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Okay. Let's go. [Music] Welcome to part of my take, presented by draft Kings, the crown is yours. Today is Monday, March 16th, and we've got brackets boys. It is time. March madness. You're that. Ooh, it's so nice. You're that right there. It is so nice. Beautiful, beautiful thing.

The selection committee has done their job. By the way, credits a selection committee. There's really no issues whatsoever. Maybe some seed lines that we can argue about.

But the first two out were Oklahoma and Auburn, and they deserve to be out.

Yeah, the bubble, the bubble sucked this year. Maybe in all time bad bubble. So that job wasn't that hard for them. I think the biggest controversy that you can have and we can believe this out maybe because I don't even want to say that loud. Do kind of got

“fucked a little bit. Nah. As the number one overall. The best. That's what I'm saying. Like,”

if the one not that you have against the committee is that they kind of fucked over Duke, like you did a great job committee. Credit to me. There was a clip that I was I saw on Saturday night. Someone gave John Shire's, I think, like, eat Earl, daughter of press credential, and she was in the shoes in the scrum and asked them a question. I didn't comment. That's huge. I think she asked that. How do you win every game? And they've lost two. But I'm not going to say anything more.

Also, we don't we don't call coaches dad. We call him coach. She in the post. His response was because I have the best daughter in the world. Imagine being a loser seeing that. Being like, well, fuck me, dude. I guess I had nothing to do with this. Yeah. It was just because you have a daughter. I do like that, though, because there's a lot of reporters that don't like it when

“other reporters refer to the coaches coach. That's not professional. What did they say?”

About dad. Yeah. Say, hey, keep that same energy for an eight-year-old girl as you have for a 45-year-old man. Yeah. So you guys were in perilous flight, but the selection show.

Having to watch Bruce Pearl just squirm as Auburn stayed on the bubble and never got off the bubble

was so, so great after his polyticking last week. But again, I think that's like this bracket and it also worked out kind of perfectly that you had natural seedings for like Arizona out west, Duke in in the east, Michigan, and Chicago, like the only one Florida got maybe a little bit screwed that they're playing in Houston and Houston is the two seed in their region. But yeah, besides a couple seed lines, the the committee nailed it. They got my interval higher in there

and we're ready to roll. Yeah, my told you Hank guarantee. Yeah, my guarantee. I said guarantee.

one team that they could be a Nat Lodge, I feel like they could beat it. I've only watched, I think

“two SMU games this year. I've watched two Miami-Voile games. But just from what I know, it feels like”

that's one, that's a winnable game. Yeah, there's some other teams who are playing games. Well, it's in date and it's very close to, it's going to be a home crowd for Miami-Voile. There's another, there's a couple of them teams where it's like two physical of a matchup might not have worked out for him. I did get to watch the selection show on the plane. And yes, Bruce Pearl, like sweating. And every time a different bubble team would get on, he'd just be like,

that's bad, that's bad news for us to bubble. And what he was really meeting to say was like, that's bad news for my son for my son. Yeah. Yeah. So good job committee. Ready to roll. Let's do a quick break down of each region. And then we'll, like I said, we have John Rossy on who I'm excited to hear. I'm mostly excited for his east region because his east region will start there is so loaded with name brands and coaches. If you go through it, the, there are seven

coaches I believe that all all been to the final four, 22 final fours between them. Shire and Cronin have one, Hurley has two, one, two national titles both times. He went, self has three, Latino has seven and iso has eight. And in, in, in that group, there's seven national championships.

“And then if you want to even go further out, like in terms of just name programs, there's 30”

national titles for programs in this region. It's based, and then the, the teams that don't have it are like Ohio State, which is a pretty big name brand in general. So it's, it's definitely the region that has the most blue bloods and name brands and coaches that are absolute killers. And if you wanted to argue about one seed that maybe got screwed, St. John's got a little screwed. I think yeah, St. John's, the argument could be made that they should have gotten a better seed than Kansas.

Yeah, there's a couple, there's a couple of four seeds, I think that kind of stood out and St. John's was thinking they were going to be before. It was just more of a testament to the Big East being soft. Big East was very soft this year. But looking at even the high seeds in that bracket, they've still got some history behind them. Yeah, like the high seeds Northern Iowa, Zianna, like teams that are are pretty like making some noise have provided us with some good

storylines over the years. Yeah, I, I was trying to think what John was going to call that region, like, but it's impossible to predict raw season. Yeah, I don't even want to, I don't even want to guess. And here's past, I would be like that he's done like the, the region of coaches before he's been like a name, but I'm sure he's got a new wrinkle force. The other thing in this region, I, I immediately saw, we're doing the live bracket reveal show and I was just calling out all the

unders that I would potentially take, which I'm not going to because I don't want to bed and under on in March madness, but looking through it, five of the top 12 defenses in the tournament are in this

region. So Duke is the second best Kansas is 10th, you count 11, St. John's 12, and Mission State 13,

Cincinnati was also top 13. They didn't get, they didn't get into the tournament. And then TCU and Louisville are right out the top 25. So you have seven teams in the top 25 in terms of defensive efficiency in this bracket. It's going to be a slug fest. It's going to be a, a brawl, and I'm excited for it because I, I'm looking at it. And like even the Northern Iowa St. John's game, that's a Northern Iowa is a mother fucker in the fact that I don't think they're that good. They were

the six seed and arch madness, but they were, they, they play so slow and they'll slow you down and make it such as low possession game that anything can happen. And so what's the news with Patrick Gangba from Duke? Ah, he should play. He should play. He should play. He should play. Okay. He's like kale foster not play most likely. Okay. That's and actually I actually don't know the answers to this because again, Shire's daughter like took away. I think the next report was

going to ask that, but they were pressed for time. So now we'll never know. Yeah. Again, I'm not

gonna say, he took a good step today is what I'm seeing. Yeah. He took a step. He took a good step trending towards playing in the tournament. We also have in this, in this region, something I want to get, I don't like to predict, you know, second rounds, but and we'll see if, if Billidoo comes back

“for UCLA because he's very important and he got hurt on Friday night, I believe. It's all,”

it's all kind of one song here with, with everything that we watched, but if he doesn't come back and UCF wins and UCON wins, we got a civil conflict in the second round. That's what I'm looking at. Get the trophy out. A good old civil kind. And if UCF doesn't win, you still have Mick Crone and Danny Hurley second round. Yeah, which is pretty. Although Danny, or Mick Crone is once again, screwed has to go all the way to Philadelphia. He's does not like playing in these

or time zone. Yeah. This has to piss him off beyond belief. Yeah. And he has to fly again. I mean,

Yeah. And I, listen, I kind of like, Ohio State's played very, very hot. I think TCU's like a big

“game team. They've, they've stepped up in class a couple times this year and I think they'll have”

Bruce Thornton, not in hell, but they have a good answer for it. Ohio State TCU or two teams that are kind of playing at the, at the point right now of Duke is not healthy. Not Duke's going to win it all. Duke's healthy. Duke's healthy. Duke's healthy. Duke's healthy. Can, can somebody tell me how many times Michigan State has been in the same bracket as Duke? I feel like, I feel like that's every year. I love it. Right. They just love having iso go up against the blue devil. I don't know if

you can look it up. We don't have the, the computers not set up for, we're looking at a beautiful forest right now. Yes. A winter landscape. That looks great. Zach, if you want to, if you want to look that up and just tell me, I'll trust you. Yeah. I don't know Zach and Max were talking, so I don't know if they hurt us. Okay. But Zach, you know what, look up whatever you think we said. Let's just play that game. That sounds good. Look up. It's close to whatever you think we said,

and then we'll just go from that. This is going to be interesting to see what he looks up.

“Just as many words as you can remember that we said and then go there. Hank, how do you like Duke's”

draw? It's bad draw. It's tough draw. But there are, there are odds on drunkings having proof. We talked about that. You've said they're chewing to win. Think there are 330 and the last week, they're not up plus 300. Okay. So that's good. That's good. Zach has started with word iso. He's stuck on it. Well, that's right. Yeah. We're a good start. We're in the right ballpark. Iso versus coach K in March. Oh, there we go. Is close enough. I did this. Oh, you just,

you just looked that up? Well, I, yes. Oh, I thought Zach was controlling. Iso has a, no, I control. Oh, I, I just went in there to change the, God at the TV. Go. In Zach's looking up something on his phone. What are you looking up on your phone Zach? I had tied out Iso versus Coach K total. Okay. Okay. Just since 2019, four out of six tournaments, we're both participating. They were in the same region. Love it. They loved it. And that's just since 2019.

I mean, they are always in the tournament. Yeah. But I mean, when they're in, I'm sure they're always

in that same bracket. Yeah. Any other thoughts on the East region? Can I'm so excited for whatever roster he's going to drop it on us? Could be fucking great. I kind of like the, the, the, the pull at the heartstrings story, South Florida. Brian Hodgson, who's the coach, South Florida's really, really good coach, part of the NATO's Rico Bosco coaching tree. He's from Buffalo was an orphan. I think I saw that his dad has dementia has never been able to see him coach live and they're playing

in Buffalo, so he's going to get to see him. That's super cool. So very, very cool. We're also, by the way, we're going to do, we're going to run it back. No, South Florida, not UCF. Yeah, Brian Hodgson. Yeah, he's from Buffalo. We're going to run back what we did last year, because I thought it was great. We're going to each pick a region and do fun facts about each team. And I've also told Zach, he's going to do Zach Facts about every team. So he'll clean up behind us. One fact about every

60, 68 pack. Yes, Zach Facts. Six, six, eight piece to round it off. Yeah. It's going to be great. Okay. Uh, the West region, Arizona. Arizona's really good. That's all. That was how I wanted to start that one. So, so fucking good Arizona. I have a staff for you for Arizona. Arizona has 12 wins over ranked opponents this year. That's 38% of their wins. That's the most ever. And I also want to give a shout out to Arizona. Iowa State playing one of the best college

basketball games I've seen no long time on Friday night where there were 11 straight positions to end the game with a shot made. And it was just peak, peak conference tournament,

“peak March madness. The only thing that would have made it better is if they had played that on an”

LED TV. It was very slippery. Yeah. Other than that, it was the best game. I am kind of worried that we're just like one snafu and one minor groin injury is going to scare us away from having LED TV basketball courts for forever. Listen, all I know is that a lot of the losing teams were complaining. Not the winning team. It is a great excuse. I'll say that. Like, if you lose on the on playing on the TV surface, I saw Kansas State players complaining. They stink.

Yeah. You should not complain. Right. They just want to blame anything. So when this

bracket came out, do you think that the first thing that Arizona fans thought was just

ultimate PTSD of Wisconsin? Not the first thing because I think I think Arizona is just, I think Arizona might be the best team in the country right now, especially considering Duke and Michigan's injuries. It was probably like the second or third thing though. They definitely had it out there. I mean, Wisconsin's the back-to-back final for us in 2014 and 15. We had to

up against high point. I was initially nervous and I've calmed down because I looked. I did a deep dive into high point, not the school because we did that last year, which we'll do again this year. But they haven't played anyone. I know this is, I mean, anything can happen, but they have literally played not a, they didn't play a single quad one team. They played two quad two loop teams. They lost to both of them and their defense isn't very good and they're short.

They could listen, one basketball game offense could be electric, but I trust, I trust my guys. I trust our back court. So do they get wet? They don't know. They're good offense. Very good offense, but they don't, their defense is not. They want to turn you over and Nick pointed and John Blackwell. I trust them. Again, any, I, this could look stupid, but I've calmed down because initially I was like, oh, no, and everyone's going to try to pick a 12 over or five. I get it. So it is, it is the team of

Chase Johnson. Yeah. Then the new goal key that that might be emerging that does not do anything. But I have a new new goal goal key though. A newer goal key. New newer goal key hit that we didn't know was going to be in the tournament because they had to win today, but the newer newer goal key

“is from Penn and his TJ power. TJ power. I think he had like, what do you have today, Max?”

40 and he, he hits like 40. Yeah, he hits 44% from from three and his name is TJ power. TJ power is pretty crazy. He's the fucking man. 44. He had 44. They also, Penn, we'll get to Penn. They also have a guy. They also have a guy who shoots 41% from three and his name is Cam Throer. So they, Penn's got the next. Penn's got the same. So that that's my new goal key. But I,

honestly, my first reaction other than high point. My favorite player in the entire tournament

is Darius Akev. And the Arkansas and the way he plays, I would be a bad NBA GM. If they let me be an NBA GM, I'd take him one more. He's fucking love him. He is a fucking killer. He makes every right decision all the time. He is a stone-cold psychopath. He is the best. When he played, that game against Alabama, that went to overtime. Yeah. He was like, by far, the best player on the court, just absolutely dominant. And Cal, like, Cal has kind of had a second coming for the last couple years. Like,

there's something different about the way he's been coaching at Arkansas. Well, yeah, he got, yeah, it was like getting it in a new marriage. Yeah. Yeah. Arkansas. And it's, it's been fun to watch

“and Akev is, I think he's the most, definitely the most fun player to watch in college basketball.”

By far, he, and we, we had a moment on Friday night where we laddered his threes to six in the cave. He ended up only hitting five, but he hit four in the first half. And then he hit five again today. I'm retired, but we also laddered again today. But he just takes over games. And we were at the point where we would get, we'd get mad when he wouldn't take a three, but every time he wouldn't take a three, he was just doing it because he was making a perfect pass.

Yeah. Like a perfect alley hoop, a perfect, the defense collapses on him and he kicks it out. He just, he plays and he's got, you know what he's got? That you just, you just know it when you see it.

He's got that like incredible athlete, cool guy limp. When he's walking in the tunnel before

game, it's a, it's a, it's a limp that's not an injury. It's just that I'm cooler than everyone limp. Like a little bit of a, a gate to him that you're like, fuck, that guy is awesome. You know, he's got that, that stuff curry has that. Yeah. He's got like, you, you can tell a little off balance. I don't need to worry about matching my steps. Correct. You can tell. So that one that, our guitar is, like I said, a cup of this by favorite player to watch. It's also going to be very

fascinating to watch. So they're going up against why and why famously this year or they've been doing this, but they play no help defense, which essentially is just, hey, we're going to, we're going to have everyone be in one-on-ones and not let, you know, the kickouts, the, the collapse of the defense, the help. I don't know how you do that against Darius Aikov, because he will, I mean, he's just so good with the ball in his hands. So that's going to be a hell of a matchup. And then the other things I

had in this region, I have a new bet that I'd like to, uh, maybe throw out to you guys that already told memes this, a new bet, a new bet. Is it parlae? No. I saw somebody make a joke about this new bet.

“I don't want to say the joke that I saw. What? Our friend, Clujay would said, oh, is it one that wins?”

Oh, that was it. Yeah, that's whatever. Ha. Uh, the, I mean, I lose. Yeah. Good one, dude. I lose. A lot. This is the roll over over, though. Texas, NC State are playing in Dayton over. Whatever we went on that, BYU verse, the winner of that game over the roll over. You take the winnings and you roll over. Yeah. To another over. I, there's no defense. I like it. Um, B, I'm a little

shell shock from BYU watching that second, you remember that second half against Houston? Yeah.

guess what I've in my mind. Texas, they're not Houston. They're not Houston. They're not Houston. They're not Houston. They're all over whoever wants to join with me. We're going to bet the over. And then we're going to bet it. We're going to take all of our winnings and bet the double it up on the next over. I'm going for the roll over over. Of course. I'm down. Okay. I'm down. Uh, I'm in touch. You guys supporting me. I'm in touch. See what happens with with Purdue going up against a school

that's not going to exist in six months. Yes. Queens, Queens, which is not in New York. It's not a New York. It's calling call for that. And he was like, I think it's in New York. He's like, no, it's actually in North Carolina. It's about to be absorbed by Elon, like Starlink. So there's going to stay some over. Sit well. They're just going to combine schools. Did they get any naming

“rights? Uh, I don't know what the name of the school. I think it's just going to be like, remember the”

titans, like, I just queel on. I think they're going to be a Elon sounds kind of offensive. Yeah, I just did this to was to a school. You guys, yeah, we ate a school. Yeah, we ate a school could bring that. I could bring a D3 national champions. Look, Ross. We ate an entire school. You get to claim that that championship. Are you full? Sure. Yeah. I'm full. Needled. That's what they should do. Like, if you backs is on the needle now, do you just keep saying that? We're asking

what we want for Darius is already needle. Have you been, did you shoot yourself? No, my, my fiance did it for me. That's nice. Yep. I'm needled though. Your boys needle about to be. Did you looking in the bus? In the bus. Yeah. In the bus. We took a bus. I'm going to be the most proud GLP one guy of all. You're going to be, I was, you're going to be the chicken, the yellow dress dance

“and around. I was going to go around the park. I was going around the park yesterday telling everyone”

and people were like, I've never heard someone be this outright on on the GLP one. Max is on the gear.

Yeah. I asked Max. We were in the gambling game. I asked Max, don't you, don't you, like, shit a lot? And then Dana, who's been on the needle off the needle gang. He goes, he goes, no dad again. What? No, he just got back on. He was off. He was off. Now he's back on. He's beaten it. He's beaten it a few times. He's beaten those epic few times. He's eaten his way through. He didn't do fire. He only two people will beat those epic. But I was like, Max, are you going to just shit a lot

and did it just goes, no, no, don't worry dude. You don't shit and then you shit a lot. It was like, what? Okay. That's some really good doctor. He said it just it builds up for a while and then once you shit, you shit a ton. You mean Dana? Have you pooped yet? It's disgusting. No, I just took it this afternoon. Okay. So you, you haven't gotten to that point yet. Have you thought about chicken

palm? You got to do a poop review. Yeah. I mean, did you eat any lunch first? Yeah,

CLP one poop. This is my, this is speaking of the roll over over. This is just my region of over. Just like the east is the region of wonders. I'm just going to love every over in this region

“because a lot of teams don't play defense. I think so there are, let's see, one to six teams in the”

top 20 efficiency in offensive efficiency in the country in this region. I think Purdue got a great draw. Yeah. I do. I really do. I mean, yes. I think Gonzaga and Purdue. I think that's going to be a great. I think I'm going to have sweet 16 Purdue and Gonzaga. It's also got the ends up. Oh, man, you got to let Max do it. Max, you do it. I got to move the Michael way from my face here. Oh, hey, come on. Get a little more into it. Hey, let's go on. I know I tried. I tried. I knew

it was going to be. I don't understand doing it for the non-find team. It's just a vibes thing. Like, Max just yell it from across the court and everyone just be like, it's just vibes. Max just does it and we just do it. Max, how do you feel about your boys, about your cats? I can't say I've watched a ton of Utah State this year. But every every person I've talked to is like, this is just the best team of all time. So we're probably going to lose. But I'm going to have fun. I'm going to have fun,

you know, supporting my guys. I'm happy they're not a big team. We struggle with size. We just got to get hot from three. We shoot a lot of three. Sometimes we make a lot of them. Sometimes we don't. We just need this to be a game where we make a lot of them. The Utah State and Iowa are the two nines that are favored over the eighths. So not an upset if Utah State beats Filipino. Yeah, that means we should be able to get them for bracket busters. Yeah, you're right. I agree with that. I agree

with that. But it's, yeah, that in Max got the best time window. I got one of the worse. So Wisconsin

plays fourth game of the tournament. The last game of the first windows are slate. Max, you have

what Friday evening Friday at three o'clock. It's so perfect. I can enjoy all of Thursday. You want that. And then Friday I can like get myself a little bit of an appetizer. And then, you know,

What about your pride? What do they play? That's a good question. I don't know when they play.

“Hofstra plays. I think there's the Thunderdome. The, yeah, no, the Thursday early first four games”

sucks. Yeah. Because it's like, you could just, the tournament has turned him a happy old. I could just be, I just feel like I'm going home. Yeah. And I'm just don't want to be here. Oh, there can be plenty of the same time. What, Hofstra? Oh, no, Hofstra and Nova? Yeah, Hofstra is that. Yeah. Yeah, can we do that? I'm cut it down the middle. Yeah, I can maybe try and figure that out. Yeah.

Well, you just take two jerseys and you kind of down the middle. But then how I put them back together. It's so unsolved. You have your needles. You have needles. You're needleed. You're needleed. You're needleed. You're needleed. You're the needleed. You're the number one needle. We got. Use those needles. Although I did. You're needleed just a different needle. I shot my ass perfectly. Yeah. On front. It was, it was a beautiful shot right in the middle of the cheek. Just right in barely felt it. Bam, bam, thank you. Needle. Needle. Okay. Next region. Before we do that, actually. Real quick from draft kings.

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“Vandy got screwed. If you want to save teams it got seeds screwed. Vandy got screwed.”

Because Vandy is a very good team. They had a couple of blips when Duke Miles got hurt in the middle of the year

and they just won the SEC and got a five seed and potentially have to play Florida for a third time in the sweet 16.

I think Vandy got screwed. Yeah, we were doing a we're doing blind resumes and wake up four to last week and I think we had 12 different schools with their blind resume that were like bubble adjacent and out of those twelve schools I think I think Eight of them had as like a quality win that they had this year beating Vandy mm-hmm Like Vandy is the king of like if you beat them you can you can collect that's like right at the bubble of what you can claim as being a great win this season

our old coach from Jamie you've buyington yeah we we were the we had an error there when we had we had buyington and then obviously in football um yeah Jamie you cradle coaches but I do root for Vandy and even that weird gym where they line up the wrong spot uh so there's I mean the 12 12 best team on

on Ken Palm they started the season they didn't lose their first game they started season 16 you know

and they just won the SEC with a beat down a Florida of a pretty impressive win on against Tennessee or sorry they lost they didn't beat when the SEC they lost targets on today but they went to the final

“and they did it impressive fashion I think they got screwed a little bit you think that would be my team you think”

they're four I think they're probably a four and then we're getting the 12th best team in analytically on Ken Palm or which of the four would you drop out which of the four's probably Nebraska that's fair Nebraska has not beaten up a tournament they beat Iowa in the last game of the season and over time before that the last tournament team they beat was January 5th so Nebraska had a great start to the season I guess they're kind of similar in Nebraska and Vandy where they both were if you looked at you know in this you know January

first both those teams were like holy shit they're incredible Vandy just did a little bit more

in the SEC tournament by beating Florida and Tennessee but this this entire region yeah I mean it's Florida got that's a tough draw to play potentially in the sweet 16 against the team that you just lost to in the SEC tournament and I think that Houston got a very nice draw and I think Illinois too Illinois is going to be in the sweet 16 I don't I don't think North Carolina is very I might pick VCU to beat North Carolina in the first round yeah and that's not a huge crazy upset because they're only

two and a half point favorite but I like I like chalk in in in the south outside of I think Vandy's going to go to I think we Vandy Florida Illinois in Houston that's my chalkiest region so with Penn I'm sure Rossing will bring this up but I did see that he mentioned this is the 15 that Fran McAfrey has taken the tournament so he took Lehigh UNCG Sienna Iowa and now Penn the Quakers

got a little bit screwed just with matchup lies because they have to play last year they went

up against Vandy and Alabama St. Mary's one of those schools like just don't don't make them play against a really fast tempo SEC school but they're going to have to do that and they're going to play Bucky Ball with Texan yeah the south is answering region because I don't think it's the strongest region outside of Florida and Houston and Houston's playing great right now and Houston also gets to play at home if they get to the sweet 16 so but between in that Illinois Penn game is

at the matchup of the two guys who can get the hottest yeah I mean he's a power and mom silage yeah and I think I think Illinois is I think Illinois's significantly better said no duh right they did limp in a little bit I mean Wisconsin we beat them on Friday but we could have whatever all this is is really really good the number one offense in the country we could have a dude off in that game yeah are you just counting waggler no I'm not it could be okay it could be if you do that would be the

dude yeah yeah this yeah we'll see I like that with my future at Florida I do like to draw in the fact that they're not going to be surprised by Vandy after what Vandy did to him yesterday no and again I would probably lean Houston to go to the final four especially with the fact that they're going to have home games if they get to the sweet 15 what are we doing a game like Clemson and Iowa on what what should we do with that under TV under under and don't watch I got to figure out a strategy

for because I do I like to take a occasional wonders in these games especially if I just lose like

“three overs in a row that's what I mean I need a strategy for making it bearable to to watch the”

games that I bet the unders are under they are the second and fourth slowest teams in the tournament

and Ben McCallum who came from Drake he wants to he wants to grind it out just suck the Amazon I'm also probably going to take Iowa in that game okay last region the Midwest region Michigan who just lost a Purdue produced playing hot Michigan I feel like they got a pretty decent draw because you have Texas tech who without top in as a different team in Alabama I mean they can get hot but they also can look really not great defensively and at the rim they're a little soft

so I don't I don't hate Michigan's draw here you know Michigan I think you're happy if you're Wolverine fan yeah I was state I was think I had a great draw yeah I like Iowa state strike and I like Virginia's the one team in that in that group that would cause I'm not scared of Kentucky I think I think they're going to beat him oh thank what was that just put my hands up sorry oh he put his hands up playing us um watch here watch above your head that

things about the fall yeah you're about to get brained with a bear smug maybe not rush more where if you died by getting brained by not rush more hey what's going through your head right now not rush more we're down down to our last strike it's 2-1 U.S. on the nose there's on his clearly from America yeah he's made some some generous calls I think it's came young got a dig deep dig deep here you will obviously just because he's from America doesn't mean he's

hurting for America yeah it's true good point man really good point it's off of the calls that he is made in the last couple of things really good point I think he is Hank was being so annoying in the car on the right over here we were watching the world based but and Hank was just like he was coming himself when J-Ride had that catch that robbed during judge of a home run Hank was like turn it up turn it up in your face disgusta here there we go Hank talk us through it to

team you live and die all we took it three two man on third have you love watching Austin

“Wells you like that's why that that would be me yeah he gets managed in the dugout having fun”

three three three two count man on third two outs oh nope I will say this oh you guys are right Roman Anthony stepped up to the play and Hank goes like I wouldn't I wouldn't hate it if this guy hit a home run oh wow yeah they're gonna you guys are gonna win and it's because of a Roman Anthony go ahead home run like I can live with that yeah of that's like the best but if they win any other way you the worst case you're down in the dump yeah soggy sorrows is the minute we're

public lose I don't think so if they lose the final it's only the the semis is a hell of an a bat there's a hell of an a bat hey the user had I mean there's a miller it's how you compete come on Hank how far ahead we're about 10 seconds ahead so far ahead Hank just watch the TV behind he's watching it he's not taking out his phone and he's reversing the camera so you can watch it

“said you could just turn around actually I think it's super smart that's the best thing he's ever done”

and it looks like it's a lefty pitch oh there you go oh god oh that was a ball that was a ball

sorry for your loss Hank not not oh man what a game that was and will you be rooting for

“the winner of Venezuela and Italy to beat the US and the fall yeah you can't refer I mean you”

don't you can't you don't like that one at Italy yeah you don't like it that's well it can be fun big van all you gotta do is watch one Venezuelan game and you'll you'll be hooked instantly I will say that Dominican Republic they they like changed their entire mentality after getting thrown out at third base you seem like they were afraid on the base pads like three or four times they just they put the brakes on they didn't want to get thrown out again just mentally dominated

I will also I've I've never seen Mani Machado run to first base my life and tonight he put his

head down and was like a bad out of hell out of the batters box tonight if you're a pottery's fan you're watching this you're like where the fuck is this Mani that she's just swept up into the

“yard like that but like I would it took my breath away watching Mani Machado hit a ground ball”

and immediately head down take it off yeah hey what's going through your head just you just sad for the sad run it's just a sad run yeah three more years any regrets no no regret nothing happy for him Anthony but you regret nothing and pick in the wrong side the losing side the more fun side out oh you know it's fun winning yeah I mean winning is a lot of fun the I'm just calling ball strikes like that was a huge difference those last two weeks this was as congrats to you as

I using the car myself a Paulsky and I I like he's a true oh there's such a huge amount of part of my team right now yeah by the way Ken Rose don't

get the fuck out of here dude I'm so sick of this guy ever since that first thing last year

he's such a loser get him out I mean he had I don't want him anywhere near me anymore he had maybe the quote of the century earlier tonight he said Fernando Tattis said the Dominican Republic is like a bunch of superheroes nine Batman if you will Paul schemes is a closest thing we have to Superman so he was saying who wins nine Batman or one Superman that's a terrible comparison yeah not that then would beat the shit out of one Superman I'm so sick of Ken Rose

double that should have been like a careerender way he reacted we're looking yeah yeah he's just a jerk you like you would just tell a guy is it you know I'm all for second chance but you could tell he's just a jerk and so like why why do we why do we let a jerk we didn't really he didn't handle the second chance that well no no he he trying to explain his way out of it I'm happy for Paul schemes I am too okay Midwest yeah I uh Hank was calling him Big Dom that's

what he was going Dominican Republic big Dom you are yeah nice Potter big Dom yeah I just love watching Max wait every time big Dom gets brought up okay do you want to take a shot at an early final four again we're going to do our full bracket breakdown with dumb facts about each team on Wednesday show we also marked Titus any you want to yeah

my this never really start their final four is my early finally final four everyone share it

go for it means you got one means I know you've filled out a million brackets the first one I filled out I had St. John's coming out I don't have my paper front of me St. John's Houston Arizona and Iowa State Arizona went the whole thing okay I'm gonna go with Duke Arizona Houston Virginia Duke obviously winning the whole thing I mean it's not even again why play I'm gonna go with Michigan State I'm gonna go with Houston

“Arkansas and I think I'm just gonna go Michigan okay out of Midwest I used to win it all okay”

I'm gonna go fourth year in a row yep I'm gonna go listen you got to get it you can't get it you can't stop yeah you gotta get it eventually Duke Illinois Michigan Wisconsin I knew you were gonna do that with Duke beating Wisconsin in Indy so you got three of your big 10 teams I knew you could do that okay max that we'll do okay can we just say that honestly that would probably be the most listen to podcast of part of my take it happened especially if Wisconsin had a half-time

lead yeah and beating Michigan would be awesome yeah I mean almost I was the Saturday

the whole time I was thinking like if the batteries can pull this off I might I would obviously

“still be rooting for Wisconsin when it all but I might sneaky have to root for Michigan because”

then I would raise a banner in our office with an astra being like but couldn't beat Wisconsin yeah because it had been two times that we beat him and had Dave here do a banner cutting day or a ribbon cutting day for the banner all right go ahead max Saint John's Florida Arizona Iowa State okay and winner the Duke disrespect is disgusting right hey disgusting disgusting I will do Iowa State over wow Saint Johns okay Zach finishes off and we'll do who's back the week

I'm gonna go Yukon Florida BYU Akron oh Akron love that I'm gonna take Akron to win win all just a kid love that just love that love the zips tip off just I thought I might zip up let's just say should I be worried about that's knowing that we're on bracket busters together no some things won't transcend the busters will we'll bust together

“memes and I were thinking about letting you just bust I think we got three man busts”

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it grab a refreshing twisted T today okay who's back the week hang by the way I've looked at the the pitch a little bit more those there's a bunch of pictures well I mean the last one if I could change it I would for your beloved Dominican Republic but unfortunately we can well the thing is nobody's more upset about that than I am yeah I want to see the better team win because I'm most first and foremost I'm a fan of fairness and sports and that to me it doesn't

pass that test but you can't take it back I mean the game's over you can't send the guys back on the field now I guess and are you making excuses no okay no excuses no excuses but it's bullshit okay and I thought you know whatever what they obviously aren't doing the new Empire rules that they're implemented here why not wouldn't this be a perfect time to implement it you think so you would think so but no excuses but no excuses again if we could

change that yeah like I would love if I had a magic wand my first wish would be go back and

put the robot on pires into this game so that so we can get it so that the U.S. might not win

“yeah that's what I would love to say so that hey could continue his wonderful ride with Dominican”

Republic it was a great ride magic magic it's over over two games watched no two games watched yeah to probably two games in some highlights yeah what a ride magic wand would be a great nickname if we were listening we were listening on the drive tonight the sound was cutting in an out pft was just a not doing play by play at one point yeah it's painful great play by play okay you're who's back my who's back speaking of you know not winning is just not being able to win

the big one yeah few Dominican came in the big one Timothy Shalame yeah did not win did you hear there might have been someone uh part of the pmt team who made a guarantee on Timothy Shalame winning that who would it's a shame yeah our number one movie guy shame guaranteed it corn dog that's all he does is watch movies I know he said he guaranteed it just we that's all he does if we what we were watching in the cave and he's just like what Michael B. Jordan how could that happen

but she knows a guaranteed whole top chain oh bro that's tough Shalame in win one yeah

yeah but he's he's now in that like can he win the big one it's bit something it's his third time

nothing can't win the nothing show as I mean Katelyn Clark yeah can't win the big one as you

year I I disagree I don't think he got to come on it was fine it was good movie I didn't think it was his

good as it's I don't think it was like the greatest movie no I liked one battle more one battle did you see centers I did not see centers I you're about to say centers and then I know I did I didn't see centers I I saw half of the the debate we're having here and the half that I saw don't think deserve to win can't speak for the other half to say it was very good too I'm sure it is I probably watch at some point I liked one battle more than Marty Supreme but it's best actor I understand

“should have been Pinesio thing is supporting I don't know if you want he should have been lead I think he did win”

I think this is just make it lead actor even for the supporting guys like if you're the if you're the funniest guy in the movie no I think Sean Penn won supporting for one battle for what makes sense yeah that would make a walk he he kind of had that little limp walk yeah in that movie um yeah they should just have like a chillist dude award Pinesio would win that one okay so challenge them Dominican Republic now I just saw Marsbury I saw one battle too okay did anyone see centers you saw centers I saw centers

finishes the debate for us was Mike will be Jordan more worthy of of winning than Timothy challenge this is great as a collective podcast we saw both of these movies one battle one best picture I understand it good yeah that's all should of that's the one movie

you're arguing no we're arguing Timothy shit we're up basically not arguing you're not arguing

“Timothy shit you're just arguing that you liked one battle better correct that is what he said”

and also one well but no but he said can't win the big one and I'm saying didn't really deserve it didn't think Marty's work you're just going off of the movie correct oh but as an as an individual the big one is best actor right everybody knows that correct it's MVP debate that's MVP just go to the best quarterback on the best team every year Marty supreme shouldn't of wasn't good enough to as a movie for him to win the big one well let's just say like if you took if you took

shall me out of Marty supreme and you replaced him with let's say McConaughey has a movie do probably fun is it as good I like shall me a lot I didn't really love that movie again this has nothing to do with best actor I'm more clowning on Shane for having a guaranteed it didn't come to him but Max who is better Michael be Jordan a shall me I like shall me okay all right see I thought I like sinners as a movie better I like shall me shall me got robbed I like Marty's

pre-miss movie better than sinners but I like Michael be Jordan you didn't watch sinners Zach well yeah that's so Zach did you watch both these I haven't seen either of those movies but I'm gonna take shall me memes did you watch both these I like Frankenstein okay nice nice if you only go to see one movie in theaters all year and that movie ends up winning best picture that's a hell of a year yeah job well done that's a hell of a year I'm pumped I watched the goani in the world

oh I did see that but it was in my house but goani's awesome yeah the only one I saw in theaters as part I didn't see I was I saw one battle in my house as well oh wow you got you got a fucking you live in a movie theater bro what yeah you heard I saw it on my couch you live in a movie theater shout-out stuff do we have a comment from Shane how did he we'll get him for lottery ball okay but shall make can't win the big one blood big a bear can't win the big one yeah big time can't

another joke joking the masters it's a water choke today huge choke he had a dot is home course

going into Sunday choke and I put him on my list of guys that will never bed again after he took

in the masters and then I forgot about putting him on the list better again this week and yeah it was it was a nightmare choke job damn came in the big one hmm can't do it was that the big one it's a big one fifth major it's a big one but not the big one can't be a big one and it the big one is different than a big one and golf there's like five big ones six big ones okay but what's the big one depends touch the ask okay the matter you can win the masters and then the another

chance to win a big one but there's no all big one is different than the big one okay apologies well not a big one win a big one the big one a master of not winning the Oscars you can't really

“win a one yeah has he won a one you can't win a mid one I think he's won a tournament he's won one”

okay but not a big one it was disgusting but I guess maybe no it's all there's only one big one so I guess I was wrong there a testy thing just say the big one is the big one with the big one B the masters which he didn't win yeah so you can't win that one either yeah

because he feels like he does have like the personality of a drone just what he gets under pressure

“he just melts down and most guys that that had that like robotic personality they don't have the”

the choke gene hmm yeah water multiple times right yeah okay PFT year who's back the week my who's back the week is taking medical advice from strangers on the internet nice so um I don't know if you got anybody that sent this to big cat I had a couple people that sent it my way out of concern for a friend Hank on Thursday we were watching the watching some college basketball on TV and Hank had his foot up for most of the night put his foot down took a step and just completely

crashed out onto the ground yeah the case of the old num leg fell into the ground um I was glad

that you were okay yeah the first question I asked was can I get that clip and then I immediately said

wait Hank are you okay and they said yeah I'm fine I'm like okay good now can I please get that clip and

“there's some guy on the internet that's telling Hank that he's 99% sure that Hank has”

Pinkree Titus oh because the num leg but the guy shot to this guy because he's not actually it's a fan of the show that wants to get talked about his first well Mr. Copeland's class is now it's play in medical danger his name is big pancreas okay which he only changed after this clip yes but I've had lots of people reach out to me being like hey is Hank all right in reality Hank's he was just sitting with his leg numb but now everybody's hit me up

being like hey is Hank gonna die I hope not now you're fine you have Pinkree Titus I'm not 99% sure shit dude that's not good I'm not to go get checked out I don't know how do you get that checked out make you shit in the cup or a doctor I did we did look up the the symptoms and one of the first symptoms which is like your shit smells like extra shit like oh we're smelling shit that you can possibly have I don't think that's true for me okay your shit's normal yeah okay my who's back

the week is Joe and beat because he is officially reached the perfect level I have something to say about this 485 games played 485 I have something to say about this is Joe and beat the only athlete in the history of sports that like gets clown for me that's a crazy stat I just do you know I just hear PFT's he just he climbed Hank well I wasn't counting you in sport yeah he's in sports media I'm an athlete not an athlete that's Derek Rose Derek Rose and everyone is like oh my god

that's that's that's a horrible shame what happened to Derek Rose's career I'm not going to get started to horrible shame what happened to Greg on career bring up for some reason Joe and beat

always gets hurt and it's like ha ha ha what a great athlete that's can't stay healthy

all right let's laugh in his face he's the only athlete ever that that anyone does yeah wait wait wait wait that name somebody else name somebody else micro oven being can cussed at veteran stadium comes to mind that is not the same thing at all because it's like not like a legacy thing what career right what you mean like no but and that was like one time that that like Philly fans were assholes about about yeah it was one time yeah Boston races Boston fans over

here being like oh yeah let's talk about Philly fans I can't think of it because it's so many people tag me in that and it's like what he it's the he's the only guy ever everyone is everyone is

always all what a shame that that this career wasn't the same thing because of injuries except

for Joelle and beat for some reason you're bring up fair points I just that's a crazy stat it happens how everyone happens but for some reason for Joelle and beat it's funny I haven't laughed what what injuries it now he's I is whatever I don't even know I just want to know some injuries are funny admit it some injuries are funny max you're you can hit the nuts you got you guys are oh no backs nobody would ever no I can't think of anyone else that gets made fun of being injured

it happens what athletes get made fun of being injured you're not athletes I'm not talking about me but if we you I mean I do consider him an athlete and it is funny when he gets

“injured sometimes that's true yeah I was talking about me max but if you want to talk about PFC we”

have laughed yeah before you know laugh at injuries Paul George he has an oblique injury peel make fun of him you can't say healthy yeah boy I'll be empty Davis nope yeah I laugh you get injured like every hit big bend and then he comes back

any place you're making a lot of good points and I'm going to I'm going to take into account you change the mind today great 45 45 but that and a lot of those games also were before he even started his MBA career which shouldn't even count I agree with that's good counterpoint fake stat so he's got a way to come more months for it to be real stat no that's that that's 82 games right yeah you see games you got it you got it you got a trust myself 83 if you play

entertainment or actually no those games don't come for any time yeah they exist outside the room so you're gonna play them reality yeah but they don't count comes for your body no one knows your body does you're your body yeah for sure if you get a tornado seal in a play in game I don't think it does no don't respawn the next day yeah yeah it could this is real stat that games played since February 1st 2024 Ben Simmons 59 Joell beat 52

“that's not real I think I just keep going keep doing keep doing this also who's back to”

are McCain yeah yeah killing it and all the thunder you see thunder they all start doing this celebration it's it's it is college basketball season it's college troops we do not talk about the NBA this week ever what are you fucking laughing at over here you're the one shit

never ever it is funny it is funny yeah the can I was watching the Canadians by the way

that's beating cannon on Friday night it was awesome although it really didn't really like move the meter it's like we have to beat them that was it well it's one of those wins that's like you can't really flex it's just if the loss happens really bad but memes went on a little tweet storm on on PMT about Canada and just all the replies like this is from the loser jetsman memes he's never won anything which is going after memes hard to do the job

“to those people I'd say suck my dick yeah it's junior job bro junior job”

okay Zach my his back a week this week is the Paris General Mates professional call duty team yep they've got the fourth major of the year come to pay that you know Mates a gentle mate yes sir they're they're out in Europe they secure the venue for the major for it's the Paris a lot of defense arena so it's got 45 thousand seats so they're uh it's gonna be the biggest event in uh called the history 45 thousand seats for for video game tournament yes sir the most uh

some of the more notable stuff that recently happened in the same arena terrorist terrorist

tour and Olympic swimming last man the Olympic swimming that's pretty incredible so it's going to be

just eight dudes on PCs main stage 45 thousand seats I got a pretty cool I got a dumb question um how big is the screen like I would imagine that would be a very important part of going to see a video game tournament live like the jumbo tron they everybody could watch I don't have

“this quite a bunch of jumbo tron on hand but we can find it really quick I think it's big it's got”

what's the stadium I also love Paris defense state where he saw a chance it's kind of like you know MSG has the side we're going to darts well I'm thinking it wasn't but it's like an MSG but it's yeah the theater 5000 person yeah yeah my gut tells me that this is oh yeah no thanks huge that's a big screen now if they're in the market for a bigger screen I know a guy that makes basketball court side screens and has one probably looking for a good home oh Max you ever

follow up with that guy you guys never answered me do it I said do you want me to follow them yeah do it

do it I forgot do it I would definitely make this court and LHS it would be so sick yeah there was some slippage though can we get uh can we get oldie in here uh let's get to our interview with John Ross Dean and then after John Ross he will get some quick thoughts from a Canadian on March madness bracket because it will be was watching college basketball we get with us in CWA and CWA all right let's get John Ross Dean okay before we get to John Ross Dean or Reese's

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we have a bracket how are you feeling outstanding cat PFT always a pleasure one of the best days of the year selection Sunday kind of feels like the first night of Hanukkah but you know for all intents and purposes right now all we have is a bracket and we know that there's 67 games ahead but we don't know what's gonna happen between now and April 6 yes we know this is Mark yes this is March all right so before we break it down we actually we we we we've done some of our show and we said

we cannot wait to hear specifically what John has dubbed the East region but before we do that I have one simple question for you because on Saturday or maybe it was Friday CBS sports your your colleagues were trying to do a pajama party on air yes and you said no to the pajamas

was that even did you even have like a second thought about it because that was like such a

listen we we sleep we sleep in May what are we doing we're not putting on pajamas did you have like a moment we're like maybe I'll play along or we just like no absolutely not I don't I'm John Rossine I don't put on pajamas in March I'm not a pajama guy to begin with but like when you have business to tend to it's not a time to get cozy and feel comfortable like we were dealing at that time I believe with the San Diego State New Mexico game which is like a loser leaves town match

that we grew up with with professional wrestling where the obviously the guy had to leave the

“WWE F but this was just you know you have to leave college basketball and obviously not be able”

to play any instead of the tournament so I wasn't interested in pajamas okay I love that I knew I knew what I saw the picture I was like of course John Rossine's not going to do this come on be serious people we don't need gimmicks this time yeah it's March yeah it's March we look in dress for the month you you want not the month you have yeah I listen I will I will I will say this I know I know what you're saying about dress for the month you know you want for the way you are but

I am somebody who regardless of what month is is if I am going on a college campus or I'm going

on the air I am always wearing a suit and tie unless it's in a podcast situation that I'm

hosting because I have instructed no situations not to wear a tie because I want to be more casual but I am somebody who has always believed that's it's really important to wear a shirt and tie

“I remember guys early in my career I was working at the ESPN radio affiliate in New York”

and I remember I was you know like a phillian talk show host but I also did updates on the Michael K show so I remember as like somebody who dreamed about living and working in New York I mean I was somebody in college who would watch like three movies in the rotation it was cocktail wall street and like the secret of my success I was like determined to be in broadcasting and like live in work in New York and when I would drive into Manhattan there was this big billboard on

hosting NBC nightly news so I remember I was doing updates at ESPN radio this is probably

“now close to 20 years ago and Michael K he was the voice to the Yankees was the afternoon drive”

host and he said to me he goes just to heads up Brian Williams is going to come in to sit in on the show tomorrow with his son and I said well if Brian Williams is coming then I need to make sure that I wear a suit and tie so I with a suit and tie was like doing updates doing my job and I could tell that it made an impression on him and then years later I bump into the guy in Rockefeller Center this is the anchor of NBC nightly news at the time he said to me I was like meeting somebody for a beer

and like a button down he said to me I didn't recognize you without your suit so I will never not obviously

wear a suit when I go to a college campus or being a work setting again okay I like that about you John it it does become like you know if you if you came on the show and you were wearing a t-shirt and shorts I would feel like the month of March wouldn't feel the same to me right it would affect that's it my calendar like March is John Rothstein wearing a suit and a tie and speaking very authoritatively about what he wants to call these brackets because something has occurred to him when

he looked at the coaches he looked at the teams and so we got to ask you about about the east because it's just it's it's a lot of brands it's a lot of coaches we want to know where your brain went the region of blue bloods is the east region because as you mentioned we have brands on top of brands the number one overall seed is the Duke blue devils obviously it's an easy one but also you have a great brand in Ohio state in the eighth spot saying John says you're five campuses you're four

Louisville is six Michigan State a three and then UCLA and Yukon guys how about this six of the 16 coaches in the east region have coached in the final four John Shire Rick Patino built self Michigan State Tomizzo and also UCLA's McCronan and Yukon's Dan Hurley therefore the region of blue bloods yeah love it I love it yeah we went through it it's seven national titles between those guys built self with with tube 1002 is oh with one Hurley with two the the the teams and themselves

have 30 national titles it's pretty crazy like they they just stacked this region with some of these

teams it's like you grew up on this in college basketball also an incredible region for defense

“because there's some tenacious defenses in this region tenacious defenses in this region and I think”

honestly a team that a lot of people are sleeping on in the east region the region of blue bloods is Jamie Dixon's team and TCU I think a lot of people looked at the bracket and they said oh we're going to get a Duke Ohio state brand on brand game in the round of 32 I am taking Jamie Dixon and company to beat TCU I think they could push Duke I don't think they'll beat Duke obviously in the round of 32 but I people obviously follow Jamie Dixon at the University of Pittsburgh you obviously became familiar

with his player development is obviously ability to retain players David punch is a player on TCU that people will become familiar with later this week and he also did a really really good job recalibrating his perimeter less off season three of the transfer portal rock harding J. Pierre Latour's level of interest I'd like TCU to beat Ohio State and put a little game pressure on Duke yeah I was mentioning it like TCU is a big game team they beat Florida they beat Wisconsin they beat

Iowa State they took Michigan you know to the limit so like they have they played up in level and gone toe to toe with some of these teams and asserted themselves like we can hang so yeah

“it's a I think that's the best eight nine match up those two teams are both playing great I mean”

Ohio State's playing some great ball recently really good ball but I think if you look at storylines and this is obviously a couple of rounds down the line but it's something that I think I've looked at you know right now for you know since last summer coming into this season you know I really felt that the burgeoning rivalry in college basketball was Yukon and St. John's Rick Patino and Dan Hurley Dan Hurley and Rick Patino two of the three active coaches that have won multiple national

championships built self as obviously the other one and I think if you look at this region right

now if St. John's can get by Kansas and get to the second weekend and get back to the East Coast in

Washington, D.C., St. John's could be the team in the sweet 16 that would match up with Duke without Caleb Foster if we saw St. John's distort this region and beat Duke in the sweet 16 it could set up a regional final of epic proportions proportions. I'm talking Ali Fraser type of stuff

chance before the season that Yukon and St. John's could meet four times this year they have already met three but if they meet for a fourth time in 2026 it will not be for a big East tournament title. It will not be for a big East regular season title which obviously was decided in the last days of the regular season it would be in the Elite A for a chance to go to the final four so there's a lot that has to happen for that to come to fruition but can you imagine in our nation's

capital if we have Rick Patino on one side and Dan Hurley on the other for the right to go to the final four I mean I may need a tranquilizer. That would be awesome. Can you just talk real quick more about the potential second round matchup of St. John's and Kansas because to me that sounds like a very very intriguing game. Really intriguing game PFT we have to also remember that Zubi Edgifor who has emerged as one of the best players in college basketball had him

as an all-American started his career at Kansas under bill self and then transferred to play for Rick Patino at St. John's look obviously Kansas coming into the season had a great deal of attention because of Darren Peterson who obviously when active in healthy has the highest long-term ceiling individually as a prospect and college basketball but guys I have said this at Nausium here just because you are obviously a great long-term prospect at the next level that doesn't mean by

any way shape or form that you are going to have team success in the NBA in the NCAA tournament. Remember this the last nine years we have seen three first round picks. Marquel Fultz Ben Simmons and Anthony Edwards play on teams that didn't make the NCAA tournament. Darren Peterson's game obviously made the NCAA tournament but bill self has had to coach two teams this season one with

“Darren Peterson one without Darren Peterson. I think the round of 32 guys is always the juicyest”

round of the NCAA tournament because you get matchups like this and because you have one team that's obviously going to be you for it going to the sweet 16 and the other is obviously going to go home for the season and I look at this dynamic between bill self and Rick Patino it's interesting

as power conference head coaches Rick Patino and Bill self have never coached head to head the only

time that Rick Patino and Bill self have coached head to head was when Kansas played I own a couple of years ago at an early season tournament in Orlando. Wow that is crazy you would think that they would do run into each other at some point over the years. I like watching Kansas because I feel like Fliola Badoonga, Fiori Badoonga, the big man you may remember watching if you watch the tournament last year not great offensively this year he's become like maybe the the most fun

interior player in college basketball to watch just the way that he he effects games with his defense and he can just dominate you offensively now. I feel like that's it's a guy that if all goes well for him he will be able to take over a game and record himself. Yeah well that would be the matchup inside right how would Badoonga with his defensive prowess deal with the size and the

“physicality not just of Zubiaja for but of Bryce Hopkins and guys I really think the guy that's”

been the game changer for St. John's and I thought this when I went to a St. John's practice in the

free season the guy that is made St. John's the team that it is is Dylan Mitchell. Now when you look at the way this roster was constructed it was obviously constructed with high level talent. Joe's on San and Ian Jackson were guys who were really offensive minded players but obviously we're not part of high level winning situations North Carolina went to the tournament last year but you know it was in the first four probably shouldn't have been in the bracket. Joe's on

San and was at Arizona State at a team that didn't make tournament. Now all of a sudden Rick Bettino especially without a traditional table setting point guard at the high level. Dylan Darlings done a nice job but obviously it wasn't like having Codori Richmond or Dave on Smith like that a year ago. I watched practice in Queens and I said to myself Dylan Mitchell's a guy that needs to be on the floor a lot for St. John's because he can have a great impact on a team

“by not demanding shots and I think if you look at it from a coaching perspective the number one thing”

you think about is shot distribution and who's hands the balls in. You never have to worry about

that with Dylan Mitchell. I felt he was the best glue guy in the biggest. He's definitely one of the best glue guys in the sport but I'll say this things have aligned perfectly for St. John's the less couple years. Rick Bettino was out of college basketball he came back from Greece and he started to coach at Iona because he wanted to obviously take a job in his native New York. It's so happened that St. John's was open when Iona was having success and that coincided with the transfer portal

in St. John's or surgeons all of these things aligned. So yes it's been incredible to see St. John's

last year when an NCAA tournament game for the first time since 2000. Yes it's been incredible

for St. John's just to win back to back big East regular season titles outright and back to back big East tournament titles back to back for obviously the first time in program history. But when you have Rick Bettino as your head coach and look he could coach another 20 years you have to ring

“out the sponge and that's why I think if you don't get to the second weekend this year you're going”

to feel like something was left on the table. I'd agree with that. All right before we go to the next region, do you have an upset pickable? We'll do all your picks at the end. But do you have an upset pick that you like in this or team we should look out for? I think if you're looking at the round of 32 game that could be interesting it's obviously and it's another great made for TV game if it comes to fruition. It's Yukon UCLA. I will say this though. UCLA has not played well

out of the Pacific time zone. Yep. UCLA and now I don't get it. UCLA we have to remember is the only team in the big 10 out of the old pack 12 teams that has had real success since they joined the league. USC Washington and Oregon have all struggled when you look at it especially this season. UCLA has been banged up with Billidown and Dent McCronon has told me he expects them a hundred

percent to play in the first NCAA tournament game against UCF which will be on Friday.

But I do think that UCLA has been such a poor rebounding team and it's such a hole in the middle that terrorists would be a tough matchup. So that to me is the most appetizing. I think if you look guys I mean if seeds hold and that happens sometimes but if seeds hold and we had Duke against Ohio state or TCU, St. John's against Kansas, Louisville against Michigan State, UCLA against Yukon. In certain years those half of the brackets could be the final four and we wouldn't be complaining.

“Yeah. No, you're right. You're right. That's why it's the region of blue buds.”

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This is the region of pressure. Why is this the region of pressure? There's pressure on Florida to win a national championship again because Florida has its team good enough to win a national championship again. And Florida is a number one seed in the NCAA tournament. In fact, the back seasons for the first time ever. So get this guys for as great as the teams were under Billy Donovan and 0607 that went back to back. Todd Golden has led Florida to better seeds in

the NCAA tournament this year and last than Donovan did in 0607. Florida has been a one seed in back to back years for the first time ever. There's pressure on Nebraska to win an NCAA tournament game for the first time ever. And I am on record saying this. I said early in the season that if Nebraska were winning an NCAA tournament game for the first time ever before the start of next season, I would fly to Lincoln. I would put my credit card down in the Haymarket district for one

hour. And I would give Nebraska fans a happy hour on me. Nebraska right now has a lot on the line coming up against Troy later this week. Nebraska has tied its record for program wins. The most in program has drew a 26. So Nebraska has to win an NCAA tournament game for the first time ever to break the program record for wins. But this is a really, really difficult game guys against Troy a team one that won earlier this season at San Diego State. You're looking for a name to

keep an eye on Thomas Dowdy is the guy for Troy 25 and 19 in that win over San Diego State earlier this year. I'm taking Troy to break the hearts. Everybody had been a go-bank arena and move on to the

happy hour. There's pressure on North Carolina without Caleb Wilson to win a game or two in the NCAA tournament. My heart breaks for him. It breaks for JT top into the five or six best

“players in college basketball both of them went down with season ending injuries. Now remember this”

North Carolina is playing VCU who's in 11 seed. What seed was VCU in 2007 when it beat Duke in Buffalo and Eric Maynard made that shot. 11. What seed was VCU in 2011 when it went to the final four under shot to smart. It was in 11. VCU that year averaged 8.3 made three point shots during the season

averaged 12 in the NCAA tournament. And there's pressure on Houston to get to the second week

into the NCAA tournament because Houston after playing Purdue last year at Lucas oil stadium in the sweet 16, relinquished their right, a genius move by AD any new news relinquished their right to be the host school in the South region because Houston then would be eligible to play sweet 16 and elite eight games at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston. So this is the region of pressure. But get this guys. Houston wins two games in my opinion in convincing fashion because they're

“going to beat Idaho and I think they'll beat the St. Mary's Texas A&M winner. That would put Kelvin”

Samson in a situation where the basketball gods 23 years later would hit him back. What do I mean

by that? If it's a Houston Florida game to go to the final four at the Toyota Center in downtown

Houston a rematch of last year's national title game it wouldn't just be a rematch of last year's national title game. It would put Kelvin Samson into the opposite position he was in 23 years ago because 23 years ago when Kelvin Samson was at Oklahoma in 2003 he was a one-seedy was one year removed from a final four appearance and he had to go to Albany to take on Jim Bayheim and Syracuse when Syracuse won the national title. So this would be obviously a major geographic advantage for

Kelvin Samson. He also had to go to Indianapolis to play Purdue last year so there could be a geographic advantage of looming there right there for Houston in the South region which is also known

“as the region of pressure. I love that. John, I want to clear something up real quick with you.”

The rules for the happy hour. You're going to march in. You're going to put your credit card down. Are there limitations on what you can order? Like fancy margins or I start like walk. No, no, no. It's not just going to be. This isn't like, you know when you go to those weddings and all they have is wine and beer because sheep. This is not going to be one of those situations. No, for one hour I'm going to do it for Nebraska fans if they can be Troy coming up later in the

week. I did it a couple of years ago. How about this guys? A couple of years ago and this is Chicago related. You guys weren't in Chicago at the time but I wouldn't have invited you at the time. I really felt that Chris Collins had an NCAA tournament team at Northwestern and they lost a bunch of close games and I told Northwestern fans that I would take them to a happy hour. If they didn't make the NCAA tournament, then after that season, Northwestern lost Pete

Nance to North Carolina as a transfer and they lost Ryan Young to Duke as a transfer and then they went to the NCAA tournament. But it's you know me. I'm a people person. I enjoy engaging with the people of America. That's facts. I know I don't waste calories on alcohol outside the East time zone though. You know me? You are a people person. Pete's a piece of pizza. Pete's a piece of pizza. All right, west. The west region is the region of floor generals and look at the point

guards in this region. Jaden Bradley at Arizona. John Blackwell and Nick Boyd, the killer bees at your alma mater was constant. I love the Paris A cup at Arkansas. The best freshman point guard that has ever played for John Calaparri and then you have Rob right at BYU. You have trade Donaldson at Miami and of course Braiden Smith at Purdue. This is the region of floor generals. Now I will say this. Arizona has not been to a final force since 2001 under

Lutelson. This might be their best chance to go back since it's going to be through San Diego

in San Jose. Arizona fans always travel at a high high level. But Arizona, I don't think we'll

be tested in its first two games. I don't think the Philadelphia Utah State winner will push them in the round of 32. But that was constant Arkansas game. And I'm not trying to, you know, force you to grab a nitro glycerine pill here, cat, but that was constant Arkansas game has all sorts of intrigue and juice and spice. But I'll say this. If Nolan Winther is able to be healthy and functioning, I got the batches going on. You take on Arizona, which would be a

California? Yep. So I think if you're looking at things, if you're Wisconsin, if you can get by Arkansas, there might be a little bit of feeling right now that this was constant team with the killer bees, if you get Nolan Winther back, could be the team and maybe break open the bracket.

“I think the bottom part of this region is fascinating. I'm obviously going to be at the games”

in St. Louis. BYU against Texas, or NC State, whoever wins in Dayton, obviously is a brand-name matchup, Gonzaga against Kennesaw State. Guys, an update for you guys. I tweeted this the other day. Mark, a few told me that Braden Huff, who was playing like an old American before suffering, a knee injury about eight weeks ago, is shooting and jogging, but he's doubtful for the first weekend. So Gonzaga is not expected to have him according to Mark few, but Gonzaga BYU

or Gonzaga, Texas round the 32 matchup would be incredible. The Miami Missouri thing is interesting.

You know, I looked up the mileage. This game's in St. Louis. Miami has to go over a thousand miles to play. Missouri has to go just over a hundred miles in Missouri's the 10 seed. And then we got Purdue at the bottom of the bracket, a team that reminds me a lot guys of the 2004 U-Continue with Gordon, Okafort, Charlie Villanova reminds me a little bit of the Florida team in 2007. And I really believe this in all my years covering a sport. When you bring back a large nucleus of

players from a team that went far in the NCAA tournament the year before, and they know that the

“goal is to go as far in March madness as you can and that's how the season is going to be defined.”

You obviously are in a situation where you know that those players know what's its stake at the end of the race. So you might have laws during the regular season to keep them occupied and engaged. We've seen Purdue turn it on here the last couple of days at the Big Ten tournament beat Michigan today looked like the Purdue team we thought. So I've got Arizona was constant at the top of the region of Florida generals in the sweet 16 and I got Purdue Gonzaga. I have Purdue taking on

Arizona in a West Regional final and Arizona's playing great basketball right now. And Arizona looks like a team obviously that can win an national championship, but I'm a sentimental person. I believe obviously in the great story. I believe obviously in circles become a complete.

“I believe still in people who have calluses from life. And when I think about people that have”

calluses from life and life experience, I think of producing your class, right in Smith, Fletcher lawyer, Tray Koff and Ren. I look at what they went through as freshman, Big Ten regular season champion, Big Ten tournament champion, and then on the wrong side of the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA tournament, when fairly Dickinson beat Purdue after fairly Dickinson was not good enough to win the North East Conference tournament

Merrimack won the Northeast Conference tournament. It wasn't good enough to go to the NCAA tournament or wasn't allowed to go to the NCAA tournament because of the transition rule. Then as sophomores, it was the ultimate bounce back, exercising the demons, getting Purdue to the final

four with Zach Edy for the first time since 1980, and losing the national title game to UConn.

Then last year it was something in between. You make this week 16, you go to local soil, stadium, it play Houston and a war, you lose a close game. It's Purdue's best chance to win an national title. Yeah, it's a final four buttheads in. I believe in Purdue. Death they can Purdue to go to the final four. Death in the end. Yeah, yeah, in the indie to go to the circle complete. It'll be perfect. No, do you think that this is a better team than the team

that went to the final four? No, because you don't know if Zach Edy. Right. You don't know if Zach Edy, but I think, you know, the X-factor's Oster club, the record with Oster club,

is incredible. They've only lost three games all season when he scored in double figure. So

to me, that's the guy that's got to be really, really good. You got an upset coming out of this region? I'm a little chalky in this region. Okay. I mean, I don't think Utah State or Illinois was a huge upset and I have too much confidence in Wisconsin and Arkansas. I could see the Texas NC State winner beating BYU, but I don't think that's a huge upset. Yeah. Okay. Last region, the Midwest. The region of innovation. Oh. Hoches in this region. And I think about things are

You have to be able to put together a roster. Dusty maze done that. Ryan Odom has done that at Virginia, the three seed. Nate Oads has done that with the style of play that he's instituted at Alabama. And Josh shirts has done that at St. Louis as well. This is the region of innovation. I've got Michigan playing Georgia. I like Georgia over St. Louis. I have Akron and John Gross, picking off Texas A&M and it's 12.5. I've got a Michigan Alabama sweet 16. And then I'm going

“to take Tennessee to beat SMU who I think is primed to show Miami, Ohio a different weight class”

than it's seen all season. If you're not familiar with SMU, you are not familiar with the team. I think that has one of the more underrated primators in college basketball. Now, somebody can say, well, why are they underrated? They're just back into the tournament. BJ Edwards who had multiple triple doubles this season for SMU hadn't played since late February. He was a starter on a key

player. He drawn Pierre and Boopy Miller are three dynamic guards. This is SMU's guys first at

large birth to the NCAA tournament since 1993. I've got them losing the Tennessee. I've got Kentucky. I was state at the bottom. Then I've got Tennessee as a six seed, a little of an upset beating Virginia. Okay. I'm going to take Michigan over Iowa State. So I've got Purdue Michigan in the rubber match in the final four. And I got Yukon against Houston on the other side. We can't lose you right now, John. This is March. March, John. Get yourself together.

That's a little one. Yeah, I know. John, you've been working all day all night for the last week, especially. I need you to take a big bite. Yeah, but I got into the water and grab a nitro glycerin pill. I got it. I'm rallying. So I got in the East region. The left side of the bracket is filled with drama. Like we've got the St. John's Yukon phase four possibility. We've got Florida Houston. I'm going to take Houston and Yukon. I've got Yukon winning that game.

And then I've got a rubber match between Purdue and Michigan. I'm taking Purdue. So for the

second time in three years, it's Purdue and Yukon for a national championship. Dan Hurley against

Matt Payner. And this time, we complete the circle for the boilers. Wow. Okay. That's part of the year. Number one in the country wins a national championship. Wow. That's something. That's a spicy meatball John. That's a take, John. That is a take. That is a big time. Hey, John, do you take? Well, do you do do you spread any money on these games? You ever you ever put down a couple of a couple bucks? No, man. I'm working at tournament objective. Yeah, it's going to work

at the turn. Very easy. But I mean, Purdue, if you're looking to sprinkle a future on Purdue, that pays off pretty nicely. So that might be it might be a great tip. No, man, that's not my

“hobby. John, how much college basketball have you had your, have you had your daughter watch?”

You know, we're right now, um, obviously in an interesting stage of parenthood. I'm sure you've been in it. We're in the potty training stage. Yeah. Well, you know, now it is literally every day is like it's owned by game. It's like literally like we are in the stage right now where you just have this two and a half year old running around naked because we're trying to potty train there. Yeah. And there's just hands and all stuff. And she's drawing on the floor. But it's literally like

you feel like you're in a situation where you would like bought Matt Langel and Colgate and you're down by 12 at the under 12 as a second half. Perfectly said, can I give you a tip on potty training? Just just wait till they're waiting till they're old enough where they're just like, yeah, this is crazy. I'm still using a diaper. Oh, my kids were potty trained at like three and a half, like an uncomfortable level where it's like all right enough is enough and they picked it up in like a day.

Yeah. No, it's it's amazing. Like before you have kids, you have no idea. I think about how

meaningless some of the other stuff you word about before you have kids are because, you know, you used to be like, at least to love how people like, oh, like, yeah, like, what do you even work you going home to, on one? It's like, on winds. This is like buying Shaka Smart at DC. By the way, are we, Shaka Smart is not been good for a very long time. Do any of your,

“do any of your, like, sayings? You have to be like, all right, we got to retire this one. Like, it's over.”

Well, time out. I'm out. He's went to the NCAA tournament every year at Marquette except for this year. But he hasn't done anything in the NCAA tournament for a long time. Well, he went to this week 16 two years ago. Okay. But like, he, his teams have, he's had high seats. I'm saying, like,

like, should Marquette be expected to get to a final four. I think Marquette every year should be in the NCAA tournament. He's four out of five. Like, I mean, let's think about this. Marquette, since we've all been following college sports, has been to one final four, correct? And they went to one final four because who was the player on the team? Tom Cree. Was the coach? Well, that's Wayne Wade. I know, but time 29, one in 11, a triple double against

Kentucky in Minnesota against Marquette, says still, Gerald Fish and Keith Bowkins in 2003. And who else was on that team? Steve Novak, Travis Deener, Scott Merritt, Robert Jackson. I mean, great players. And that was obviously in comfort, USA. So I'm players, a great coach is this without great players. I'm just saying, Shaka Smart is kind of a perfect example of, like,

don't overachieve early on in your career. He went to a final four in his second year as a head coach,

and he's gone to one sweet 16 cents. Like, you, he set the part to lie on himself.

“No, I get it, but I mean, that's what happens. I mean, that's sometimes is what happens in”

March, madness. I don't want to say it's the dark side of March because that's a different reference that I use, but I will say this. I will quote Mike Tyson, the bright of the lights, the dark of the shadows. Yeah, good point. That is very, very true. And in the in the pressure region, pressure makes diamonds. That's another one. That's what I'm saying. Now, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, John the head coach of Florida is the number one sweet pressure region. His last name is golden.

Yeah, how about that? Have you had any new John Rossinisms that maybe the uninitiated should pay attention to when who's the last coach to get a nickname or a catchphrase? You know, it's not, it's not one for Bill's self, but I was just marveling this year at how like, and we've said this for years, but you know how like you're watching Kansas play it out in fieldhouse, and some of the games that they win there are just so ridiculous, like you can't believe it.

It's like the plot of Godfather 3. It's like, how does this happen? How does this, you know, come to fruition? So I just win this year when they played Arizona at home without Darren Peterson, and they beat them, I just couldn't believe it, and I could feel the crowd through the TV, and I just tweeted, and on the eighth day, God created that. I don't feel this. Yeah, that's good. I like that one. Also, I don't know what movie were you referencing there?

The plot is what's talk about. The plot of what movie? I've never heard of that movie before.

“Well, that's what's talk about the Godfather. You just let my own rule. You just, yeah, I just broke my own.”

You know, I said, I said, never acknowledge the Godfather 4 3 is part of the original trilogy, so I touched on something. Okay, John, this has been great. We love having you on. I have one last question for you. It's a rowback question, RHOBACK.com, promo code take, 20% off your first purchase, Qsips, Polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts, rowback.com, promo code take. One thing I love about you, John, is that your tweet and college basketball,

no matter what, whatever can be happening in the world, you're tweeting about it. I had a couple that I wanted to just bring up and see if you remember what maybe you tweeted when these things were happening, because again, it's like the world could be falling apart, and John Rothstein's got an update about, you know, Merrimack playing Stanford in their non-conference. Do you remember what you tweeted on the day that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married? I don't. May 2018, you just,

this is not during college basketball season. You just tweeted during their wedding. Most underappreciated aspect of Villanova's run the last five years, going 32 and four and earning a one seed and 16 to 17 when a Mari Spellman was knowledgeable and the Phil Booth was injured. Perfect. Perfect timing on that one. Do you remember what about the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire April 2019? No. You said source for them will host Brian as part of its 19-29 conference schedule.

“And I went to that game, Brian, one in a bi-game. Do you have these ready to go at all times?”

You have a file series. And all seriousness, guys, this is what has happened. I, as you know,

am always laser focused on my job, and I don't follow other sports. So I'm just focused on the

task at hand. So like, there have been times, and I felt bad about this, but like, I hadn't watched a Monday night football game since probably like Troy, Eggman, and Emmett Smith were on the Dallas Cowboys. So a couple of years ago, rockers is playing Purdue and Cam Spencer before a transfer to Yukon, makes a crazy three. And, you know, they go and they win the game at Macky Arena. And I, and I pound, you know, on Twitter, grab near nitroglycerine pills. That coincided with that

incident with the Bill's game when the Morham went down. Yep. I got his all right. And like,

watched like a Monday and a football game since 95. Yeah. What I know is, yeah. So then I think what's

“happened is this, there's been like, other instances. Just like, I remember like I was with a friend of mine.”

We're actually, we're living life in our 40s. And he like fell when we were playing like touch football with our kids. And like he had to go to the hospital. So I'm like waiting with him in the hospital, he's getting like an X-ray. And like I just got a heads up. It's like, hey, John, like, you know, just to heads up, you know, I want to start in a home and home with Ford. And so I like tweeted in the emergency room. And I have no idea. Like, there's this big, like political issue going on.

So what has happened is this, because of that, which is all happened organically, whenever big world events happen, I now get flooded on my phone with like little scoops. Oh, that would be good time to put that. That's great. I remember this. I remember like whenever like the new pope had been picked, yeah, I got like somebody in northwestern hit me up. It's like, yo, John, it's up. We're hosting fair, filled in a buy game on this state. November, feel free to put it

“out. I love it. I love it. I mean, my personal favorite, because when it happens, when it's like”

not college basketball season, because through our him, and that's during college basketball season, 2019 August 2019, Jeffrey Epstein found dead. John Rossine tweeted Joe Dulu will bring in 11 new

players next season. He's Carolina have never heard of a coach bringing in more than eight or nine

in the single recruiting class, the epitome of flipping a roster. Perfect. ECU basketball, baby. You had another one that turned the Super Bowl this year. Indiana will host Bellar mean on November 5th. Yeah. Part of its 2026 nine contract scheduled upgrades events dug down before we look forward to it. It's just like you just know, because you know, the world's a cynical place, the world's an ugly place, but you know that Rossine's going to be there with some college basketball news

for you at all times. No, no, but like that's the thing. Like there is no act. There is no. I know. Like this is this is who I am. What's the bottom line? I know. I do love the fact that it's now become a chicken and egg situation. We're now you get like the minute something bad happened. People just started to hammer you with by games. I was I was on vacation. I was

“hanging out with my wife and like co- like a coincided when like I guess what's your name?”

A Taylor Swift was getting engaged to the guy from the chiefs. Yeah, Travis Kelsey. Yeah. And like right away, I like got a heads up that Robert more I remember tweeting this. It was like Robert Morris against Drake. And I was like, oh my god, Andy, tool against Eric Henderson. Martin. It's perfect. It's perfect. Oh, man. Well, John, you're the best. Everyone get ready for March madness. You will see him like I said in St. Louis on your TV screen. Then you'll see him in studio.

You can listen to his podcast anywhere you want to get podcasts. And John Rossine is the absolute best. We love it. This is March. You're, by the way, the inside college best. Well,

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order visit NobleProject.com, use code PMT for 35% off your entire first order. That's Noble www.NOBULPROJECT.com and use code PMT for 35% off. Okay, wrapping up the show. Oldie was here this weekend, but his flight got canceled. Bad storm in Chicago. You guys want to talk about how you got back? Yeah, yeah. Hey, Oldie, how's it going? How are you? Good to see. I love your oldie. I'm started out in mischief. I loved it too. I was a little bit sad when I was in the Uber and I was like

man and I get to say hi to PFT and Hank. I'm a little upset but it worked out for the best, right? Boy,

“yeah, that's why I'm back. It's good to see you. So yeah, so today we were flying out of Jacksonville after”

the players and we were leaving at noon. Flight gets canceled. Hank pulls a genius move and sprints the other side of the airport to a different into the terminal. Books are standby on a different airlines flight that hasn't been canceled yet. That gets delayed like four times. We eventually get out of there on this flight. We think we're going to get into Chicago safe and sound and as we're

landing. I've never been more scared on an airplane in my entire life. We're going in for the landing

and then the pilot just-- Well, it was super foggy up in the air. It's been sitting at the window and then we just got out of our descending. We just got to the point where you can see like you're getting close to landing that we could see the runway. I was pulling up to it. You'd see the ground. Yeah. And we were flying inside ways. And we started flying inside ways because the wind was 35 miles per hour of the pilot told us and it switched at the last minute to like the opposite

direction. So the plane like makes this huge shutter to the side. The pilot hits full throttle to take off and try to go around. So now we go from almost landing to nose pointing up and like going up through the clouds again. And the plane is like shaking and like creaking. Hard turns creaking and people were screaming on the plane. This old lady was sitting next to me. I hope she's okay mentally now. But she just reached it. She just grabbed my arm and she was crying like full tears.

“Damn. Coming down her face. There are people like crying on the plane. I think Hank thought that”

he was going to die and I had bet on what big and math is Patrick and like those were also just going down in flames. And I was just like this. This is it. The worst moment. Yeah. And this lady she was like crying and like wailing in my ear and I just looked like let's take some deep breaths together. What's your name? It's okay. We're going to be fine. We're going to make it out of this. And then there was like a very long silent pause where everyone kind of caught their breath for a second.

And then a guy that was like two rows in front of me turns around and the whole plan's quite he goes, "Is there ever happened on your simulator PFT?" And then it like broke the ice a little bit. And I was like yeah it's okay. And then the lady was like are you a pilot? And then I had to be like not not exactly a pilot. But no. But I was like trying to explain to her we're going to be okay.

We're going to be okay. Then we ended up landing in Michigan. The bottom line is the pilot did an

awesome job to get us out of there. But it was like I've never been on a plane where I actually thought that there was a chance that we were going to crash. Damn. And yeah and it was it was like that for a little bit. So we we get to Grand Rapids get off the airplane and then Hank drives back through a through a flood which was an all-time move on his part. Because your job didn't

“good showing Hank. Golf almost killed you guys. Great showing today Hank. The players. That's what you”

know. That's the things we do for our kids. Right. Right. If you guys had missed a show about that I would have been so upset. Yeah that was never an option. I mean it's selection someday.

That was never an option. It's a big weekend. We had a great time on Friday after

we were done playing some golf with Bordle's. Bordle's like yeah I've come over for a drink and up staying over at her place for like six hours and then homeless stop by and basically like Homa and Bordle's got to hang out and I think Bordle's went triple platinum with like nine different one liners that he dropped that night like funny story. It was just like an awesome night having Max and Blake like do their own podcast for us together. Yes. Well watch some two good guys watch

some some games and eight some pizza. So it was fun and I'm just very very glad that we're not dead. Yeah. Very glad you're not dead. That was sucked a lot. Oldie what do you got thoughts on March Madness? You know I gotta give it up to my boy's Ohio State has been four years like to see that. Okay. Gonzaga or Gonzaga. They got some Canadian boys out there. Yep. And then I need Max's help here.

Hey. Stop finding funny. It's a lot of Canadians on the team. That's why they are.

Yeah. There is hell. Yeah. By with them. By with them. Yeah. I like fins up for fins up. Okay. Fins up was electric. Yeah. Fins up is like all the boys do it together being goofy together. Well yes. We got it. We're too serious for it. Was that? Yeah. I enjoyed it. I feel like was that a

“secret until two months ago? Month and a half ago? What? Who uncovered fins up and brought it up?”

No, it was like a couple weeks ago. I saw the guys went on Ryan Hammer's podcast. They were their guys who are not affiliated with LA. You didn't go there. They live in New York and they wanted to find a team to root for and then they started. They went to a game and then just started doing it.

So it's awesome. It's now in the attorney. It's like literally like a synchronized swimming

done to perfection. Yeah. And it's done. When it's called out, the hands come together. Boom clap, done over crushed it. You know what I love is? The pictures of like the tiny gyms at some of these schools plan. Queens. Look at Queens gym. It is a high school gym. Yeah. I mean, I've been to LA you. It's a great trip. You just walk in free tickets. Free tickets. Yeah. Mission walking. Yeah. Absolutely. Your lower deck or your in. There's not really an

“upper deck. But yeah. All right. So what what other teams do you like?”

Gonzaga. I don't want I don't want to say Duke. So I don't don't. I got to ride a Ohio

state. I think by their maybe second round. They got to play against Duke. So it's not looking good.

So I got to ride LA with the Cinderella story and my boy who's on the team Ryan Nemhart. Yeah. Canadian. So that's a bit. Yeah. Who else? Like a Houston. Maybe Houston. Yep. But they could only be one. So what we're going to go ride a Houston. We'll go Houston. Okay. Oh, that was a weird. That was a very weird way to get to Houston. When you said only one, I was like, oh, shit. I love their physical team. Yeah. Grinders.

Nemhart's not on on Gonzaga anymore. By the way, is not no. It's brothers not there Ryan. I'm running. I think it's in the NBA, right? Definitely in the NBA. Yeah. But that's okay. They were there. Yeah. A little support still. Yeah. You know, it stays on. You keep riding with them. Keep riding with them. Okay. Well, it's great having you here, oldie. By the way, Shane. Can we keep a chain on real quick? Of course. Love being here boys. Love you guys. Shane. What happened in the

show. I mean, it's tough. These movies. These movies. They go on. They go on these awards circus for months and months. So at a at a certain point, you can at least over the past few years and get pretty predictive of who would get the Oscars and shallamaid swept everything except for like the bath is. So I thought shallamaid was the the guy. And I like to think of myself as like the movie guy here and I mean, this is a tough look for. Very tough. Back to the

drawn board. Who did you got to watch for movies? What did you think was better? I think shallamaid was better. I mean, my favorite performance of the year was was Leo in one battle. But the way that the campaigning went and Leo wasn't really shown up to anything. That was kind of out of the question of what is mustache. I think he looked great. The last couple of years is kind of just like looked disheveled for this this other movie and he's looking pretty like, well,

can't he had the mustache rock and he was looking, he was looking slick. So you think that it does matter if somebody shows up to like campaign for their movie. Yeah, Oscar campaigning is a very big thing. Like if you look at the history of the Oscars. Yeah. Like it's a very big thing. That's

“kind of stupid. No, I mean, that's how like so many directors like they give him honorary ones later”

on their career because I forget the one the what was in the movie with Gwyneth Pouchrow. It was like it's like show how it was like the the Shakespearean love. That was like a big one. I forget what that one over. That was like a big Oscar year. But that was just because I hate to bring it up but like Harvey Weinstein was like the okay. But he like campaigned very hard and he like love you guys. This is a really long way of saying you got it wrong. No, I got it wrong and yeah, I have to live with

that bad guy. Good campaigner. Memes is playing you off. Yep. Yeah, you can do that. You got it wrong. Yeah, got it wrong. In your in your defense yourself, you started to talk about Harvey Weinstein. And you he didn't say number. No, I know, but I was trying to bring an example. Yeah, whatever. Sorry. He didn't say he didn't say numbers. Don't say sorry. Don't say sorry. All right, numbers. 19. There you go. 23. 56. 86. 17. 46. Shane, if you want, you can also give us

move that the chargers had, Shane? Favorite chargers move of free agency? Ken Mitchell. Okay.

“Did everyone say their numbers? Yep. You'll hold each say one. Four.”

72. 72. Anyone? Anyone? No. One more. Same numbers. Same again.

That's way. 16. 16. 17. So much as that 64. 46. Yeah. 41. 41.

“Love you guys. And happy birthday to gas. My good friend gas. Wow. That's the”

car. Oh, yes. Love gas. Everything about the guy. Go farm online. He's got funny things to say all the

time. So we'll share this guy. Love you guys. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]