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Greg & His Friends Talk Sports "Live" ... with Grant Shouse & Michelle Garmon (2.206.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to, Greg and his friends talk sports.
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[SPEAKER_00]: 10 to 20 minutes every day, Greg and his friends are talking about what Central Indiana Sports fans are talking about.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Every day on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome Central Indiana Sports fans to the Central Indiana Sports Report for my new daily podcast, Greg and his friends talk sports.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I am your host, Greg Mangel and every day.
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[SPEAKER_03]: My friends and I talk about whatever central Indiana sports fans are talking about, and coming up today Friday, March 20th, 2026, we have NCAA tournament results from Thursday, and we look ahead to Friday's schedule with our NCAA tournament fanatic grant shelves, also have some NEI scores and a women's tournament preview with emphasis on Hannah Hidalgo and the
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[SPEAKER_03]: national championship prediction and on Thursday we release an indie car report with Elijah Poe kind of talking a little bit about the Indy 500 gonna have nine previous winners in at this year and the way Greg uh he's driving the pace car for that well that's Kurt Signal to this year that is a great choice great choice find have gotten Fernando to try to do it
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[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, that's what I'm going to do.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't want to grate on.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I can't believe it's a big netty you're going to do it to do it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's awesome.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I have to God, they.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I have to God that you don't wreck that thing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'll be on the I'll be the most nervous right now.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I did just just get to the 3rd for you last lord for take the man, please protect that man.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also, we should have a full NCAA tournament recap on after.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also, we should have a full NCAA tournament day to recap.
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[SPEAKER_03]: After Friday night's games, including Purdue, with Grant and my cuddle, Jake Dunn, Michelle Garmin, maybe even more, we could have a full house on Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think asking this of a bunch of old guys on the Thursday night with work the next day was too much.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So this podcast is going to kind of fill in for that one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also working on a fever report with John Roberts in a Michelle Garment for Sunday now that we know this is going to be a season grant.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I didn't have the season was in jeopardy so I'm glad I know now and I know what I can listen to on the fever report.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Labour peace grant, Labour peace.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks everyone for joining us.
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[SPEAKER_03]: My friends and I'll be back tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the day after that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: and uh... grant real fast before we get to the results give uh... day one of the insia tournament a great granted on a scale on all the other day ones in your life who
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[SPEAKER_04]: I want so many of them, they all run together to be honest with you, they all start to run together.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I felt like when I was in high school the first day for primary junior and senior year were really, really good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Today was really great.
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[SPEAKER_04]: If I had to give it a letter grade, I'd give it probably a B plus, it was a lot better than last year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Last year was
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[SPEAKER_04]: Just boring boring boring boring.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, waiting for it didn't you yeah cat waiting for it was real chalk There was like one big first round-ups that already there's been three or four here today and potentially a fifth Fourth or fifth year with Gonzaga and Kennesaw if Gonzaga can it or if Kennesaw's taken come back
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[SPEAKER_04]: I thought today was really good in terms of the quality of games, the quality of matchups.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They did a great job with the scheduling and all that, some really entertaining games.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think the one that really had people's attention was the high point with Scott's in game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Well, then let's start with that one, Grant.
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[SPEAKER_03]: High point with the first upset of the tournament on Thursday afternoon, reading five
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[SPEAKER_03]: and it'll be high point against Arkansas on Saturday and Portland, forced Razerbacks, blue by Hawaii, 97 to 78.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And by the way, Grant Wav times for Saturday's games on tomorrow's show.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, and looking at that high point team, I think that was probably a little bit of a trendy upset.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They were 30 and four coming in today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We watched the 2026 version of Jack Golky for high point Chase Johnston.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He hit that big three from the logo there at one point and he had some big three down the stretch.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They, their little guard that they had was a dude named Rob Barton who's funny enough.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I had Rob Barton as a principal when I was in school, same name and do you like him?
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[SPEAKER_04]: I like him.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, he, he, um, he would always get us in the gym and shoot full court hook shots and would say, all right, guys, if I make this, girls go first, but if I missed, boys go second.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So yeah, so it was one of those, but actually one of my buddy's sex, our group chat and said, I can't believe high point has a Rob Martin and he doesn't have an absolute butter full court hook shot.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's what he used to shoot.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So that's
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[SPEAKER_04]: He's had that dude's Rubber 12.
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[SPEAKER_04]: This high point team was really fun.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're what really encapsulates a good Cinderella team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They got the little shifty guard that can shoot.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got the guy that can pull up and shoot from anywhere and get hot.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got other good role players on their team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got a fiery coach
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[SPEAKER_04]: brought a lot of passion and energy into the tournament and that's what makes the tournament special it seems like high point and there what makes this tournament memorable and what we're talking about here.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Quick hat tip to my sister in law who picked high point in the national championship and I laughed at it and who knows it's just five more.
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[SPEAKER_04]: She's just sitting pretty good in the driver seat right now.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I thought she was going to lose her national championship right off the bat and no sir.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And by the way, I had tipped with my mother in law known as the Queen of brackets, Barbara Glocklin.
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[SPEAKER_03]: She's won four of our five last bracket competitions.
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[SPEAKER_03]: She was one game away from winning five in a row and she's in the lead again.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Did she pick to win it all this year?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That was her mistake when she lost by the way, too.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, well, see, I always pick Purdue to win because I've never picked a national champion correctly.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So, they're always going far in my bracket.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Appreciate that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also in the west in Portland, Texas, one at second game and three days, 79-71 over AJ debons in the BYU Cougars.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The long horn will face either Gonzaga or Kennesaw, they're still playing the only game left as we do this podcast live.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's still competitive, it's 48-42 right now, Gonzaga.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Over Kennesaw and we will not leave this podcast until it's over, at least I won't grant.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You might, but I won't.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You got to get a arrow and watch more basketball.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But yeah, man, and I'll be in tune with it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It'd be pretty cool if Kenna thought could pull it off here after dark.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It'd be Kenna's organs, Texas, so I guess a couple of what you would call Cinderella is these days, although Texas could probably never really be Cinderella, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Texas is really good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're really good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're talented.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got a good coach and Sean Miller.
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[SPEAKER_04]: BYU team with potential NBA players on it, a big time NBA draft picks on it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And for them to get that went on Thursday is huge for Texas win two games in three days.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they're trying to win three games in five days on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grand that BYU team was a national championship contender and then lost two of its three best players.
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[SPEAKER_03]: yeah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: In the East region of Buffalo, Michigan State and Louisville one, and we'll face each other on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Louisville held off the late Florida South Florida run in 83 79 win Spartans blew out north to go to state 82 to 67 and so far grant the big tins look pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They have other in the Ohio State.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, other than Ohio
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[SPEAKER_04]: Um, obviously still a lot to go here, but, um, Michigan State played well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Um, Nebraska won their first ever NCAA tournament win.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Today, first ever NCAA tournament game that they won and looked pretty good doing it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It was, uh, fiery, early, very competitive.
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[SPEAKER_04]: early on, but then Nebraska with price Sanford, man, just took over, Ellen away, looked great tonight as well, they're a really talented team that could go deep into this, go deep into this tournament and, yeah, I'm glad the big tin was able to get some big wins today and hopefully try to get some tomorrow minus one particular team, but yeah, pretty
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[SPEAKER_03]: By the way, great only three big 10 teams in action tomorrow, Purdue, UCLA, and Iowa.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'd be all right with UCLA and Iowa, when they'll be in the category of games.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I hear you, and I may or may not be flipping you off on the other side of the microphone.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And no wonder your camera's off.
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[SPEAKER_04]: like Gary's off the boat.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It sounds like you're typing now, so you must be typing with one hand.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm making notes for the show grant.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They're games going on.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Speaking of the big tin, also I'm Buffalo, Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Had a hard time for a while, but be Howard 101 to 80 and we'll play my favorite non-produce team in the tournament grant.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The St. Louis Billicons, after they was not over yet, but are destroying.
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[SPEAKER_03]: the verge of bulldogs right now, the score is one hundred to sixty seven with three minutes left.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, Michigan kind of like Howard hang around there for a minute scrappy Howard team gave them a game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Oh my, Grant still three minutes to go a hundred points.
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[SPEAKER_03]: St. Louis 41 for 67 from the field.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Wow.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Wow.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they got Robbie Avela, Larry Nared, love it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: or a milk Chamberlain cream, cream, outdilled jubbar, not cream.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Just cream, outdilled jubbar, so.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That is a really nice,
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[SPEAKER_04]: Thank Lewis team, Josh Scherds, who came over from Indiana State, probably could have had Indiana State in the tournament a couple of years ago, and we'll just left out of the tournament after losing to Darren and Tucker de Vries at Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, and they ended up getting Indiana State in the NIT and ended up falling short in the championship and then moved on to St. Lewis, we're now there in the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Plowing out the Georgia Bulldogs already.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And St. Louis the team that I think it gives Michigan a tough time on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that'd be, it's got a lot of people tuned in.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Trying to see what Larry Nerd can get done there for the Billicons.
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[SPEAKER_03]: This is the kind of game that makes the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I really think St. Louis might win this game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He really thinks so.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I really think so.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't want to go as far to say as they will win this game, but I think that they will compete and they will present challenges that Michigan will have to try and navigate.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I did pick saying a little bit to my bracket.
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[SPEAKER_03]: In the South End Greenville, Duke overcame an 11.5-time deficit
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[SPEAKER_03]: Duke, a grant will face TCU as 6664 winner over Ohio State.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The buck guys could not overcome a 50-point half-time deficit.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, Duke, um, obviously, nobody roots for Goliath, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: Like, like, I know you're sitting there and I know Greg, you pick Duke.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I also pick Duke.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm assuming everybody almost everybody listening.
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[SPEAKER_04]: probably pick Duke.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But if you sit there as a fan and root for your bracket and not for the upset, I'm sorry, but you're a loser.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, can I throw a little caveat in there?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sure.
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[SPEAKER_03]: If it's this early and you picked him to win it all,
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[SPEAKER_03]: I kind of get why you would be at least split about it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's not going to hurt my bracket.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But if you pick from the wind at all, and it ruins what you really enjoy for three weeks, and it ruins it the first day, I get it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I do get what you're saying.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I was kind of going to a different direction where Cinderella is fun to root for.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know it's, I know happened in 2018, and I believe it also happened in 2020.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I was really hoping it would happen to Duke Grant.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I really, I really wanted them on that list.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It would have been real fitting because CNN didn't play like a 16C.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They were, I mean, they were probably,
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[SPEAKER_04]: a 14 or 15 in my opinion, but they gave Duke a great game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They led for a lot of the game, and they did not sub until the final seconds of the game when they took someone out and put a new player in the foul, you know, late in the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They played the entire game with the same five, and you could tell they got to teed, and they were tired, and just ran out of gas, and Duke would get the game down the two or three, and then CNN might hit a three and put him back up by five, and then Duke would come down and then back to back buckets and tie the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And CNN may come down and get fouled and hit a couple of free throws and go back up by two, and then Duke would come down and tie the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So,
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[SPEAKER_04]: He ended just couldn't get over the hump at the second half.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Again, they played great in the first half.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They were there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They showed up.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I was rooting for my cat to win that game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But just came up short.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Unfortunately, he couldn't pull off the miraculous upset, which is one we'd probably be talking about for years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And a shot to take down the number one overall seed and tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But on.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Nonetheless, Gary McNamara, probably going to get the Syracuse job really put on a good audition tape for him to get any job he wants at the power of 5 level by taking a small little 16 seed in Sienna and putting them up against the Goliath of College basketball today and just coming up a little bit short and had a chance to compete in when the game
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[SPEAKER_03]: almost.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also, by the way, there've been a lot of almost 16 ones over the years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, this was what this was and I feel like not enough people are talking about how Duke really escaped that today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know it was in the early.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I guess it was in the second window, it was earlier in the day, and people was kind of stopped talking about it, but it didn't even seem like at the time that people were real like concerned or in tune with that a 16 had a one on the ropes there for the majority of the actually the entire game, the full 40 minutes.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's not like the Duke pulled away in one
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[SPEAKER_04]: And Sienna had a chance to come down up intentionally, bring it to a one possession game with under 30 seconds to go.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So, again, Sienna, all the credit for being able to fight.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I actually saw that team in person this year down at Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Indiana kinda had their way with Sienna.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Nice coaching job there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And they beat him by 20, and I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I get it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's kind of why I was written for Sienna too, but I always love the upset.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also in Greenville, a bit of an upset VCU came from 1719 points down at 17 to my notes.
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[SPEAKER_03]: 19 points down to be North Carolina 82 to 78 in overtime.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Ram's will face Illinois a 105 70 winner over Penn.
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[SPEAKER_03]: David Merkovich 29 points and Tipton's own Ben Hummerhouse 12 points.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And the win for the Alinai.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So VCU Illinois, another win for the Big 10.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And the VCU North Carolina game is exciting went over time and VCU had a chance with the ball to win it through it away in the final seconds of regulation North Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I actually got a shot off it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Could have won the game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I thought that was probably, you could make the argument for high point Wisconsin.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I thought the DC U North Carolina game was just a tad more entertaining than the high point Wisconsin game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I thought they were both great games.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The VCU game was great.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's like the 4th or 5th different coach they've had a win at NCAA Tournament game in the last 15 years at BCU.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We're a shock, a smart one a game there will wade one on an NCAA Tournament game there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I was at the coach.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Mike Rhodes and now Phil Martelli Junior, what's by the way, his dad, Phil Martelli Senior.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I've gotten the note over the last few years by him coming in recruiting in Indiana and him and I have stayed in touch.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I've done a couple interviews with him and just a great guy all around the trials, but yeah, just a great dude, and that's why I was pulling for VCU to win that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We'll keep pulling for him.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Well, now it's,
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[SPEAKER_03]: him against Ben Hummerhouse from tipped and so I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to be a little torn there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Now you might be.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I won't.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It'll be forcy Nebraska Advice of Vanderbilt Saturday at Oklahoma City.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The Gornusers got off to a bit of a slow start bringing up blowing out Troy 776 to 47.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Vanderbilt pulled away to beat me.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Me 78 to 68.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I know you were a huge Vanderbilt fan today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It was going on at the same time as the Duke CNA game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I was so into that that I really wasn't paying attention to it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And then it even really fee or a con on my screen today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So maybe the producers in the incidentally term it took note.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's just like, yeah, whatever, we're kind of done with that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We'll just spoof onto the next thing.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So
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[SPEAKER_04]: whatever govandy be a good game in Nebraska on Saturday two of the kind of basement dwellers of college basketball over the years getting together and planned for a chance to go to the sweet 16 vendor built i wouldn't call basement well or over the years necessarily is much they have been recently for sure but uh... Nebraska for sure
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also, on Saturday, it'll be an all-texist matchup in Oklahoma City, two-seed Houston, man, and they look good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Against Tennessee, Texas A and M after the Aggies beat St. Mary 63 to 50.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And, let me find the final score of the Houston game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It was a lot to a little.
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[SPEAKER_03]: 78 to 47.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, I think Houston, one of three teams that can win the national championship, and I think they're all from the big 12th.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I, I have a percent degree with the Arizona, Iowa State, and Houston, I'm assuming are the three you're talking about.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Correct.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And Houston is just a juggernaut, and they put that on display tonight against Idaho.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It was never a game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Kelvin's thing has to have been dudes for Houston ready to go just like he does every March.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I wouldn't be shocked if they got the Indianapolis and won the rematch against potentially floored in the elite aid if both teams were to get there.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Houston is a fun team to watch man is and the tag lines for them for John Ross and his Houston basketball, no mercy.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They defended a high level.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They play the game at a high level.
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[SPEAKER_04]: A lot of intensity and you always see that the turn of that from them.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Great.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Any team today move from your non-contender to contender list.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think that, I think the list kind of still stays the same.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're going on there, maybe.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Maybe, I guess if there was one that probably would be on the way just the way they shot the ball.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Against Pan, I scored over 100 on him today.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And a team to look out for, I was impressed with today was Arkansas.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Darius A cuts really good, Trevor Brazil.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got some great athletes to pair that with the mastermind coaching of John Caliphary.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I wouldn't be shocked if Arkansas doesn't maybe get to the elite aid in that region if they could potentially take down Arizona and the sweet 16.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It'll be a tall task, but Arkansas I think's got the roster to be able to do that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Here's the good news.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You get to wake up and do it all again on Friday.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's my favorite part about Thursday at the time, I was sitting there and you're like, man, I don't want to stand and then you're like, well, it doesn't really have to.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And we're going to do this all again tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So I can't wait.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And it starts at 12, 15 on CBS Kentucky against Santa Clara in St. Louis and Grant every time a team beats Kentucky in the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I am obligated to buy that team's T-shirt.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So I might be getting the Santa Clara T-shirt this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Every time Kentucky gets beat in the tournament and Angel gains his wings, Greg.
24:31
[SPEAKER_03]: That is correct.
24:35
[SPEAKER_03]: 1240 in Tampa on true TV.
24:39
[SPEAKER_03]: Whatever that is, in the Midwest, it's Texas Tech against Akron.
24:43
[SPEAKER_03]: Any chance of an upset there?
24:45
[SPEAKER_04]: I think so with J.T.
24:47
[SPEAKER_04]: Topping for Texas Tech being hurt and probably not playing in that game, Akron a team that got overlooked in the back this year because of the success of Miami Ohio.
24:58
[SPEAKER_04]: They're also a legit team there, Akron.
25:01
[SPEAKER_04]: I would be shocked if they don't all the 12, 5-ups that once again.
25:05
[SPEAKER_03]: Two teams that Purdue blew out at the same time, part of the schedule.
25:13
[SPEAKER_03]: 135 Arizona against Long Island in San Diego.
25:17
[SPEAKER_03]: It's on TNT and in the West region of we are not going to have an upset in that one.
25:22
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, but that is the ice table.
25:25
[SPEAKER_03]: I didn't wear it.
25:26
[SPEAKER_04]: That's awesome.
25:27
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
25:28
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
25:28
[SPEAKER_04]: Arizona, sweet tea and Long Island ice team and we got the table.
25:33
[SPEAKER_03]: It is fantastic.
25:35
[SPEAKER_03]: 150.
25:36
[SPEAKER_03]: It's your team, the right state
25:44
[SPEAKER_03]: can do it.
25:47
[SPEAKER_04]: I don't know.
25:48
[SPEAKER_04]: Virginia is really, really good.
25:50
[SPEAKER_04]: I think and a lot of brackets over the years for that Virginia team is arguably probably the best two seed in the tournament this year.
25:59
[SPEAKER_04]: There are three just because of the influx of really good teams this year in the country and they're really talented.
26:06
[SPEAKER_04]: Right, so he's going to have their hands full.
26:09
[SPEAKER_04]: I'll tell you what Greg, if they can get big play out of Jeffersonville's Michael Cooper, I like their chances, man.
26:16
[SPEAKER_04]: They're going to have their work cut out for him, against Virginia, but if the if the a former red devil and Michael Cooper can get it done and have a good game like he did in the horizon league championship, then we could be talking about right status of 14 over a three and an upset.
26:33
[SPEAKER_03]: Troy, that's my neighbor Grant.
26:35
[SPEAKER_03]: 250 on CBS in St. Louis, it's my pick to win the National Championship Grant Iowa State against Tennessee State.
26:42
[SPEAKER_03]: 315 Alabama against Hofstra in Tampa.
26:50
[SPEAKER_04]: That'll be interesting because Alabama will be without eight in Holloway, one of their starters and better players.
26:58
[SPEAKER_04]: He was arrested earlier this week on drug charges.
27:01
[SPEAKER_04]: So without him, you don't know how that team kind of responds and how they're going to be able to rally around each other and get regroups for that game in Tampa.
27:11
[SPEAKER_04]: So maybe he looked for Hofstra to pull that out.
27:14
[SPEAKER_04]: I still think Alabama will have enough gas in the tank and the firepower to be able to get it done, but don't sleep on the Hofstra pride.
27:25
[SPEAKER_03]: Great, it's not the first time that happened in Alabama like right before the NCAA tournament.
27:31
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, uh, this is a little different, I think the last guys they had, yeah, they suspected him of like actually like murdering someone.
27:39
[SPEAKER_04]: Right, exactly.
27:41
[SPEAKER_04]: That's way.
27:42
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, this is way different.
27:44
[SPEAKER_04]: Way different.
27:47
[SPEAKER_03]: 14 Villanova against Utah State.
27:50
[SPEAKER_03]: That should be a really good game in San Diego on TNT.
27:54
[SPEAKER_04]: I like Utah State in that game, Greg.
27:56
[SPEAKER_04]: They played at a great level all year long, and we interested to see how they do against Villanova.
28:03
[SPEAKER_03]: I like Utah State as well as Villanova team not playing well at the end of the year.
28:09
[SPEAKER_03]: For 25, it is America's team that Miami Red Hawks against Tennessee and Philadelphia on TBS.
28:17
[SPEAKER_04]: I really wish that game was in the third window, the night window, like the early evening window.
28:23
[SPEAKER_04]: It's gonna be the only game on though.
28:25
[SPEAKER_04]: That is true.
28:27
[SPEAKER_04]: If Cinderella's carriage pulls up to the castle there in Philly, for back to back games, and the lower seed jumps in, there's a potential chance we could see, and I don't know how likely this would be.
28:40
[SPEAKER_04]: There's a potential chance Greg, we could see Wright stayed in Miami of Ohio.
28:45
[SPEAKER_04]: in the second round on Sunday in Philadelphia, which would be utterly amazing.
28:52
[SPEAKER_04]: Those two teams played during the year at Wright State over in Beaver Creek and I don't know who won that one.
28:59
[SPEAKER_04]: I think I know one that one too, that was Miami.
29:04
[SPEAKER_04]: I would love to see them play each other in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
29:09
[SPEAKER_03]: That would be awesome.
29:10
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm not going to say it's unlikely it doesn't look like maybe that could happen.
29:14
[SPEAKER_04]: I think one of those teams will probably get beat.
29:17
[SPEAKER_04]: I think one of those teams would be right state because I think Miami Ohio's going to beat Tennessee on try day after day and.
29:25
[SPEAKER_04]: I agree.
29:27
[SPEAKER_03]: I either make it a run group.
29:29
[SPEAKER_04]: I, I think they can get, uh, they can play themselves potentially end the last weekend of the year.
29:38
[SPEAKER_04]: Do that good.
29:42
[SPEAKER_03]: Great.
29:42
[SPEAKER_03]: 650 Climson against Iowa.
29:45
[SPEAKER_03]: A game that should be very competitive.
29:46
[SPEAKER_03]: That's in Tampa and the South region.
29:50
[SPEAKER_04]: That'll be a fun when the eight nines are always a toss of, that's one that people debate back and forth about when they're falling out their bracket.
29:58
[SPEAKER_04]: But man, doesn't that sound just like the citrus bowl?
30:03
[SPEAKER_04]: It's something like that.
30:04
[SPEAKER_04]: I have a Clemson, the Outback Bowl.
30:07
[SPEAKER_04]: That's something that would be played in a bowl game at the Buccaneer Stadium on like New Year's Eve at 12 o'clock in the afternoon.
30:19
[SPEAKER_04]: That's correct.
30:19
[SPEAKER_04]: Well, I'm set in Iowa.
30:21
[SPEAKER_03]: It's exactly what that is.
30:26
[SPEAKER_03]: Rick Patina and the St. John's Red Storm against Northern Iowa in the East region.
30:31
[SPEAKER_03]: 725 UCLA and UCF in Philadelphia on TBS that's also in the East region and then 735 had the Purdue Boyle their makers against the Queen's Royals in St. Louis and Grant.
30:51
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm scared to death of this game.
30:53
[SPEAKER_04]: Honestly, I can see why you would say that just with what produced done over the years, but if Purdue continues to play on the role and stay on the tracks from the big 10 tournament last week, they're going to be just fine for the next two games, at least in the tournament.
31:10
[SPEAKER_04]: So I wouldn't be shocked if Purdue does a come out and be queens and be queens pretty good.
31:17
[SPEAKER_03]: Wouldn't be shocked by that either, but every game Purdue lost this year grand.
31:20
[SPEAKER_03]: It was because the other team could fill it up and Queen's can fill it up.
31:27
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, that certainly would be a concern like the I was state game for Purdue earlier in the year.
31:33
[SPEAKER_04]: They they lost that game because I was they got hot the second half and midway through the second half was still shooting 80% in the half.
31:47
[SPEAKER_04]: Indiana, the same thing, down at IU.
31:50
[SPEAKER_04]: So there's a lot that goes into it, but I think Purdue would be just fine on Friday night.
31:55
[SPEAKER_03]: Probably, but it's been a nightmare.
31:58
[SPEAKER_03]: 925, defending national champion Florida against Prairie View in Tampa, that's of course in the South.
32:06
[SPEAKER_03]: 945, Darren Peterson, and the Kansas J. Hawks if he shows up.
32:13
[SPEAKER_03]: versus California Baptist in San Diego.
32:17
[SPEAKER_03]: So, California Baptist with a nice home court advantage there.
32:21
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, no way that California Baptist existed before the tournament.
32:28
[SPEAKER_04]: That's about as real as you went in the 200 meter dash at Blackford High School in 1990.
32:36
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, that's been, it's very real great.
32:41
[SPEAKER_04]: I knew you were going to come back with something like that.
32:45
[SPEAKER_04]: That's a shout out to our buddy, Mike Hudson right there.
32:50
[SPEAKER_03]: That is a fact that exists in history, Grant.
32:56
[SPEAKER_03]: And there are definitely listeners to this podcast who can confirm.
33:03
[SPEAKER_03]: In a clock on TBS, it is Yukon against Furman and Philadelphia in the East know anything about Furman Grant.
33:13
[SPEAKER_04]: Not much, but I know that there are consistent in the tournament, but Yukon is a team that I think is capable of getting into the file for.
33:22
[SPEAKER_03]: no question.
33:23
[SPEAKER_03]: And then the final game Friday, the final first round game, 10-10 is the Miami hurricane against Missouri Tigers in St. Louis on true TV and assuming pretty winds that will be their opponent in the second round.
33:39
[SPEAKER_04]: Yep, and Missouri, a team that pretty much could basically be playing a home game with the fact that it's in St. Louis could create a little bit of a home court advantage and also look for the Purdue fans and probably even some Kentucky fans to travel over there to St. Louis through the proximity of the two schools to that city.
34:05
[SPEAKER_03]: Our great real fast before we go.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The anoesians men and women were both eliminated from the National Tournament on Thursday in the NAA.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The men were upset 71-65 by hope in her National and the women lost 73-65 to Dakota State.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The best.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Also in Kansas City on Friday, number two, Grace plays number 17, Comberlitz Kentucky at one.
34:33
[SPEAKER_03]: It's the first game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: in Kansas City on Friday and the women in Su City, thank Francis from Fort Wayne Advanced to the Elite A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-
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[SPEAKER_03]: starting at 11.30 a.m. with 3 seed Duke against College of Charleston, Jack Ehozer and the Vermont Catamount are in Louisville on Saturday for a new game against the host Cardinals and Hannah Hedalgo in the sixth seed.
35:18
[SPEAKER_03]: And Hannah Hedalgo in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the sixth seed in the fourth fourth one region.
35:25
[SPEAKER_03]: They play 11 seed fair field at two Saturday and Columbus, the only team from Indiana in the NCAA tournament, produced the only men's team that is embarrassing.
35:35
[SPEAKER_03]: And at three o'clock Friday, defending Champion N at 2026, favorite Yukon gets underway against UTSA.
35:44
[SPEAKER_03]: Grant thoughts on Jackie Hozier getting to the NCAA tournament as a freshman.
35:48
[SPEAKER_04]: Hey, good for her, good for that Vermont team.
35:50
[SPEAKER_04]: They've always recruited the state of Indiana real well.
35:54
[SPEAKER_04]: They've had some a lot of really solid girls players from Indiana go to Vermont and be great players.
36:00
[SPEAKER_04]: So I don't surprise me.
36:02
[SPEAKER_04]: The men's players, too.
36:04
[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, true.
36:04
[SPEAKER_04]: Like Josh Spidele, we went to Vermont.
36:08
[SPEAKER_04]: He was a great player.
36:09
[SPEAKER_04]: And the Duncan kids from Evansville.
36:12
[SPEAKER_04]: Yep, forgot about them, so there's some kind of Indiana connection to Vermont, but good for Jack and hopefully they can get it done this week.
36:23
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm sure Mickey and then and the family are pretty pleased that it's in Louisville, not that far of a drive really.
36:30
[SPEAKER_04]: It just hit 65 and get down to Louisville and watch them ball, so good for them and I hope they can get it done.
36:41
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm gonna go with Yukon again.
36:42
[SPEAKER_04]: Use PLA is really good.
36:44
[SPEAKER_04]: The best girl was really good as well.
36:48
[SPEAKER_04]: She's like, what, six, seven, six, eight.
36:51
[SPEAKER_04]: Huge for a post player in women's college basketball.
36:56
[SPEAKER_04]: So, they could probably play in the championship, probably will play in the championship.
37:01
[SPEAKER_04]: I like Yukon and the pedigree of Geno REM, one of the greatest to ever do it, to cut down the net in Phoenix.
37:10
[SPEAKER_03]: And here is Michelle Garment of the Tips and Tribune in Lwood Colleater, by the way Grant still upstairs playing cards with her preview of the tournament and her prediction, who's going to wear the next old championship and the lever guest who it is Grant.
37:27
[SPEAKER_03]: Michelle cannot call them the Notre Dame fighting iris without calling them Hannah Hadalgo and the Notre Dame fighting iris because she is what makes that team go but Hannah Hadalgo and the Notre Dame fighting iris should win on Saturday can they get out of Columbus though.
37:42
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they can get out of Columbus however Ohio State is not the best matchup for them because they have the two sister guards, the Cambridge sisters, they're really good too and
37:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, has state has some other complimentary players?
37:59
[SPEAKER_01]: The only thing I give a slight edge to with Notre Dame is the experience.
38:03
[SPEAKER_01]: So, Doggo has been there.
38:04
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, this is sort of third year through it.
38:08
[SPEAKER_01]: So, I would say that she's got a little bit more of a vanage in those high pressure moments and games.
38:15
[SPEAKER_03]: But anything to be concerned about with this Fairfield team.
38:19
[SPEAKER_01]: Hey, I tell you what, Fairfield was in the IU region a few years ago and that IU and IU played them and for half it was competitive.
38:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I really until about the last three minutes, the Fairfield was right there and then they just didn't have enough by our part.
38:37
[SPEAKER_01]: They couldn't stop because
38:41
[SPEAKER_01]: If they're hitting outside shots, they're discipline, they'll go in, knowing they haven't nothing to lose.
38:47
[SPEAKER_01]: And if there's been one thing with this Notre Dame team this year, it's not being able to consistently game-to-game play at a high level.
38:58
[SPEAKER_03]: You can't turn them into win, right?
39:00
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I, in fact, uh, somebody asked me the other day, uh, well, who do you get a refer who, and the women's turn and I said, well, I said, I'm saying what, I'm not a you, I am not a you con fan, um, but I said, it's their team.
39:13
[SPEAKER_01]: It's their turn to lose.
39:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I will say, I think this is the last year that you're going to really be able to say it.
39:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Sarah strong is phenomenal.
39:19
[SPEAKER_01]: And I know she'll be back next year.
39:21
[SPEAKER_01]: She's just a sophomore, but they lose a, they lose AZ, they lose AZ bud.
39:27
[SPEAKER_01]: after this year.
39:28
[SPEAKER_01]: And probably her and Hannah Hedoggle would probably be considered the two of the best guards in the nation.
39:34
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think Izifad could get player of the year.
39:37
[SPEAKER_01]: She's a great shooter, just a guard.
39:39
[SPEAKER_01]: That's what makes you con so dangerous.
39:42
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't see them with another easy fun next year.
39:45
[SPEAKER_01]: So I think they come
39:47
[SPEAKER_01]: they'll come back to the pack next year, but I think they are ahead of it.
39:50
[SPEAKER_01]: Although I will say this, Michigan gave him a little bit of a test earlier this year because Michigan's got athletes and when they're hitting, they can be dangerous.
40:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know that UCLA could beat
40:11
[SPEAKER_01]: If you run, if you can push the ball, and I think that's what they would do, and I think that would be to UCLA's disadvantage, but they might be able to just because they have the best sisters, because younger sisters starting to step up and make her presence known here at the end of the season.
40:28
[SPEAKER_03]: Give me a sleeper or two.
40:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
40:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to give you a sleeper.
40:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to give you Miami, Vohail.
40:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Just like the men, I'm rooting for the red hocks and the men's and the women's tournament.
40:37
[SPEAKER_01]: For the women, it's because Glen Box is their head coach and they have a wears, you know, wears, but this is associate head coach.
40:43
[SPEAKER_01]: wears, but is the brother of IU, associate head coach, ret wears, but Glen Box was a form.
40:48
[SPEAKER_01]: Also an associate head coach, under Terry Morn, at IU.
40:51
[SPEAKER_01]: So there's an IU connection plus Sarah Skye's little sister.
40:55
[SPEAKER_01]: is an all-mack player for Miami of Ohio.
40:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll be rooting for the Redhacks.
41:00
[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks so much for your show.
41:09
[SPEAKER_03]: By the way, again, Zagga did hold on to when the final game of the night that final score was great.
41:21
[SPEAKER_04]: 73 to 64.
41:23
[SPEAKER_04]: Gonzaga held on the win by nine despite the scare from a scrappy Kenneth Hall State team.
41:31
[SPEAKER_03]: And coming up on tomorrow's show we're planning on having Blackford head coach Aaron Daniels to talk about LaPelle and Oak Hill at the Muncie semi-state.
41:40
[SPEAKER_03]: Also earlier Thursday we released our semi-state preview with Michelle Grant and Kevin Lottellisten's already
41:49
[SPEAKER_03]: that's getting out to everyone.
41:50
[SPEAKER_03]: Go check that out.
41:53
[SPEAKER_03]: That was fun grant.
41:53
[SPEAKER_03]: We predicted all 24 games.
41:57
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm excited to do it next week for the state finals and hopefully our picks are correct and we'll be able to do it again next week.
42:06
[SPEAKER_03]: And of course tomorrow night we will be talking in today's tournament on this show and we hope and probably we'll have
42:16
[SPEAKER_03]: a recap show all on its own because the first round will be in the books.
42:21
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much Grant.
42:23
[SPEAKER_03]: Appreciate it, Greg.
42:25
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks everybody for listening.
42:28
[SPEAKER_03]: And we'll be back tomorrow.
42:33
[SPEAKER_02]: If you think he's exiled like Dominic, you were
42:48
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much Grant and Michelle and of course we'll be back again tomorrow.
42:54
[SPEAKER_03]: Definitely have this show we hope to have a full recap of the full panel of people reacting to Friday's games and looking ahead this Saturday's as well.
43:07
[SPEAKER_03]: Also of course we talk about a little more high school boy's basketball.
43:11
[SPEAKER_03]: I'd like to talk to a Blackward Head Coach Aaron Daniel so you've played half of the teams at the Muncie Simmer State.
43:18
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks everyone for listening, please get back tomorrow.
43:21
[SPEAKER_03]: It's a drill idea, this portal port is a product of ITG media.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm out, let's see, sir.