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Kelley Ford on March Madness and SEC Basketball · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Let's shift over talking little college basketball. We'll have you know obviously, you
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  know mid major tournaments this week, big tournaments next week. Who's hot,
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  who's not? What's your k Ford ratings say? Right now? Yeah,
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  we are in the midst of it, Jake. As you know, I
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  was at a quarter or a first round game yesterday for the Horizon Leing.
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  I'll be at a quarter final tomorrow before we shift to Indy for our semis
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  and chance to talk about mid major madness. It's a lot of fun.
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  But if we're looking nationally here, I still have Houston, Purdue, Arizona,
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  and yukon the four teams that Joe Lonardi's got on the number one seed
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  line. Those are the four teams for me that remain the top four teams
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  in my power ratings. And then after that, you've got a group of
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  SEC teams down there, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama. I would not be
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  surprised at all if one, if not more of those teams makes their way
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  to Phoenix in the final four this year. Of course, it all depends
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  on how the bracket shakes out. But Jig, I'm do you ask me
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  about this last week or the week before a team that's hot, a team
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  that's rising, a team that is not going to have a super good seed,
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  is capable and has the high end of making the run. I'm still
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  looking at Gonzaga, and those that haven't been paying attention to college basketball this
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  year will say, well, of course, Gonzaga. It's always Gonzaga.
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  They were on the bubble for quite some time. I think they have now
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  solidified their position in the field, but they are still going to be a
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  low seed by their standards. I mean we're talking nine ten seed range for
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  Gonzaga this year. Most likely they are a top fifteen power rated team for
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  me, so depending on where they fall. If they fall at the ten
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  line, they probably won't mind that too much. You get the seven in
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  the first round, you get the two in the second round, and that
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  bracket kind of opens up. If you end up on that eight to nine
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  line, that might be a bit more of a challenge because you've got to
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  face a one seed in the second round. But Gonzaga has got the high
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  end talent they can knock off a one seed. I think in this tournament.
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  That's the team I'm certainly looking at. If bill Lenova gets in the
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  tournament. They have the stealing level of play to make a run in the
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  tournament. So I'm giving you kind of some big established brands in college basketball.
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  But these two teams are not having the seasons that they typically have for
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  these programs. Let's finish it over with the SEC. You know, Ole
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  Miss looks like they have worked their way, at least today out of this
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  thing. How many SEC teams now do you feel might get in this thing?
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  Six? Seven? Are we at eight? I agree with you that
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  Old Miss has probably they're probably in a position with it. They might need
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  the a Q to get into the NCAA tournament. Now, Mississippi State fans
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  should be feeling good, though. I think they're gonna be in. So
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  if we just go down quickly the SEC list here, I've got, you
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  know, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida.
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  Those six, I'll even say miss to be State. Those seven I think
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  are certainly gonna hear their names called on selection Sunday, and many of which
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  are gonna have really good seeds. Texas A and them. If it's gonna
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  be eight, it's gonna be Texas A and M. And they're a team
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  that they're sticking around. They're they're in that mix, They're in the conversation.
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  They probably need to win another I don't know, a couple of games
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  year down the stretch and then the s the SEC tournaments that feel good about
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  it, but they certainly are still in the mix for an at large bid
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  come selection Sunday. So I'll stay with the potential free Kelly Ford good stuff
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  is always. Make sure to follow him on exit k Ford Ratings. Check
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  him out k forward Ratings dot com. Kelly, I appreciate you moving around.
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  I know we'll have to go next Wednesday. We'll be right in the
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  thick of this getting ready for the Southeastern Conference tournament and of course all the
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  tournaments as we move towards selection Sunday, so we'll touch all of that and
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  more. I appreciate you so much, my friend. Have a great weekend.
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  Absolutely, Jake, you too, appreciate it as always