you look back at your video a few days later and you notice in the background

it's just Mick Cronin standing over there by the statue just pissed off just mad as hell at the whole

thing and then down there cussing out the Liberty Bell. He goes and looks at the Liberty Bell and says

over under .5 Liberty. .5 Liberty Bell mentions by Mick Cronin for the entirety of the trip.

Are you raising your bell? Are you raising your bell at me? Are you are you raising your bell at me?

Are you raising your bell at me? I think it gets one Liberty Bell reference be it day before

a media availability. We're getting it somehow. Are you raising your bell at me? What if he takes

issue with the Liberty Bell? Are you raising your bell at me? And be amazing. We're all rooting for

something like this. Let's be there. There is no way you feel like a win a game in the eastern

time zone. That's crazy. This is a setup. All right. This is a setup. Johnny Dawkins to the round

of 32. You confirm it. You confirm it. You know how I you know how I feel about Bob Richie but uh

I actually don't but we can keep it moving. Let me tell you how I feel about Bob Richie.

You kind of advances. All right. So now we back up. This is where we've got to get interesting

buddy. Sounds like Bob Richie is GP's Nico Medved if you follow me. I wouldn't mind seeing

Bob Richie get out of that but it's just a tough ask you know to get past the Huskies. Okay I got

Duke Ohio State. Round of 32. I'll take Duke there. Bruce Thornton. Man you had a hell of a career.

St. John's and Kansas. I'm taking the red storm. 19 and one in the past 20. I don't trust

Kansas. You put him in Allen Fieldhouse. Anything can happen. You take him out of there. I just

I don't think they played enough together. Darren Peterson and the rest of those guys. I'll take

the red storm to get out of there. I've got Michigan State over Louisville Yukon over central Florida.

Now we're in the sweet 16. Oh buddy. I don't know if you heard.

There's this one dude had St. John's number one in a precinct. I got off to a rough start.

That coach five seed by the way just so we're all clear. That coach started hating his team.

Then I started hating his team. And that was it. We just sort of left it there.

But now here we are. Matched up for the sweet 16. Me and my red storm against the number one

over the number one overall seed in the NCAA tournament. Come on, Duke. But they're hurting.

But they're hurting. Caleb Foster is surgically repaired but not ready. Patrick Gangba

ain't played in a minute. They hurting. They hurting. Give me the red storm. Straight up.

They're advancing to the elite. I don't agree. Oh no, this is terrible. Did I maybe spin

four months looking like an idiot predicting St. John's to be the best team in the country?

Yeah, maybe I did. Maybe I did. But they're 19 and one in their past 20. And I've got them getting

past shorthanded Duke. It's unfortunate that John Shire can't catch a break. Michigan State

new con. Sweet 16. We're going to advance the Huskies to the elite eight. We've got the fourth match

up between St. John's and you con. I think that's a squirrel. And I'm well aware of what I'm

doing to myself squirrels squirrel squirrels squirrel person squirrels squirrels I think that's a

squirrel. What do we got? I know how this is going to go. I've walked this path before.

But Rick Patino and St. John's will get past you con in the elite eight. And the red storm will

fulfill their prophecy. The red storm will make it where they always were supposed to make it

dating back to the off season top 25 and one. Rick Patino with a team he used to hate but

now loves because that's what 19 and one can do to our relationship. The red storm go to the final

four out of the east region as a five seed. Rick Patino continue to make his case. It's not only

one up, but arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all time and would perhaps have the

accomplishments to back that up if he had never been learned away to that evil NBA. The world is a

vampire. All right. Wow. You actually did it. Five seed St. John's to Indianapolis. Isn't it just

more fun this way? This is one of the biggest takeaways from this show particularly. We are going

to lean into the fun of the picks. He claims he's trying to go 67. No, we just learned that's not

going to happen. He's already over. It's over for you. But if you don't have a little fun,

what's the fun of it all? We know that a lot of these are going to blow up in our face. Who cares?

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the south check out that south region let's bring it up on the screen I'll take us a tour through

a try and move a little bit more quickly if that's okay by yeah we can't say we're going to move

a little more quickly and then go slow all right well that's it also might happen honestly that's

part of the show we said we said you know we sound like a recently hired basketball coach we're

going to play fast we're going to get up and down yeah and then they come out and they're like

289th and tempo for their entire career and Jake comes in and Tony Bennett on the show right now I

think he's like Tony it's like Tony it's like Tony Bennett he's like Tony Bennett get a

new job and be like we're going to play fast like like we always get up and down the court it's like

hold up you're not you're not play fast guy you're great you're not play fast guy I'm going to try

to be the play fast guy I'm gonna get in my NATO it's a little bit going forward but you didn't

handle however you want okay and I again I think the plan is for our Tuesday show to have a little

more of a of an in-depth look at some of the first round stuff so we can keep it moving I guess

I'm not trying to get in depth I don't I don't like getting in I will be ready I'll have notes

and nuggets okay I don't really want to get in notes and nuggets I got you on I got you tomorrow

okay Florida is going to move along in the first round over Prairie View or Lehigh I'm going to take

I'm going to take Clemson to beat Iowa who the heck knows man Iowa runs everything through

Sturts is that going to be enough Clemson's got more physicality I go Tigers there those games

are going to be in Tampa by the way Vanderbilt will play McNeese in Oklahoma City these games will be

on Thursday Vandy as a reminder got the got the short end of the stick as a five and with the

difficult 12 there Commodores I just think with the way they've been playing the offense that they

have McNeese is a McNeese legit team like they've got some they've got some dudes they've got

some physicality they've got an endless array of wings but I will I will take Vanderbilt in

this spot to get it done and what could be a pretty damn entertaining game doors move along and then

it's Nebraska we already know GP's taking Nebraska I'll take Nebraska as well

we need to see this program finally experienced an instant double tournament win I think it will I

have to note though the the playing Troy this team did make the tournament a year ago

it wasn't that competitive it lost a Kentucky if you've forgotten it's got cross still there

and you know maybe maybe they've got enough experience to make it interesting but

I don't really has to take too much on that one so Nebraska moves along

UNC VCU we've seen an 11 see the VCU matched up against a blue blood from the ACC on the

six line before that was 07 shafts the Eric Mainer VCU was a very trendy pick and they won I

remember I because I picked them that year too I'll do it I'll do it here as well a film artillery

juniors team has won lost in January 10 it was at St. Louis it's not an elite group really in any

facet but they play so well together and they've got real depth the hard to beat and I just wonder

where North Carolina is after losing two in a row understandable losses but no Caleb Wilson you're

recalibrating with that I guess that's me back to back 11 over six is why not let's get let's have

some fun here Illinois to beat Penn I don't think it'll be close St. Mary's A&M I mean that is so

interesting because these teams do not like each other at all St. Mary's is a defensive grinding

team that is more than okay beat in you 62 to 57 it's the best free throw shooting team in the

country by the way St. Mary's is in between Mikey Lewis and Paulus Morowskas those are two guys

that they I just like the way they play like I've probably seen I don't know I've probably

seen St. Mary's play five or six times this year I love I love the way they work on the floor as

you know meanwhile A&M up and down the floor full court press it you know will launch without

abandon loves to take the three you're really diving into the resume they they don't have a lot

of really good wins against NCAA tournament level teams I will go I will go gales on that one

and then I'll take Houston to beat Idaho I think that will be the biggest two over 15 blow out of

the first round go on up back to the top give me the gators over Clemson for sure and then

Vandy Nebraska's a tough one for me I will I don't know man this I'll go Vandy I'll go Vandy

here either I see to me either one you're getting like no matter what team gets out of there

doesn't matter Vandy McNeese and Nebraska Troy what there's only going to be one of those four

teams that's going to get out of Oklahoma City into the regional semis in Houston it's an awesome

story so I love that no matter what we're going to feel good about it I will go Tyler Tanner Duke

Miles Tyler Nickel and Co to get it done Mark Bindton gets to the sweet 16 bottom half I'll take

Illinois over VCU and then I will take Houston to get past St Mary's maybe in a game where we're

we're dialed in late and and it's a close one but the Cougars ultimately get it done and then okay

so here we go then we get the rematch in the sweet 16 between Florida and Vanderbilt they just

faced each other Vanderbilt was able to up and up and Florida in the SEC semis the 191 74

and Florida went earlier in the season they got it done when that game was in Gainesville but it

was a four point margin so if we do get this matchup you plenty of intrigue with it they play

different styles Vanderbilt is kind of successful because of what it can do with its guards led by

Tanner more than anyone else and meanwhile we know what Florida can do with its front court

I will go gators in this spot but I kind of think that Florida Vanderbilt has a chance there's

a lot of potential sweet 16 games that could be incredible incredible that one feels like it could

be a top four or five matchup in a regional semi bottom half I've got Illinois versus Houston

oh boy that is a grown man varsity game Houston with its defensive capabilities and then you've

got the Kingston Fleming's factor against Keaton Wogler please give me this game please that would

be awesome I will go Houston with this spot Illinois seems to be a team to me that not just when

you look at its region but you look at what it's done over the past month and it's a team that's

gone four and five down the stretch defensively now it's 28th overall in Ken Palm offensively we

don't have that many questions about it it gets it done and it's not just Wogler

Merkovich is a really good player Thomas Loffa Vsitch is you know among the better bigs in the

country seven one like a real a real presence there kind of Boswell he can do a lot defensively

Boswell and Fleming's could be must see TV I'll go Houston there Florida Houston in the

in the regional semi excuse me the regional finals and then I will take Houston to beat Florida

home court advantage home court advantage last seasons national title game on an elite eight stage

cougars with the benefit of the arena in their backyard get it done and make it all the way

to Indianapolis home court advantage home home court looking forward to seeing home court

advantage coming to play for the two seed over the one seed all right I'm told I'm sorry about

that yeah someone the chance correcting me Florida won the game at Vandy not in Gainesville might

be sorry about that fact check appreciate it all right all right Florida advances no matter

the opponent that goes without saying Clemson Iowa two teams like Iowa's three and seven they're

past 10 Clemson's four and six in their past 10 but somebody's got to win yeah well here's the deal

someone's gonna have a sour taste in their mouth and they're gonna be like man we had something

going and it and it kind of went the wrong way and then the other team should be like you know

what at least we're able to salvage it get a win in the tournament before getting wrong by Florida

okay let's say Clemson with the sour taste and and Iowa with the salvage yeah Iowa advances

shells to bid at Sturts Vanderbilt McNeese Bill Armstrong 28 and five first year at McNeese

okay question yep does this count as a Scott Drew coaching tree he was at Baylor for one year

that's a good question I'm gonna say no we give Josh pastor to John Calipari

was that one year yes I'm gonna say yes Scott but he's uh Scott just got a gruel

let's still up you sure tech Scott ask out what he thinks uh no let's ask Bryce this is

the price I don't care I I assume Bryce would not care whether Bill Armstrong's considered

part of the Scott Drew tree or he was just not he couldn't care less okay could not care less

Vandy five and two in their past seven I'll take the commoners to get past McNeese

Nebraska Troy Scott Cross great story fired at UT Arlington doing great things at Troy

but I mean I'll be very very very surprised if he's not the coach at Georgia Tech by the way

and that how much you fill up your UT Arlington you fired an alum who's gonna go on to be the

coach at Georgia Tech yeah maybe I don't know who I don't remember who made that decision but

looks like a poor one I think with the benefit of hindsight we can call it a poor one although I

if I remember correctly in real time it was seemed confusing yeah anyway my heart would not

allow me to pick against Nebraska the corn huskers have to get their first win in NCAA tournament

history I think it comes at the expense of Troy UNC VCU I'm with you VCU 16 and one of their past

17 I'll take VCU straight up I just think it's I know I know Carolina kept its head above water

for the most part in the absence of Caleb Wilson but at some point that matters and

maybe it's not in the round of 64 but in my quest to go 67 and 0 I will take the Rams over

toward Carolina I got Illinois over pin but shouts to frame a referee for even being in this

position by the way sorry to interrupt yeah if Fran McCaffrey wins this game he's one in eight in

his last night against Brad Underwood it was already decided today on Twitter if Fran beats Illinois

Tom Fornelli has to sit on the eye on college basketball podcast for a full hour so that is his

punishment just sit there just sit there silently he will he will he will speak when called upon

okay get only speak when spoken to yes I like that that's that's kind of the way I like to do

shows yeah Fornelli we fully expect your team to win and to uncomfortably but we got to see it

first that is a TNT tip Thursday night approximately 925 out of Greenville by the way I got Saint Mary's

over Texas A&M spoiler I'm gonna have three WCC teams advancing I want I want three of the final

32 to be from the West Coast Conference I've got Houston over Idaho I like a good vandal I can

appreciate a good vandal and now that's a top five I might be a top five moniker in the bracket by

the way the fans is great love it love the vandals but I don't think they can deal with Houston

while Houston's on its way to Houston um Florida Iowa I've got Florida over there like

Bennett starch is just one dude and Florida's got got a lot more Florida's got a lot more

players the caliber of Bennett Sturks than Iowa does I always got like one Bennett Sturks caliber

player Florida's got more than one the games in advance um Vandy Nebraska come on Fred Hoyberg

get you a second win go ahead and get you to Nebraska not only gets its first win in the

end so by turn it goes to its sweet 16 first sweet 16 in school history Illinois VCU this is

where I do have it ending for the Rams Brad Underwood to the sweet 16 I've got Houston over Saint

Mary's Florida over Nebraska Fred Hoyberg magical season ends in the sweet 16 Todd Golden back

to the elite eight I've got Houston over Illinois yes I've got it set up one versus two in the

south region final Florida playing at an incredible disadvantage that I fundamentally think is unfair

loses to the Houston Cougars Calvin Samson back in the final four Calvin Samson two wins away

from a national championship Florida fans complaining all night about why they had to play a road game

as the one C and don't ever forget I was I was arguing on your behalf on March 15 and Matt

Norlander tried to shame me with bracketing principles okay that's the left side of the bracket we

uh we agree on the uh the team out of the south we both got the coups and part of fans if you if

you don't like the way this is going and you would like your voices heard you could get in there

in these little chats in these little comments sections where all the Houston fans are yelling at me

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Houston had to play Purdue and Indian yes I know we said it in the stupid clip okay I know

the but there's 18 people who type it in the comments without recognizing oh ignore the comments

without wreck it hey this guy covers college basketball he probably is aware that Houston played

Purdue last season all right all right let's go I'm just saying Florida fans I'm out there I'm not

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are going to have San Diego Portland and St. Louis feed into the regional all right love to see

that Josh just as we're absolutely cooking with gas on this live episode on a Monday afternoon love

to see it everyone watching right now smash that like button like your Brandon Davies there's more of

us that should be reflected in the number of likes as we go along here I will go Arizona obviously

moving along but I do love that we have Rod Strickland coach and L.I. you in the sharks they got to

take the circuitous route by the way sharks that's a long you got to take what canal we going through

that the Suez you go if you go from Long Island you got a swim there as a shark we go into the Suez

canal the only one I know about now is that straight we're all the war come close yeah yeah yeah I know

man by the way wow I'm I am atrocious Suez Canal is between Africa and Asia that is awful by me man

that's straight boy that seems like in him that's a wild scene up in that straight

it is the Panama Canal you have no adult Suez the Suez Canal Suez Canal I guess theoretically you

can get there some way if you're a shark and you got to go from a Long Island to San Diego which is

by the way where the games are going to be played you got to take the Panama Canal oh my gosh let me

ask a question I've got Arizona winning the game for the record can you have anybody thought about

trying to like can we just move the oil through the Suez Canal would that work maybe we

got to give up on the small options the straight seems a little dangerous these days maybe we should

try the Suez Canal all right second our first round second game in the bracket here who's calling me

um nope sorry I can't pick up right now all right um Villanova versus Utah state in the eight nine

seems to me Utah say it's the overwhelming pick here do I just go counter here do I

I'm I don't know should I do it should I flip a coin do I even have a coin

GP who do you have in this one spoiler for me Utah state or Villanova but you think I'm

going to step to two o'clock every Tuesday watching the mountain west and then pick against MJ

Collins what are you talking about you know me night I stay up I stay up with MJ Collins more

than I stay up with my family what are you talking about I'm flipping it give me Nova I've had

Utah state there's way too many people on Utah state I'm I'm running counter so when this is

Utah state this happened I think the past two times the past two years on the show there were some

eight nine some seven ten where I had it I was like nope I'm switching it and I was going to be

wrong this is gonna happen to me again I'm stupid all right um Wisconsin high point

I picked high point last night Wisconsin's playing so well high point is

92 at Kenpom 30 and four on the season longest win streak in the country 14 in a row

it's top five in the country and not turning the ball over and turning teams over um it's deep

it has not played a tough schedule it's not a big team it's got some shooting ability

one loss since December 14 got a little a little gotta have some fun I think Wisconsin's

gonna probably win the game but whatever I'm sticking with it 12 over 5 high point gets it done

this game will be in Portland by the way so I'll stick there and then I will go Arkansas to beat Hawaii

just for fun over under Derrius a cuff 29.5 points in this game GP. Oh over everything I always say

about Derrius a cuff is going to be over yeah oh I was something I don't know that I'd be

sure except except here's the thing they could be up 23 and you pulling with seven minutes to go

that's true that could be on the table uh Hawaii is your automatic bid champion out of the big west

and they won that late Saturday this game is Thursday uh there's no way in hell that team went

back to Hawaii so I'm curious what they what the packing situation was there because they would

have made no sense for them to hop on a plane and fly home Sunday and return so they must have

been they had to legitimately pack for a week and a half a long trip or on Gano coach of the

bows we'll see if they can do something they get the benefit stay in the west coast Portland for

for the Hawaii rainbow warriors there also in Portland BYU will play the winner of NC State Texas

NC State Texas I will go Texas in that game Sean Miller coasted into the year ago

interesting note Sean Miller had never coached a team that was truly on the bubble until last season

he's now had to do it two years in a row and has a has had the good fortune of breaking through

two consecutive seasons uh NC State um it's got a variety of guys who I had a note on NC State

that was going to toss you you know what I'm saving it for save it for tomorrow um I'll go Texas

to win that and then I'll take BYU in age of debons uh to beat Texas I think we mentioned this

on the Sunday show uh that would be debons are going against his idols Alma Mater I'll have BYU

into the second round uh Gonzaga over Kennesaw State big question with Gonzaga is is Braden Huff

when is he going to be available and when he is how effective is he going to be so Gonzaga is a

three and deservingly so but I don't necessarily believe that it is a threat to get to the final four

if it's not gonna have Huff available kind of a tough deal there they've done they've been able

to manage mostly without him but he's been missing for for a bit here Miami versus Missouri is going

to be in St. Louis again that's Missouri a 10 in St. Louis I'll still take the Keynes um I I like

them in that matchup I think they have more overall talent uh Jay Lucas done a really good job in

year one I'll take Miami to move along and then obviously Purdue over Queens in the first round back

up to the top Arizona get past Villanova it's a fun little battle to write into the bracket by the way

you write out Zona you write out Nova very very fulfilling uh real ones know what I'm talking about

Wisconsin I have losing so I'll have high point Arkansas how can I not take Arkansas you know and

sometimes the tournament has a way of doing this to us where we've got either a player or a team and

going into it in the leading two or three weeks uh they've just the vibes are tremendous they're

looking good you're like how could I not possibly pick this team to win at least two or three games right

Arkansas is an exact is an exact example of this uh and if it didn't make the sweet 16 I would be

fairly shocked but sometimes the tournament that's what nature of the beast man so uh held on a swivel

I don't think it's an automatic the hogs get there but I'm I'm writing them through a regardless to

get to uh to get to the West Regional where I will be in a week and a half or a little less than that

I will take the Cougars of BYU to beat Gonzaga with the idea that Huff isn't playing and the defense

that I saw show up in the Big 12 tournament on BYU's behalf uh still gets it done and that means

back to back sweet 16 runs for Kevin Young and then I'll have Purdue over Miami uh getting it done

there Braden's but by the way Braden's but it's gonna break the all-time assist record uh Bobby

Holley's record in the Queens game he needs two to set that record that's an inevitability sweet 16

I will go Arizona over Arkansas acuff buries Bradley Pete Malik Thomas Billy Richmond

uh the amount of talent on the floor in that game please give it to me uh I really really want to see

that game uh in the sweet 16 that could be as good and as entertaining as maybe any on the on the board

here GP and then yeah this here we go this is this is this is this is how I just torched my bracket

I'm gonna go BYU over Purdue I'm gonna stick with this I'm gonna say debats uh

doesn't score under 30 in any tournament game I'm gonna say the the defense shows up in a significant

way Rob Wright pulls it together I know there's no Richie Saunders that's a problem but you're going

to see Kebuketa hit a new level Cunard Davis steps up even shoots beyond his current averages from

three point range um and the role players uh improve all the more so I'm very aware that I could be

picking a team that will lose to its first round opponent coming out of the first four but

it's got a little bit of a little take a big swing and I will have the cougars versus the wildcats

in the elite eight I just so happen to see these two teams play each other in provo uh back

ggp that's been six seven weeks Arizona won that game it was close 86 83 I love Arizona winning that one

again and the wildcats my first one seed into the final four all right I'll be quick or at least

Arizona over L.I.U fins up wonderful story but it ends right here um Villanova

oh and four against Yukon St. John's uh only two quadrant one wins zero in the year 2026

what did I do they ain't be nobody in forever and they barely beat anybody all year

I did have I made it have I made a great I made a grave mistake I mean who's picking Villanova

there are dozens of us okay me me and him Jay Collins I can't tell you how many nights we've

stayed up all our man I may change this pickback before we get to Thursday I'm letting you know

right now I spent too many nights up late with MJ Collins to pick against him now Utah State over

Villanova these these down Wisconsin high point I'll take Wisconsin to get out of that but high

point is 90 second at Kenpon 30 and four like it's uh I don't that that would be if I were like a

middle of the pack power conference team like the I'd rather play another middle of the pack

power conference team then then somebody that won 30 times I just I don't like I mean Wisconsin

will be physically and all that stuff but 30 and four top 100 team like that's a that's a real

game I'll take Wisconsin to get by him Arkansas Hawaii a cup is on a roll right now I don't have

Arkansas spoiler alert going to the final four but he is the type of guard who could go on one of

those Kimber runs she bass Napier runs and get a team somewhere in the bracket uh further than

the number next to its name suggests was the likely scenario um certainly got him getting that

of the first round a cuff could he could take them anywhere uh BYU Texas I've got Texas getting

past NC State didn't BYU over Texas I'd like to get that game just because I like here in

Sean Miller talk about NBA players he was a great on a cuff um I'd like to hear what he says uh

about the boxer here Gonzaga Kennesaw State the Bradenhuff thing remember the initial timeline

was four to eight weeks we're past that we're past the eight and so this has not gone well I think

we talked about it either when I was in spokana right afterwards and I sort of noted I wasn't hearing

good things about it hopefully he's back in uniform sometimes soon but I don't like the idea I

mean you will if he's healthy you're gonna play him he's super talented but just dropping somebody

into a rotation after they've been gone for eight nine weeks in a single elimination tournament uh

it's unfortunate that it's played out this way but it's not going to cost him in the round

of 64 I've got Miami over Missouri Jay Lucas gets his first win in the NCAA tournament

Purdue over Queens don't mess this up Purdue Prade and Smith College career could not end with one

of with one of those now we're in the round of 32 I've got Arizona over Arkansas um that just that

Arizona team uh well you the sweet the sweet 16 oh I'm sorry okay I've got Arizona over Utah

state okay Arkansas over Wisconsin then I'll get Arizona over Arkansas we'll get back to

there in a minute I've got Gonzaga past BYU DeBonza's great I just don't and I know they want a game

here or there in Richie Saunders absence but broadly speaking that has not been a very good basketball

team since he went down I will take Gonzaga to get past BYU I've got Purdue over Miami back up

Arizona over Arkansas so Arizona into the elite eight I've got Purdue still winning after securing

the big 10 tournament title over the weekend advancing to the elite eight and then I've got Arizona

over Purdue Arizona my first one seed also in the final four and if you were to ask me and I know

you didn't but if you were to ask me of any of your final four picks or one seed picks which one

do you feel best about getting to Indianapolis it is Arizona I think that's the safest pick in

this bracket to get to the final four based on caliber of team and caliber of possible obstacles

along the way you've got Purdue in the elite eight and if it was five days ago I don't think you

would necessarily have Purdue in the sweet 16 so I think I would always have them in the sweet 16 out of

respect for the program but but I'm not somebody who can get all the way to the point where I just

watched them win the big 10 tournament now they're what they were supposed to be that team was

really bad defensively for an extended stretch and they they have been better and can be better

but they're not going to turn into elite defensively all of a sudden and that Duke Michigan

Arizona trio if we're talking about national championship contenders and and that's what Purdue

was described as heading into this thing like those teams are are one two and three in all the

metrics but also specifically adjust to defensive efficiency you you've got to be able to guard

to win this tournament I think and I don't know that they guard well enough to win this tournament

but I do think they can play well enough to to go to the elite eight and you know maybe even the

final four but that national championship goal I'm not ruling anything out but it's hard to see

I guess I put it that way yeah as the a couple folks in the chat pointed out as worth

mentioning for our audio listeners there are some there are a couple teams here that can play

some defense but a lot of teams in this region are way more offensively focused like there are

some teams that have some real lack of defensive prowess and you almost wonder if it's a race in

that regard to see who gets out and gets to Indianapolis out of the region but Arizona will definitely

be by by nature of being Purdue at the two being Gonzaga at the three that's not a full strength

and even like Arkansas a good team but but not you know it's a team with eight losses

Arizona is going to be the overwhelmingly popular pick to get to the final four out of this region

in your office pool and it will be in my opinion the most popular one seed picked into the final

four let's go to the Midwest region bottom right of your bracket these games are going to be played in

Buffalo Tampa Philly and St. Louis as they feed into Chicago for the regional the regionals I

should say Michigan will obviously beat UMBC or Howard we can have a little bit of fun with UMBC if

it beats Howard in the first four getting given that's another 16 one situation there but and I'll

be actually curious is if UMBC wins the line going to be bigger wider than it was when UMBC defeated

Virginia back in 2018 uh Georgia St. Louis does feel to talk about no defense this feels like a

race to 100 St. Louis actually has good effective field goal percentage defense and St. Louis has

been slipping uh 28 and five record but they they know how to score like they're a very good second

half team they run good stuff they can get they can get to the tin they've got guys who can shoot

from deep they rank second and three point percentage in the country uh St. Louis does meanwhile

Georgia I pull this up right now real quick here GP I think Georgia is second end points per game

let me bring this up Georgia right now oh no they have dropped 89.8 they're down to seventh there

was a there was a good chunk of the season where Georgia was scoring more per game than anyone in

the country and if it wasn't Georgia was actually Miami you um I will go slew here but I don't

love it a Georgia's got some got a couple of dudes uh Kenneth kitchens at to me he's just he's

already a good player but like he's going to hit another level um and then Wilkinson's good as

well I will go slew there tech versus Akron hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm I'm going to go tech this is the

kind of game I feel like I usually fall into a trap with uh texted deserving five I think that's

that's that's fine for them three and three since top and went down in the midst of that Arizona

state loss on the road um still a really good three point shooting team and it's not just Anderson

Donovan at well is even better from beyond the arc Jalen Petty can hit from deep uh if you get

some good uh contributions out of law on Watts there I just Macassan's a really good coach grosses

as well like uh for sure 29 to five team top 70 at Ken Palm like Akron can win the game they have

one loss since January 3rd but I will I will go with tech it's it's got I don't know man it's got

it's got so much more to me physicality and it's not like immensely bigger but it's got it's

Akron's a smaller team uh that that being said that team they they've got they've got a lot of

experience that's a fun one there um I'm gonna go Alabama to beat Hofstra reserve the right to

change my mind on this um since we've gone live Tuscaloosa police say Holloway is going in

Holloway who was arrested uh you know early on Monday I suppose um we'll be charged with first

degree possession of marijuana not for personal use he was caught with essentially a pound maybe

a little more than a pound which um that's a that's a felony it's a classy felony um there's this

this thing with the tax stamp it I'm out of my element Donnie I don't even know but he is out

he had $5,000 bond the question is will he be available will he even travel with the team Alabama's

got to get on a plane to fly to Tampa I don't know I'll take him to beat Hofstra for now but I

genuinely want to see how this story evolves over the next 24 to 48 hours um it's a wild one man

I mean you got a player busted for having a hole it's in Alabama like having a whole bunch of

whole bunch of marijuana just just a huge stash I mean go go like basketball it never

ceases to a maze bearish like this was the thing we're like a lot it's a busy Monday right not as

busy as it has been but we're just we're getting stuff together we're prepping we're doing hits all

this and you see this hit the timeline you're like hold on and what am I reading this correctly

is this actually happening of all the programs is Alabama what is happening what is this charge

and it's a felony I don't know I would assume if a felony charge is against you

for allegedly like if if I'm reading this correctly this is this it was for it was not for

personal use so by nature of that definition you're looking to distribute what are you about

to have a party one of the two you either you were either distributing slash selling

where you guys I'm assuming that wasn't from medical use I'm guessing we don't have a glaucoma

situation with Alabama starting point card listen I hang on I hang on speak on that but I mean

that's either a party or you're distributing one of the two in all seriousness and I'm not trying

to bring up old stuff I'm just trying to provide context for the conversation we're having keep in

mind brain and miller never missed any time for the incident he was involved in a few years ago

you can google that if you want and you know NATOets is like on the record different different topic

but it's on the record making it clear this year when he was justifying enrolling Charles

Betiaca he more or less said my job is to win basketball games that's what I'm here to do

that and and that's why I get paid and if you apply that same logic to this what do you do

let me just so there's no wiggle if this were my alma mater I would not want this young man

representing us on a national stage in the same week where he got a felony charge and I want

to be clear it's also 2026 I got I got no problem it's 2026 I got no problem with weed anymore

I got no problem with a young person smoking anymore than I got a problem with a young person

drinking like I don't care but like if my adult son got busted with a pound of weed in his

apartment I would be like oh man I ain't mad that you had weed really but like a pound what are

you doing like what are you doing and like you put yourself at real risk by just making a poor

decision it's one thing to have a bag you know a bag of edibles it's another thing to have a

felt something that could could be leading to a felony charge so listen I'm not gonna

preach I was young too and made tons of poor decisions but you are a basketball player getting ready

for the NCAA tournament and you have created with a poor decision at best a poor decision

you have created a negative headline for your university and put your coaching athletic director

in a really bad spot they can do whatever they want I promise I won't care one way or another too

much but I I think if I were running the program I don't I don't think he would play at least not

and I don't know I'd have to talk it through but this is this is not ideal let's just put it

that way I initially thought this was for like some minor possession and some my answer reaction

was like he's going to play and why wouldn't he it's 2026 what are we doing and then you learn

what's actually happening here it's like okay that does change the the perspective on a little bit

just one hell of a headline man um of all the schools okay um Tennessee gonna play the winner

of SMU and Miami I'm not when I got home late GP after we podcasted I flipped on um bracket breakdown

on CBS Sports Network watched a good 30 45 minutes as I toured through and I did hear you talk

about this game we are in lockstep sure pick SMU now I'm not talking you I'm talking everyone

listening like there are seven and a half points favorite I get it I'm gonna lean into the story

like if we're if we're wrong who cares like I'd love to see it happen I'm so I'm gonna pick Miami

to beat SMU and yeah what the hell why not I don't care I'm taking Miami to win a game Josh click

him over yep Miami beats Tennessee uh that is a long shot I am very aware Miami is going to need

to shoot better than 40% from three and Tennessee will destroy that team on the offensive glass

it will be carnage but stranger things have happened we once saw the smallest team in the country be

a team that was the number one seed with Zach Edie so it wouldn't be the biggest shocker

nevertheless we'll lean into it and and have a little fun I will take Virginia to get past right

state with Ryan Odom man would have start for that team in that program in year one 29 wins and

almost certainly gonna get the 30 that's good stuff for for the Wahoo's Kentucky Santa Clara I'm

still here I'm still here as I was 24 hours ago I got no idea on this game I got no idea what's

so ever I think I've got Santa Clara in my CBS bracket yeah let's go Gales uh uh Gales let's see

see Mary's let's go Broncos let's go Clara get it done all right Santa Clara into the second

round and then Iowa State back up to the top I'll go Michigan over slew I will go whoo man I've

got tech versus Bama in this spot right now I'm going Texas tech right now I guess subject to

change but for the purposes of the show right now yes I will go I will go Texas tech to the sweet

sixteen and then I'll have Virginia moving along to the regional semis beating Miami and then I

will have Iowa State moving along as well getting past her Sunday's team and then man I did not want

what do I have here it's too much chalk whatever all right give me Michigan

Michigan and then I give me Iowa State to get past Virginia and then I will go Iowa State which

I've had from the get go my final four teams I won't change I think I'm going to stick with this I'll

go down with the ship I'll go Iowa State to Indianapolis all right Michigan obviously advances out

of the round of 64 I've got them playing St. Louis in the um round of 32 I've got St. Louis

over Georgia but St. Louis is like kind of like went from this incredible story now and like

four and four in their past eight I know there's a total stop last year in the tournament I think

they played Gonzaga there were a no show now it's a little bit of a different team but I kind of

can't get that out of my head I'll take Texas take over Akron and Alabama over Hofstra then yeah

I've got Tennessee knocking out whoever it plays Miami Ohio SMU like you said I don't know that

outside of like the national championship contenders anybody has more pressure on them

to in this tournament than Miami Ohio just in terms of perspective there's going to be a whole

army of folks you can't wait to tell them they were never any good that they never belonged

if they if they don't win a game and so I'd like for them to not have to hear that

for the rest of their lives so I'll take Miami Ohio Ohio for the sake of the story over SMU

but then I've got them eliminated in the round of 64 by Tennessee I've got Virginia over

Wright State Santa Clara over Kentucky that's gonna be one of those that's gonna sound like a big

upset it's not like the those teams cost different amounts of money but they're not really

different caliber of teams based on the way they've played through 19 weeks of the season I told you

earlier I'm gonna have three WCC teams in at least the round of 32 that's that means I had to

get Santa Clara past the wild cats in the round of 64 I've got Iowa State over Tennessee State

circling back Michigan over slu I've got Alabama over Texas Tech in the bracket that I filled out

but given that Holloway news I'll flip that to Texas Tech Texas Tech over Alabama I've got Virginia

over Tennessee Iowa State over Santa Clara then Michigan over Texas Tech Michigan to the elite

eight Iowa State Virginia should be terrific but I got Iowa State getting past the Cavaliers

then I've got Michigan over Iowa State another one seed so my final four is St. John's Huston

Arizona Michigan two one seeds a two seed and a five seed and I like that you got the five

seed there something about the Midwest to me that region I'm smelling chaos and I didn't have it in

my picks but I'm smelling a little bit of something there okay let's get to our final four actually

before we get to our final four one one quick thing a whole bracket take a look at take a look at it

which even though it's not likely and I want to dive into this a little bit more in tomorrow's

podcast which team how about which team that is 12 or worse do you give the best chance

to get to the sweet 16 12 or worse I'll go first because I've got South Florida right now so

that doesn't count there in 11 I think of all of them on the board because we get we typically we

get this in a given tournament we didn't get it last year Arkansas was a 10 and was the only

double digit seed I think among you got to be a 12 or worse I'm taking into their their potential

matchups with this as well Parish I feel like the answer is McNeese if they can get past Vandy I

could see them matching up well with Nebraska there are 12 in the south and the bottom

after your bracket this is a bit at least in dart throwing but I just off the top of your head

which one do you think might be might the team do it okay so there's two let me be clear I don't

think any I don't think anybody see the 12th or worse will be in the sweet 16 but best chance to do

it look at the team like Akron because in the round of 64 you get a Texas tech team without JT top

and I know they've still been good in moments without JT top in but they're still without their best

player and then in the round of 32 if you win that one you could play short-handed Alabama or at

least Alabama dealing with some distractions so perhaps that's set up for them the other one

again not predicting it but could I see it a high point getting past Wisconsin and then you know

every once in a while the John Calipari has gotten caught early in an NCAA tournament again I'm not

predicting it but if you're looking for 12 seeds or worse high point Akron might make some sense so

here's what we're going to do nor liner you're going to give me your teams that are going to

advance to the title game you're going to give me your national champion and then we're going

we have to I'm sorry then we're going to take one more break and then come back then I'm going to

give you my my teams that are playing for the title and my national champion and then and then

and then we'll shut out Devin Downey and then I'm going to take a nap probably if we're being

honest how's that sound and for everyone watching on YouTube they're going to see chat GP as you

got dead last night in the chat we're going to get to hear chat GP oh I hope so yeah and I hope

said I'm really looking forward to that you realize every time we do that I go let's hear a word

from our partners and then I go rip my ear out go down here but I'll have to deal with it I don't

want to deal with it's too good all right let's bring up that bracket again Josh if we could my

final four this will not change I guess I promise I hope I think I've got Yukon and Houston on the

left side of the bracket playing in Indy there's a couple of two seeds I'll take the cougars to get

it down against the Huskies and win and get back to the national title game if we get if we get

Dan Hurley and Calvin Samson and and matching wits in that game that would be outstanding now yeah

by virtue of this I have I have Huskies three times and four years making the final four and I and I

do admit like that's with the way that Yukon has looked coming down the stretch it's a little bit

harder for sell again I just think it happens to be a good value play to get him to the final four

as always we'll see and I'm very very willing able and ready to be wrong on the right side I've

got Arizona against Iowa State and what do we have here folks what do we have in this incredible

unforgettable epic season that we've got and been gifted with so far I have not by intention it's

just I filled out the bracket and then I realized on the desk last night look what I've got I've

got a rematch of probably the best game of the entire season which just went down last Friday

in Kansas City Arizona 82 Iowa State 80 Jane Bradley with the buzzer beater incredible play up

and down the floor both sides Milan mom chilevich had eight three pointers in that game we saw

Jane Bradley be an absolute stud Anthony Delorso had his career high I've got these teams

squaring off again in the final four cyclone fans I know you're thrilled I got you the final

four at least I would think but I got you losing here I got Arizona getting it done so I have

yet another big 12 match up and yes I have another battle between Houston and Arizona this is a

rematch of the big 12 championship game it would be the third match up between these two teams not

just this season but when it happens it would be the third time and I think seven weeks a span

Arizona won at Houston back in February it won against Houston by five in the title game but I

don't have them going three and oh give me the cougars to win the national championship and beat

Arizona in a classic Kelvin Samson gets his title and gets I guess Avengers fulfills after a year

ago being one shot away they get it done here I find Houston to be one of the best value plays

as a two seed to pick to win your office pool you're going to see a lot of people going with Duke

casuals that don't know about the foster situation you'll see a lot of people pick Florida because

they won the title a year ago they're going to see Florida with a one next to its name again and

that's going to obviously make plenty of sense why they're going to do that you're going to see

Arizona because Arizona is going to be the most popular title pick of any team in this bracket and

you'll see Michigan because Michigan's a huge brand from the big 10 that's on TV a lot and has won

a lot of games in high profile fashion by destroying other teams they're all viable they can all win

the national title in my opinion Houston is just as capable has the experience has the talent has the

coaching so why not take a shot give me the cougars to cut down the nets nor lander with Kelvin

Samson at the age of seven beginning a national championship so my final four is of course St. John's

Houston Arizona and Michigan yes we only agree on one team two teams sorry Houston and Arizona

you know how I feel about my red storm but you also know I do you say you claim to hate them

no that's old no we're back together now we're back together we got back together

and this usually works out well volatile relationship you didn't you didn't hear we got back together

we went through counseling we went we we got some help yeah we needed to get some help okay

but we we're on good terms now all right it was bumpy everybody knows it was bumpy

but we're on good terms now we're back together me in the red storm you know how I feel about my red

storm but you also know how I feel about my kelvin's hamson I'm taking Houston over St. John's

the red storms magical run it ends right there yeah on the other side I've got Arizona and

Michigan two one seeds these are two of the three teams that have been at the tip top of the sport

basically the entire season I could see either one winning I've got Michigan advancing I've got

Michigan in Houston playing for a national championship and if I could write it I think the

best story you could write in this NCAA tournament outside of Bob Richie we do not have the same

title winner doing I think the best story would probably be Bob Richie get it done for firmament all

right but short of that give me shot clock off down to we're in Indy Houston's got the ball

the manual sharp comes off a Kingston Fleming finds him and he pulls true buzzer beater

bang j right style after not being able to get a shot off in the final seconds of the title

game a year ago a manual sharp berries it Houston national champion kelvin samson national champion

a manual sharp most outstanding player in the final four Kingston Fleming's future Memphis grizzly

okay didn't need that part but okay do we dare dream yes we did I would be

as storybook as it possibly gets in a tournament and in a sport that empowers such incredible

stories to happen we'll see if we're see if we're right you and me same title winner feel like

three or four of the past six tournaments we have actually been on the same page with some of

these title picks I could be entirely wrong and we're going to be the smartest podcast of the

dumbest podcast and I'm ready for both I'm pretty sure I know which one either way I'm pretty sure

I know which one we're gonna be back tomorrow with another one so with that in mind that's a show

yes hey nobody else get to hear my voice the rest of the night I will not talk even if I go to

dinner I'm just gonna text my orders no talking for me gotta rest my voice rest my voice for March

you know real TV people actually do like rest of voicing stuff yeah I don't I don't rest

all rest my voice at all I'm gonna try it tonight Shasta Devon Downey Shasta Chester South Carolina

Shasta Terry Tego he's a legend hook and Lauren now thank you guys once again for watching and

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