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You're listening to the Bring the Thunder Podcast, a podcast
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by fans, for fans. Yes, you are welcome everybody
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to another members only episode from the Bring the Thunder
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podcast. We have something a little
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different for you guys today. This is not exactly Thunder
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related at the moment, but me, Joe and Satvir, we're going to
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do a bracket for you guys because obviously if you guys
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listen to this podcast, you like basketball and what is better
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than March Madness? Very few things.
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So with that being said, we have a bracket pulled up.
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What we're going to be doing. We have a screen shared.
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All three of us. We're just going to go through
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each match up and whichever team gets the consensus will move on.
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So we're trying to make it like a agreed bracket.
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Obviously we're not going to all just agree on every single pick
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here, but that that'd be, that'd be nice.
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Yeah, that would be quite easy. So let's get into it, Joe, if
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you want to start us off, let's let's just dive right in.
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Yeah, we'll start right in the round of 64 here #1 Duke.
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All right, all right, we're all taking Duke.
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I'm not even going to intro it. Duke over Seattle.
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I think we just take Duke Saturday.
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Yeah, yeah, OK. Ohio State, TCU, the 8-9 match
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up here. I have Ohio State personally in
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my break. I I don't have to stay in my
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bracket. So savvy.
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You can still say TCU if you have it, but yeah, it's.
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No, I think I had AI think I had a seat.
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OK. All right, moving to the 512.
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The five twelves are are known for the upsets, gentlemen, we
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got St. John's, Northern Iowa.
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I love taking the twelves, but in this one I got St.
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John's. I want to represent so bad.
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I want to represent you and I so bad, but yeah, this is not a
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wonderful matchup for them. St.
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John's. St.
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John's pretty legit. You and I is they've.
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Got higher than A5 by the way. Magic, by the way, But yeah, no,
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I agree with you, Joe. So.
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You and I don't have magic, you're right, but I still got.
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John. I I I agree St.
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John's is all right. Here we go, moving on. 4/13
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Kansas Cal Baptist. Great matchup for Kansas here.
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Really lucked out here. Kansas for me.
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Yeah, I mean, here's what I will say though, I do think Kansas
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could be a team that that they're not like shocking to me.
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Like I don't think Kansas is great.
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Like don't get me wrong, I love Bill Self.
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I think Bill Self is one of the best coaches in the entire
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world. But I don't know, man.
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This is not his their team's year in terms of what I think
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they could actually do in terms of this is not like I agree with
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you, Joe. This is a great match up for
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them, but I would not expect like they win by 40 kind of
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thing like this. This could be a decent game at
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halftime. Yeah, you're right.
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And. Sanders.
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Got Kansas? As well, Yeah.
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Kansas, All right, gentlemen, Louisville, South Florida, the
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611. This is my personal first upset.
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I have South Florida, they score points.
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I don't love Louisville. I got South Florida winning this
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one. Several allergy chip in here
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next instead of going the same order.
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Yeah, I'm with South Florida as well.
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One of my upsets on my bracket at least so.
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There you go. I just just for clarity, I was
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going Louisville. So there's our first disagree.
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I'm OK with that, Joe. I have seen South Florida,
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Joanne Savor. I've seen that one.
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I I like that pick. I think it's fair.
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But yeah, that's that's that's good.
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Good start there. I'm not.
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I'm not upset with that. I like moving them bottom.
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Happy staff here. Agreed. 314 here.
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Michigan State, North Dakota State.
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I do not like Michigan State this year at all, but I'm still
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moving them on against North Dakota State, the first round
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here. Yeah, I'm thinking Michigan as
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well. Yep.
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Agreed. That 1UCLA U CF710 match up.
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I like Donovan Dent. I like the guard play in UCLA.
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I'll move him on to the second round.
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I I guess I'll go UCLA in this one as well.
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I, I, this is a tough one for me because I, I agree with you,
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Joe. I also like a lot of the guard
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play that UCLA has, but I don't know, UCF is interesting.
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This is a really interesting match up.
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I, I think this could be one of those that could be closer just
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for the sake I was probably go UCF.
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But if we're, if we're already WCLA, then move them on.
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Sweet. You have UCF in your bracket.
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I've not made my bracket yet all the way through.
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All right, doing it. For the sake of disagreeing.
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And to finish up to 15 UConn firm and I got UConn.
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Yeah, this is straightforward. Yeah, pretty easy.
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All right. I guess we could stay on this
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side. I like to do all the first
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rounds in the beginning, so I don't influence myself.
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Do you guys want to move to the top right there?
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I'm good with whatever man, you do it your way.
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I like to stay in the round of 64 'cause if I move all the
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teams in and I see Duke in the championship, I'm like, let me,
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let's stay first round here. Arizona versus Liu, where Joe's
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from, where actually Joe's wife went to school.
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Arizona is going to absolutely destroy Liu.
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Sorry to Joe's wife, but it's not a not a good match up to be
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an alumni of Liu here. 8-9 Nova, Utah State, I got you.
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Utah State. I don't think Nova's good.
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They're injured at the moment. Utah State's All right, I got
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Utah State. I believe I did Utah as well on
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this one. There we go.
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Sorry. Sorry, Gabe.
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Consensus like like 9 seed winning.
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I think everybody has Utah State which could be bad.
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Wisconsin high point is the 512. I think High Point's good their
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experience from last year. Wisconsin is playing their ass
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off though. They just lost to Michigan in
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the Big 10 championship. They're getting one of their
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best scorers back for the tournament they haven't had in a
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while. Give me Wisconsin.
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I'm taking high point Rep my city 336 all the way baby.
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And I'm not just repping them just to Rep them.
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I actually believe that they will get this upset and yeah I'm
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going high point for this. They have two really good
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Ballers on their team and all you need is 2 really good ones
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to get you through, especially at the college level so.
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Totally. Give me Wisconsin.
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No game you got to watch. I I I dude, I I I believe you.
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I like what you're saying. You make good points but I don't
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know I I played a good. Game I just Wisconsin's a good
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basketball. Team, it's like a lot of times
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in people's brackets, they pick Wisconsin and get upset and they
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tend to just usually not. This is a bait game right here
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in my opinion. I think I agree with that.
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Moving to 413. Sorry, SAP here.
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Arkansas, Hawaii, maybe top three player in the nation right
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now. Darius Acuff leading Arkansas on
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a hot streak right now. I got Arkansas.
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I can't believe Hawaii's a 13. Darius Acuff is a dog.
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He's so good. I've been keeping an eye on him
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to watch a lot of his stats scene where he's falling on the
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big boards. But yeah, just because of that,
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I mean, him alone raises this team to a really good, a really
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solid push. But I'm not going to give away
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too much more. But yeah, definitely Arkansas.
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I agree. It looks like Zapir just.
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Yeah, just absolutely agreed there.
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This one's interesting to me. We got BYU versus the winner of
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Texas, NC State. I've been so back and forth.
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I kind of like NC State. I also don't mind Texas either,
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but I don't know if I could see AJ getting knocked out in the
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first round. So let me take BYU.
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Yeah, I think AJ is in for a deep run here, so at least on my
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bracket, so I'm going with him. Yeah, I, I think NC State ends
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up beating Texas and then I think after that a JS yeah, I
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think AJ, I mean it it's either team that wins here.
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I think BYU is going to pack up either one pretty easily. #3
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Gonzaga 14, Kennesaw State on Gonzaga.
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There's not much to say here, just Gonzaga.
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Yeah. This year is a miserable seating
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match up. I don't like either of these
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teams at where they're seated. 7 Miami #10 Missouri.
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Just give me Miami. I'm trying to think who I have
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for this one. Well, I think about it, Gabe.
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You tell me. I hate to, I hate to end it
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quick, but I was going to go Miami as well.
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But I mean. All right.
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This was one that could absolutely just be the flip of a
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coin, and no matter who wins, I don't give a shit.
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Like I like, I don't. Care.
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I think this Miami MO 1 was the one I was most hesitant with on
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the whole racket. Pretty much 'cause I was like.
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It's I think they're. Both overseas, like, I don't
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know. Yes, I agree, Joe.
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It's just kind of, I don't know, it's one of those games where
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whoever wins this one, you're just like, well, good luck in
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the next. Round right?
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Exactly. Interesting.
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Purdue got a A2 seed after winning the Big 10 championship.
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They really valued the Big 10. I don't think Purdue's a two
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seed, but they will beat Queen's College, who is also right
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around the corner from Joe. Just a reminder, Big 12 is the.
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Best No, this is This is Queen's College in North Carolina.
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How is it actually? It is, and the only reason I
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know that because it was right around the corner from
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Charlotte. Oh look at that 2 Queens
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college. You got them mixed up.
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Still taking Purdue. I was.
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Going to say, well, that's great.
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They're still losing to Purdue. But yeah, I mean, Purdue's
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interesting, though. I, I do think they're I do think
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they're kind of for odds. I'm not going to lie to you.
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I'm not impressed by them if it's not for Smith.
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And I don't know if they're really all that great.
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He does so much for that team. And just a reminder that Iowa
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State Molly whopped them on the road.
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Good, good reminder there. All right.
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Thank you. Moving on with the round of 32.
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We got to wait, we got to Scroll down, we got to Scroll down.
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We still got round of 64 to go. That's true.
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I don't know why. Yes, we blanked on that.
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There we go. We'll start with Florida first,
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the winner of Prairie View or Lehigh.
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Lehigh first time back in tournament since CJ McCollum
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took out Savier's Duke Blue Devils.
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Florida. Absolutely Florida.
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I I hope, I hope if Lehigh does make it.
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I know I've seen people talking about C JS got to pull up but I
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don't know if I'm CJI, don't know if I am pulling up that
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one. Yeah, it might not be a good
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idea. Savvy.
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I'm assuming you just agreed there.
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We'll go to Clemson, Iowa. Good match up here.
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I gave I like. Clemson.
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I like Clemson too. I wonder why?
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3. I'm not going to lie, I do think
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I would probably take out well, like, but for the sake of what's
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happening, I'm going to go Clemson.
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All right, so we'll go with Clemson.
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There are your thoughts on there.
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Yeah, yeah, I'm going Clemson. All right, 512 here is pretty
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interesting to me. Vanderbilt's kind of on a hot
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streak here. McNeese I think they pulled off
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the upset last year against Clemson in the first round.
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Yeah. I believe I'm right there.
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I think I had McNeese moving on in my bracket.
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I need a 12/5 one of them to win, but I'll go Vanderbilt for
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this one. Yeah, I'll go Vanderbilt.
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Yeah, Tyler Tanner has been the dude has been insane.
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So. 413 Nebraska looking for its first ever tournament win over
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Troy. Do they get it this time?
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I think they do. Give me Nebraska.
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If anyone can lead Nebraska to their first tournament win, it
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is the mayor, Freddie Hoiberg. There is no one else that I
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would have more confidence in than that head coach.
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So yeah, give me. Give me Nebraska.
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Upset alert for me here. I got VCU #11 taken down UNC
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without Caleb Wilson. Me too.
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Me as well. I think this is one of the more
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commonly picked upsets just simply because, you know, Caleb
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Wilson, that's, I mean, losing your best players.
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There's it really sucks because I really like Caleb Wilson.
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Like I really liked watching him play.
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So it's such an unfortunate injury.
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Yeah, so we got VCU moving on there. 314 Illinois, Penn.
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I'm pissed off that Yale lost that game.
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I thought Yale was actually a pretty decent basketball team.
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Give me Illinois. This.
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Is straightforward, again, like this is one that I just think
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there's no way that Illinois doesn't win this game.
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Saint Mary's. Yeah.
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Mary's A&M here. I I got Mary's I guess.
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I'm going A&M, I'm going A&M. I'm a little upset here.
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I'm sorry to burst the bubble, but I'm going Saint Mary's for
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our bracket. Mary's just like, I don't know,
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it's always tough of Mary's. And then we finish up Houston,
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Idaho going to Houston. Yeah, this is a quick one.
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All right, moving over to the right side, Michigan versus
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UMBC. Welcome back to UMBC or Howard.
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In my opinion, it's probably be UMBC, obviously Michigan.
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We can just move on. It's Michigan, but.
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Then we got 8-9 again. Georgia St.
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Louis will take it at 9 again. Saint Louis over Georgia.
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Oh, interesting. I'm going to Georgia here.
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I think Saint Louis is good. They've had a lot of, they've
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had a ton of media coverage this year, a lot of hype, but
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ultimately, I don't know, I, I feel like big stage bright
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lights give me Georgia. I'm going Saint Louis all.
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Right, we'll take the 9:00 again, gentlemen.
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I told you we needed a 12 seat upset of five.
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I'm taking Akron over Texas Tech Texas Tech lost their best
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player in Toppin, who was outstanding, but he's gone.
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Akron's got the guard plate at match.
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Texas Tech in me, Akron. I'm going tech here first hand
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watching, playing against them with even without topping, they
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are so good, man. They they are such an efficient
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3 point shooting team. They are so good.
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But Joe, there's no reason I don't see a world where this
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upset happens. But I'm going to go tech.
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I'm going to Texas Tech here. Moving on, Bammo, the four
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taking on Hofstra again. New York's represented very well
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this year. Could be a good one.
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Bama's like second leading scorer just got arrested this
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morning, so I don't really know if he's playing, assuming he
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does Alabama I. Wouldn't say even assuming he
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doesn't, I'm still going to go Alabama.
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I mean, not to diss on Hofstra at all, but I just think
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Alabama's more complete team. I thought the I don't know.
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I had the upset. You're like Hofstra.
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In this one. Just.
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Because of the just because of the breaking news, I think that
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second leading scorer guy maybe not be available and.
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It'll be interesting. And then it'll make it a little
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bit interesting because when when you have two good like
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guys, then it's fine. But when you're left with one
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and a solid team like, then you're able to be upset.
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That's fair. I'd love to be an officer when
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we're still moving on. Bama, right, with the Tennessee
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versus this kind of pissed me off play in Miami, Ohio versus
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SMU. Miami Ohio lost one game all
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year and they put him in a play in.
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I'm going with Miami Ohio. You know, they're plus 300
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against SMU. Like SMU probably should be the
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favorite, but I'm still riding that money line too.
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Miami, Ohio over Tennessee. Yo, you're not going to like,
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you're not going to like my opinion on Miami Ohio.
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I'm surprised, like I'm going Tennessee no matter who wins
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this one. I think Miami Ohio has a lot of
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stats that don't make them look as good.
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They're right, don't be wrong. I think they deserve to be in
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the tournament. But there's a lot of things that
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have not blown me away with Miami, Ohio, I'll put it that
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way. I'm going Miami, OH.
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Baby good news. OK.
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And I love that we're just saying it's Miami, Ohio, Not
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even SMU. We're just Miami.
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SMU out. Virginia Wright State.
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I think Virginia lucked out here.
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Virginia, Virginia. Absolutely.
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Yeah, absolutely as well. Where are we Kentucky?
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Santa Clara 710. I got Santa Clara for J dub.
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I actually think Santa Clara is better than Kentucky anyway.
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Fair enough. I'm going vanilla with this one.
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I got Kentucky. I just think it's so hard to
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beat A-Team like Kentucky. No matter what the roster look
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like, no matter what seed they are, it's it's Kentucky.
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You know, they got so much going for them.
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So I hope J Dub's school pulls it off, but we'll see.
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I think Santa Clara has. Clearly.
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The most underrated hoopers in the previous couple of drafts,
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so. Far.
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And just from that alone, I'm going with Santa Clara because I
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think they're starting to get on the map.
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Like I don't know what they're developing it like development
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program is, but clearly it's really good and Kentucky isn't
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the same Kentucky anymore, so. That's actually 215 here.
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Iowa State moves on. Yeah.
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All right, now we've got back to top lip.
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Yep, we got 1/8 Duke. Ohio State, I got Duke.
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I got Duke as well. I'll take Duke, sadly. 4-5 here
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I I still can't believe like I know they weren't good non
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conference but like St. John's being A5 and UConn being
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a 2 is just crazy. I got St.
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John's over Kansas. I know Peterson's good, but like
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how many minutes is he even going to play in the game?
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I got St. John's.
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I'm going to St. John's as well.
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I have mentioned the first round.
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Kansas is just not. They're just not as good as I
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think people want to think they are right now, so I'm going to
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St. John's.
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Mentioned it before, I absolutely hate Michigan State
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this year. You're going to hate me for this
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one, but I got South Florida. I really do.
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I have it on my real bracket too.
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I don't think Michigan State has a lot of firepower on their team
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at all. I'm going to go ahead and assume
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Savor and I are going to Michigan State.
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No, I'm I'm going South Florida, baby.
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Let's go. Yeah, All right.
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OK. Oh man, it's moving South.
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Florida, I actually have that. Powered by hatred.
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That's terrible. 72 here. UConn UCLAI got UConn moving on.
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I do too, even though I like UCLA as well.
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I I I would have UCF here but I would either way.
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I think you. Where are we now?
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Copyright Arizona, Utah. Arizona.
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Yeah, Arizona. Easily.
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This one's interesting. Arkansas, like we mentioned
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before, one of the better players in the nation, really
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good at the moment. Wisconsin's really good at the
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moment too, and I think, I think it's underrated.
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I've forgotten the dude's name. There's too many players getting
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a really good score back. I think Wisconsin could actually
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take this one, and I think I'm going to take them to win.
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I'm going to Arkansas here. I've mentioned earlier that just
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because of a cuff alone, I have them being a pretty successful
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team in this tournament. So I just like they're all
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around roster. I think they're good.
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I think Wisconsin's solid. But the fact that I even debated
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Wisconsin versus High Point tells me that Arkansas's going
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to be the one that comes out. Same thought process.
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I didn't like them before, don't like them now, so we're moving.
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On Arkansas, oh, we got BYU. Gonzaga.
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I think this is where the the run ends.
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I think he just wins one game. I think Gonzaga's just gonna
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wipe the floor with BYU. Like, Gonzaga's always chosen to
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get upset, and they never really do until, like, they reach like,
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Sweet Sixteens and then they'll lose.
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But like, I still have Gonzaga. Yeah, I'm going to have BYU win
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in this one. I I really have a lot of faith
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in in Aji think AJ is such a great player.
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He's an even better leader. And it's not just him.
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There's a lot of guys around him that are good as well.
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And Joe, you mentioned Gonzaga's pick to blow it a lot, and they
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usually don't. This is the year, this is the
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one. I'm going Gonzaga because ignore
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everything I said about needing 2 good players when you have a
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really really one good player. He can also lead you through
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tournaments, and BYU has that. Oh, you're going BYU.
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OK, All right, so we got BYU moving on 27 Miami, Purdue.
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Give me Purdue. Honestly like don't like either
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team though but give me Purdue. I agree even though I kind of
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think Purdue is fraudulent but. It's not such an easy like.
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Well, we talked about Miami, Missouri being like one of the
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most like irrelevant, like how are these two teams be here?
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No matter who wins that, they have to go play Purdue who is
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going to be better. Agreed.
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OK. Move left side here.
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Florida, Clemson, I got Florida. Don't think Clemson is that good
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this year. Yeah, I'm going to Florida as
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well. You want to do it.
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OK. Vanderbilt, Nebraska.
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I think Nebraska, just I think they lose to Vandy.
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I'm on Nebraska. I'm going to do Vanderbilt for
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myself. I'll take another step, Gabe.
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I think even if McNeese beats Vandy in Upset, I think McNeese
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beats. Crazy they hate.
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VCU good upset in first round. I think Illinois is a pretty
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solid team all around. They give me Illinois.
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Yeah, like you said, good upset. Get ready to get ready to play
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in the big leagues, buddy. Yeah.
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Mary's Houston. Yeah.
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Houston, yeah. That's not even a conversation.
21:41
Right, right. The bracket here.
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We'll finish up the round of 32, Michigan over Saint Louis,
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bottom right. Bottom, right, bottom.
21:49
Yeah, I got Michigan over Saint Louis.
21:51
Yeah, I mean, once again, good luck.
21:54
I guess I had George over them. Either way, this is not a good
21:57
match and. Then.
22:01
So I, I don't like this because I actually have Akron, Akron
22:06
Bama. I mean, I guess I'll just move
22:07
Bama along. I'm going Texas Tech here, man.
22:11
I I really think Tech is a great team without top and still
22:14
they've still impressed me a time.
22:15
They shoot so many threes, they're so efficient.
22:17
I'm still going to go Tech. I'm going to go with tech as
22:20
well. I'm not sold on this Bama news.
22:26
It just doesn't sound good. I don't know.
22:28
It could be really bad. No, you're right.
22:30
And like, all the more reason to take accurate.
22:36
All right. Like tech lost three in a row.
22:38
Like whatever, Miami, Ohio versus Virginia, we're taking
22:43
Virginia. We are definitely taking
22:45
Virginia. And then Iowa State.
22:51
I got Iowa State over Santa Clara.
22:53
I also have Iowa State over Santa Clara.
22:56
Would this be the one to screw me again?
22:58
No, if we lose to Santa Clara, no, I can't.
23:02
All right, back up to the top left side.
23:04
Here we are now, Sweet 16, I got Duke over St.
23:10
John's. Yeah, yeah.
23:13
I also have Duke over St. John's.
23:15
I like St. John's, though, I really do.
23:16
I like having them this far. I like them beating Kansas, but
23:19
I think Duke's just frankly significantly better.
23:23
I'll pick it, but I think St. John's is going to win.
23:27
Duke is a little injured right now, but I think they're getting
23:29
one of their guys back, so I'm still going to take Duke.
23:32
They're the biggest choke artists I know.
23:35
I'm a I'm a certified do cater until we get a new coach or
23:38
something bro. I got you, got over.
23:43
Yeah, me too. I love the program.
23:49
Come over crazy. Yeah, I got you got.
23:55
Where are we? I got to move to the right here,
23:59
Arizona. I got Arizona over Arkansas.
24:02
Arkansas I I think it's going to be a tough game against
24:05
Wisconsin. I think I had Wisconsin anyway,
24:07
I'm still going with Arizona. They're just loaded this year
24:10
and I hate taking them but they really are like disgusting.
24:14
Yeah, I agree. It just makes sense.
24:16
Arizona's so good. I agree as well.
24:20
BYU, Purdue. Well, if this is the match up, I
24:25
don't know. What do you guys think?
24:27
I'm going to BYU. BYU, like I really think that
24:32
they're a great team and I think Purdue's overrated, so I think
24:35
BYU upsets Purdue. Yeah, we'll move BYU over in my
24:39
my real 1. I think I, yeah, I had Gonzaga
24:42
beating BYU, Gonzaga beating Purdue.
24:45
We'll go to the bottom left. Got Florida bandy.
24:52
I'm actually not that high on Florida this year but I still
24:55
think they just are better than Vanderbilt.
24:57
So it can be Florida. Since I think Nebraska was going
25:00
to beat Vanderbilt, I think I kind of have to say Florida's
25:03
going to beat. Vanderbilt, Illinois.
25:08
Houston shaping up to be a decent one.
25:10
I think Houston's better. I also think Houston's better
25:13
Big 12. I'm sorry I got stopped.
25:15
So propaganda. Michigan Tech here.
25:18
I got Michigan. Yeah, this is the part that
25:21
sucks because I'm like, now I'm just picking all the good seeds,
25:23
but like they're the high seeds for a reason.
25:25
Michigan at some point Tech is going to start to struggle when
25:28
it gets to this point without topping.
25:29
I think that they can make it long enough through teams like
25:31
Alabama and and it's it's just once they run into a team like
25:36
Michigan, you're going to miss the star player.
25:38
Yeah, Michigan's got size 2 and they lost toppings.
25:41
So Virginia, Iowa State, this is a good game.
25:45
It's. A great game.
25:47
I have Iowa State, but yeah. I'm taking.
25:53
I'm taking Iowa. Iowa.
25:56
State baby, let's go. Move on Iowa State.
25:59
Move on. Back up to the top left.
26:01
Here we are. Now what?
26:03
Elite 8? Elite 8?
26:04
Yup. Duke.
26:05
Yukon. SAP your disagrees.
26:07
I have Duke. I I've watched Saint John wipe
26:09
the floor with Yukon 2 times out of three.
26:12
Three this year. I got Duke.
26:14
Don't do it, Joe, you'll break a racket right here.
26:18
Don't do it, Joe, he says. I'm, I'm adamant, Duke.
26:23
There's nothing to like about us, man.
26:25
Come on man. Sever, I need you to plug your
26:28
ears. On.
26:30
I need you to plug your ears for me, Sever.
26:32
Please don't pick us. I'm taking Duke.
26:36
No way dude, you guys are tripping.
26:38
I'm just. Like if you get blown out by
26:40
Rocky Johns, you're not beating Duke.
26:42
There's just no way. Dude, I just think Duke, Duke's
26:46
just. There's so much to like about
26:48
Duke. I feel like I.
26:50
Don't know Yukon? 'S great, dude.
26:51
I'm wrong. Yukon's good, but I think Duke
26:54
is. My favorite part of this is that
26:56
Sapir has to click them. It is.
26:59
And then we got Arizona, BYU, if this is the match up, great run.
27:03
AJ's stock is probably really high.
27:05
Arizona takes him down and that'll be it for AJ at BYU.
27:09
What do you think, Gabe? The BYU hype train that I've
27:12
been riding for so long, his his is going off the Cliff here.
27:16
Arizona is so complete. They're so good.
27:19
At some point he can drop 40 points, but if everyone else is
27:22
getting clamped up, it's over. So I'm going to Arizona,
27:24
unfortunately. So unfortunate.
27:29
Florida, Houston. This is the match where I think
27:31
Florida could lose. I'm taking Houston.
27:35
I'm with Houston as. Well, I'm also with Houston.
27:38
Houston's so good and I have so much.
27:40
Every time I watch Houston play, man, they just blow me away.
27:42
This is the one right here. Michigan.
27:44
Oh my God, Michigan. Iowa State in my bracket.
27:48
I do have Michigan. I'm going to be rooting if this
27:50
is a match up for Iowa State. So heavy.
27:53
I hate Michigan, just think Michigan's a little bit better.
27:57
I'm taking Iowa State. Oh, hold.
28:03
Up. Hold up, hold up.
28:03
Let me get rid of the visual effects here.
28:06
Give me Iowa State. Give me the Cyclone Nation.
28:10
We're go. This is this is all day.
28:11
This matchup is all day Iowa State.
28:14
Let's go. Baby I, I really hope so.
28:17
And then we got the final four here.
28:18
Duke, Houston. I like Duke over Houston.
28:22
I, I, I think Duke's really good this year.
28:24
If they, you know, stay healthy. I, I think they're real.
28:27
I just think they're good. I'm going to.
28:28
Disagree with you here. I'm going to Houston.
28:30
This is where I think it it becomes too much.
28:33
I think Houston is so good. Duke is great.
28:35
But this is where it does get to the point for me where I do
28:38
think the name of Duke is maybe raising it a little higher
28:42
because I just think he's frankly a better team.
28:45
It's a really good match if it's a.
28:46
Rematch from last year Houston. Houston took him down last year.
28:49
Obviously different teams, but and then opposite side, if this
28:53
is the game, I think we're all rooting for this to be the game
28:57
we saw in the championship, the game that they put up.
28:59
Wait, was it championship or or semi final?
29:02
Oh, semi final. Semi final, semi final, sorry.
29:04
Gabe, I didn't text you on purpose.
29:06
Arizona hits a game winner at the buzzer.
29:09
Maybe, maybe the best in Big 12. Tournament history, by the way.
29:11
Yeah, one of the greatest shots I've ever seen.
29:13
Hell of a game itself. I, I still think Arizona's
29:17
better, so I'm going to go to Arizona.
29:20
Listen. Listen, there's no reason we
29:23
only lose that game because of a crazy buzzer beater, which might
29:28
add you as well. Several.
29:30
We were not like we were playing really well, but there were
29:32
absolutely grounds where we could have played better like we
29:34
normally do. If it comes down to just a
29:36
buzzer beater one time, I really think we get the better of them.
29:38
I think we should have won that game.
29:40
Yeah. Iowa State.
29:42
I'm sorry. I have to betray them.
29:47
Arizona is just literally way too stacked at this point.
29:52
Like they don't have a guy shooting 54.
29:55
Percent from three. That's true, but they were.
29:57
Going shot for shot. What a game.
29:59
I I wish I could like reload that game.
30:01
That was awesome. So we got Houston, Arizona and
30:05
by the way, Arizona, Iowa State is like killing me because the
30:08
amount of time took Iowa State, I think they were three seed
30:11
with Nyang and Nader and. And I think Monte.
30:15
And they lost to like USF in the first round, like round of 64.
30:21
Arizona I took them twice a year with.
30:23
Aidan they lost and the year with like Shrier and and I think
30:27
maybe marketing they lost again. So that's a nightmare scenario.
30:30
But I do have Arizona going all the all the way.
30:34
This game was played earlier in the year.
30:36
Abe, I'm going to swing it to you first.
30:39
Houston, Arizona. I'm going.
30:41
In this scenario, Iowa's knocking.
30:44
I'm going, I'm going Houston. I really think Houston's a great
30:47
team. They've given us trouble for the
30:49
last two seasons. They're just a team that you
30:51
always know is is going to give it all.
30:53
Their coach is very, very competitive.
30:56
Their team gets so physical. They in some way they almost
30:59
remind me of OKC with the way that they're just so physical
31:02
and defense so aggressive. The jump defense, the switch,
31:05
all of it also very similar to Iowa State, who does it better,
31:08
But Houston, Houston, I think is just better than Arizona.
31:11
I really do. Savior.
31:14
Yeah. I think it'll be close.
31:16
Within like 6 points or something.
31:18
But I'm taking Houston in this just I don't know the way
31:23
they're going to run through their bracket on their on their
31:25
end versus, you know, kind of the grueling match up against
31:28
Iowa State. Like I have to factor that in.
31:31
So no, I I like the race game. At this point, they'll probably.
31:35
Just beat them by 40 and call it there.
31:39
I, I mean, we're obviously taking Houston, but I'm going
31:41
Arizona. They beat Houston twice this
31:45
year and they were good games like that.
31:47
I think they beat them by 7, beat them by like 4 or 5.
31:51
It's hard to beat a team three times, but I think Arizona's
31:54
really good this year and they they're clutched and they make
31:58
shots down the stretch. So I'd go with Arizona, but I'm
32:01
completely cool with Houston as being the champion.
32:03
How many total points will be scored in the championship game?
32:08
I'd go with like 152. What?
32:11
Do you think give me like give me, give me, give me 153?
32:22
Well, it's fair because. Like first time it was 73 to 66
32:28
and 79 to 74. So we're like, we're on it.
32:32
Fair enough. Fair.
32:33
Enough. I like 150.
32:35
One that's. Fair.
32:37
That's fair. We.
32:39
Ultimately have. The second best team in the in
32:42
the Big 12 winning at all. Unbelievable.
32:47
This is a good bracket. I actually enjoy it.
32:49
We'll keep you guys updated with it.
32:50
I'm sure we'll do like members only like you know short like
32:53
after each round and stuff to to keep up with the bracket.
32:57
This is fun. We'll see how it goes.
32:59
Obviously the play and start 1st 4 to start tomorrow and Tuesday
33:04
and then the bracket itself. Round of 64 is Thursday.
33:06
I can't be more excited. Maybe I'll maybe I'll try.
33:09
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33:12
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33:21
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