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The NCAA Tournament Report with Grant Shouse & Michelle Garmon: Day 2 Recap (2.206.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

0:06
[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome college basketball fans to the Central Indian Sports Report for a NCAA tournament report with Grant Shows and Michelle Garman of the Tips and Tribune and I would call leader.
0:21
[SPEAKER_03]: There's going to be no Greg in his friend's talk sports tonight, so I want to mention a quick couple quick notes before we get to Grant to leave this podcast.
0:30
[SPEAKER_03]: Some headlines that we're not going to be able to talk about because it is too late.
0:38
[SPEAKER_03]: Jackie Hozier and the Vermont Count of Mouths are in a little full today at noon, that games on it, yes, being Notre Dame takes on Fairfield at two and Mac Champion Miami is in Morgan Town to face West Virginia at five kind of a shame Notre Dame is the only women's team and the women's from Indiana, the women's tournament.
1:00
[SPEAKER_03]: Purdue, the only one in the men's tournament.
1:02
[SPEAKER_03]: No, NIT, it's just pathetic.
1:05
[SPEAKER_03]: NAA, the men grace ranked second, beat Comberlands 82 to 74.
1:09
[SPEAKER_03]: They're in the elite eight.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He'll play Ave Maria on Saturday.
1:15
[SPEAKER_03]: And in the women's tournament, both Marion and St. Francis are in the elite eight.
1:22
[SPEAKER_03]: Purdue signed 2026, four star, J.man, Sandra from Springville.
1:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Utah, a 69 forward, I believe, is the first player ever.
1:33
[SPEAKER_03]: from Utah to sign with Purdue, he chose Purdue over Washington, Utah, and Mississippi State Coco Mo has a new football coach.
1:44
[SPEAKER_03]: His name is Grant Foes, and he is a 2025 Indian App Indiana Wesley in graduate.
1:50
[SPEAKER_03]: from Princeton, Illinois, he replaces Caleb Smallle with four and seven in his one-year cooking well before leaving for his alma mater, Hamilton Heights, and Evita Zubatsu's out for the season for the Pacers.
2:04
[SPEAKER_03]: The Pacers are in San Antonio on Saturday to face the spurs in a 2027 NBA finals preview.
2:13
[SPEAKER_03]: Um, as young as they are, the spurs are 52 and 18, and have the second best odds to win the NBA championship.
2:20
[SPEAKER_03]: And last thing Grant, we had a big semi state preview on Thursday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Go check that out, and we will have the results for you on Greg and this friend's talk sport.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sunday, and we hope to have a semi state score board show.
2:34
[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, it was a bit of a bummer of a day, wasn't it?
2:38
[SPEAKER_02]: kind of in a way, a lot of them were a snooze best until kind of late night.
2:44
[SPEAKER_02]: The days started out with just an all-time classic game with Santa Clara and Kentucky out in St. Louis, where Santa Clara had a go ahead three to put them up three and then a take-a-o-way came back with a 35 footer at the buzzer to send it to just send it to
3:05
[SPEAKER_02]: Just kind of a snooze fest out of the night all day, I guess one, a decent game was Villanova versus Utah State, the Miami Ohio game was disappointing.
3:18
[SPEAKER_02]: Wright State couldn't get it done down the stretch.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Just a lot of blowouts really until the final few games at the night where Missouri and Miami was close and then Miami pulled away at the end Kansas almost let one slip against Cal Baptist ended up winning by eight.
3:37
[SPEAKER_02]: And then you con pulled away late against Furman so they were good games, but the teams that won just kind of felt like they pulled away there down the stretch.
3:47
[SPEAKER_03]: Michelle the best teams in the Big Ten and the Big 12 look like the class of the field don't they?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they're pretty, it's been pretty impressive.
3:57
[SPEAKER_00]: I, um, from what the, those Big Ten teams have done and, um, yeah.
4:03
[SPEAKER_00]: Big 12 maybe I think I was state was just that was a great first round game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm always anxious though because a lot of times and I know Greg you've seen a lot of it and asked want to grant you two because a lot of times you just never know a close first round game by a higher era a low seed that is tight.
4:29
[SPEAKER_00]: in a game, then the next game will be a blowout for them and vice versa.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm anxious to see Saturday and Sunday's games, the second round games for these teams, for the ones that to see if there's any team that can continue rolling big, you know, winning big, or if it's going to turn into a really exciting close tournament.
4:57
[SPEAKER_03]: It grants one thing I'll say is even though the first two days have been pretty chalky that pretty much sets up pretty good days here Saturday and Sunday, some pretty good matchups.
5:08
[SPEAKER_02]: I thought this tournament honestly has been better than the one we saw last year was pretty boring, pretty chalky.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Day one was really really good this year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Day two, not nearly as good as day one of the all day wall to wall coverage of the
5:26
[SPEAKER_02]: Kind of disappointing in that aspect, but better than the alternative of last year and it's better than not having a tournament at all.
5:37
[SPEAKER_02]: Uh, like in 2020.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, but yeah, I'm looking at the second round matchups there.
5:42
[SPEAKER_02]: There's going to be some good games where I'll be interested to see Duke.
5:46
[SPEAKER_02]: How they come out against TCU.
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[SPEAKER_02]: TCU.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Want to close game against Ohio State and see Anna led Duke, a 16 over a one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They led Duke for 35 almost over 35 minutes of their first round matchup.
6:02
[SPEAKER_02]: I'll be interested to see if that was just kind of a flu.
6:06
[SPEAKER_02]: Sienna just got hotter if do just didn't play well and they're gonna get it turned around on Saturdays.
6:12
[SPEAKER_02]: So That's just some of the things I'm looking at and I think that Saturday and Sunday will probably be two better days of basketball Well, how about the boiler makers and absolute pounding victory over Queens at a North Carolina
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[SPEAKER_02]: on Friday night, the game was never really a game, despite Purdue, Queens would get it to five.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They'd hit a three in the first half to get it to five.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then it seemed like Purdue would just be able to respond and get a bucket.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They'd hit a three and they go up eight or they go up nine.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They can clean this and try to dig themselves out of the hole.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And when it felt like they started to dig themselves out, Purdue would just kick them right back down in the hole.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So get to produce some credit there and brain and Smith becomes the all-time assist leader in the NCAA basketball, passing Bobby Hurley, pretty impressive.
7:06
[SPEAKER_02]: And this is a Purdue team that I think you can already crown them to national champions.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's already the tournament should already be over.
7:16
[SPEAKER_01]: I hear you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're serious.
7:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I'm always serious.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, it's actually the Purdue invitation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, they're they're actually leading.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That game goes on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I expect Purdue to make back to the sweet 16 and congratulations to Braden Smith on coming the all-time assist leader.
7:37
[SPEAKER_00]: But I thought for Purdue,
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[SPEAKER_00]: at this kind of pace that he's been at here lately.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Then it does vote well for Purdue.
7:51
[SPEAKER_00]: He hits a shooting slumping.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It could be interesting.
7:54
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think this game told us anything as optimistic as Grant is here.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Clearly, tying in cheek.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think this game tells us anything.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That was not a good team that they'd be.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But it is a positive sign that they came out to care business.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think almost all the time the teams had to get to the final four play well the first game of the tournament and it's usually a good sign when your team does.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I will continue to be cautiously optimistic here, I guess.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Even though I'm not a big fan of teams that think they can just turn it on at the end of the year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But maybe they can, but I also didn't think much of Miami either.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So I think Purdue is pretty safe in the next weekend.
8:44
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, looking at that same region there where we're doing is that in the West Arizona dominating win over long island 92 to 58 so it is confirmed that the Arizona ice t is better than the long island ice t and they absolutely pounded l i u which l i u was a good team all year but.
9:07
[SPEAKER_02]: Man, after seeing what Arizona did to them to start the game today, I'm not so sure that anybody could be Arizona.
9:13
[SPEAKER_02]: They were just that dominant today in the show.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There are a team that man, when they are on air, just they're almost like invincible and they were very much that way today.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And there's a reason I think a lot of people picked Arizona to reach the final four and the championship game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: No weaknesses.
9:35
[SPEAKER_02]: Utah State be Villanova 86 to 76 in San Diego as well and Utah State outscored Villanova 15 to 3 in the final six minutes, so it'll be Arizona versus Utah State out west in the west region where it should be in San Diego and Arizona is already in 11.5
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[SPEAKER_02]: over Utah state, but don't sleep on that Utah state team and Jared Calhoun and those guys, man.
10:05
[SPEAKER_02]: They could give Arizona a run for their money, but Arizona is still going to be a really good team going into that game.
10:12
[SPEAKER_00]: I had Utah state in my bracket, but only for the one win over Villanova, I don't have a beating Arizona.
10:19
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, that's cool.
10:21
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't think it's going to be close, guys.
10:23
[SPEAKER_03]: I think Arizona is
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[SPEAKER_03]: Arizona, Iowa State, and Houston may be Duke if boosters on are the class of this field.
10:32
[SPEAKER_03]: Just the my guests from what I've seen earlier.
10:36
[SPEAKER_02]: In the Midwest region earlier today in St. Louis Kentucky 89 Santa Clara 84 and over time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: an all-time classic ruined by a bad result.
10:48
[SPEAKER_02]: But hey, you know what, you may be getting an Iowa state shirt then, Greg, because they beat Tennessee state today.
10:54
[SPEAKER_02]: 108 to 74 by far that that may have been the longest college basketball game in the history of college basketball felt like that game took forever.
11:06
[SPEAKER_02]: Those two teams will play on Sunday.
11:09
[SPEAKER_02]: Kentucky and I was state.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was state opens as a five and a half point favorite and I'd Greg that you were kind of wrong in the first two days.
11:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll take that with a grain of salt.
11:20
[SPEAKER_01]: I was wrong a lot.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's not a whole lot.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Let me see one more thing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I was wrong.
11:33
[SPEAKER_03]: It's about Miami of Ohio.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They just ran into it's in the C team that the play well, that's the thing with Rick Barnes.
11:43
[SPEAKER_00]: You never know exactly how his team is going to play in the NCAA tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, he's a good coach, but a good coach that just has not always produced well in the tournament.
11:56
[SPEAKER_02]: You're right in Tennessee beat Miami in Ohio 78 to 56.
12:01
[SPEAKER_02]: In Philadelphia today, Jakobi Gillespie 29 points for the volunteers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He had 22 in the first half, and they shot 45% from three.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Miami started off the game hot, but then things just didn't bounce their way.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I remember thinking, man, this one could get ugly and it did.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So it would be Virginia and Tennessee on Sunday in Philadelphia.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Where Virginia opens as a slight favorite over the six seed volunteers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also in Philadelphia on Friday, Virginia, a winner over Wright State, 8273.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Wright State was up by five.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Are they going to do that?
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[SPEAKER_02]: They were up by five and a half time, and then a late 15 to three run, closed the game, Jakari White, 26 points.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He was six and eight from downtown, and build Virginia to that win.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That was actually their first NCAA term at win.
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[SPEAKER_02]: since 2019 when they won the national championship, they have not won a game of the tournament since 2019 when Tony Bennett was the coach.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, and I thought Wright State had him.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm day played well, they were right there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've got a really good team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully some of those guys at Wright State can stick around and be back next year to try and get him back in the tournament, but of course with how Kyle Chutes works nowadays.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Probably some of those guys may take the latter move and move on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was rooting for these underdog mid majors.
13:29
[SPEAKER_00]: So I didn't really care because I only did one bracket.
13:33
[SPEAKER_00]: And it wasn't in a local contest.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just did it on like I think CBS Sports Network.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I kind of went with who I thought would win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then if it was a toss up, I went with who I was hoping would win.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And Tampa, Texas Tech, the Akron 91, 71, the Red Raiders shot 64% in that game and total way late to beat Akron.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then Alabama, who kind of struggled with Hofstra early on, ended up, again, pulling away to win 90 to 70 Mark Sears, 26 points, Grant Nelson, 19 points, 11 rebounds.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So the Alabama and Texas Tech on Sunday,
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[SPEAKER_02]: and the crunch and tie it open is an early favorite in Tampa.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In the South region,
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[SPEAKER_02]: today as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Iowa, a 6761 win over Clemson, Iowa's first tournament win in five years.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And they outscored Clemson, 24 to eight at the foul line, kind of the difference maker in that game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And again, Greg, we talked about it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That just Iowa and Clemson and Tampa seems like something you would see and like the outback goal.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like it that seemed like a tournament game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like they should be playing in Tampa and in a late December bowl game and football.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Congratulations to Iowa, your outback bowl champions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yep.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Florida with a 1 14 55 win over prairie view.
15:03
[SPEAKER_02]: Not much more you can say there except when they asked the prairie you coach.
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[SPEAKER_02]: in a timeout in the live interview there tonight they asked him will coach what he got to do to get a florida stopped here and he goes we're going to need help from the lord that's how bad it was.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So florida in a blowout win over prairie viewing in florida will play Iowa on Sunday in Tampa and the gators.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Looking to get back to the
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[SPEAKER_02]: In the East region in San Diego, St. John's a big win over Northern Iowa on Friday as well, 79 53 Rick Bettino's 56 NCAA tournament game win.
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[SPEAKER_02]: which raked 8th all times the three guys directly above them are all in the term and as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: With of course, Thomas, John Calipary and Bill Sulf who also moved himself up the list there tonight with the win over Cal Baptist.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They all won in the first round and the top four of those being my Chishewski Roy Williams Dean Smith and Jim Bayheim.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Tom has no can tie Jim Bayheim to the win over Louisville on Saturday, but nonetheless, think John's takes down the champions of the MVC Northern Iowa to advance to the round of 32.
16:31
[SPEAKER_03]: Say what you want about Rick Patino that guy can coach some basketball.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He absolutely can, and she baddies a little bit of a fleas bag.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Kansas with a fix the 850 went over Cal Baptist, so it'll be spaint johns and Kansas on Sunday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And in California.
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[SPEAKER_03]: unimbursed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, Kansas, Kansas about let one flip late.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Galbapt has got it down to six with a minute to go, just couldn't get over the hump, but Kansas, man, able to pull it out.
17:10
[SPEAKER_02]: And so, Kansas and St. John has been an interesting game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm just going to go ahead into the, I think, St. John's will come out and win that game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I do too, especially Peter's
17:23
[SPEAKER_00]: Kansas is shots from the field like he is actually not going to hurt Kansas is in this tournament as opposed to really helping him.
17:33
[SPEAKER_03]: When the game was on the line, he was didn't even look like he was trying to get open.
17:38
[SPEAKER_03]: We get the ball.
17:40
[SPEAKER_03]: a little disappointing for me, even though he scored a lot of points.
17:43
[SPEAKER_02]: In the late session in Philadelphia tonight, used the LA of 75, 71, and a win over central Florida, used the F5 of 16 from the foul line in that game guys.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Just an absolute killer, especially when you leave by four.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I saw a stat where somebody timed how long the last four minute to the game took.
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[SPEAKER_02]: over a half hour to complete the last four minutes of that game with how many, you know, times the clock got stopped for free throws and fouls and then time out and all that other seven took over a half hour to finish the last four minutes and that takes me back to a good and I saw this on Twitter as from Roxy Burnstein so I don't want to
18:28
[SPEAKER_02]: don't want to steal us from him, but Rocky Bernstein said it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It kind of reminds us of the old Bill Walton quote that if somebody gave me two minutes to live, I'd want that two minutes to be in the last two minutes of a college basketball game.
18:44
[SPEAKER_01]: That's how long they take.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And try.
18:48
[SPEAKER_01]: Very quote.
18:50
[SPEAKER_03]: It's a shame when it's a really good game and then all of a sudden it's a
18:55
[SPEAKER_03]: If you're a good thing, you can hit free there's in clutch situations.
19:01
[SPEAKER_03]: By the way, John Bull was 0, 4, 5 from the line down the stretch.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And minute.
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[SPEAKER_03]: named one of the sons bull bull.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then next one John bull got pulled away to be Furman on Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I guess early Saturday morning after midnight.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also in Philadelphia.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As the Furman Paladins gave you kind of a little bit of a scare down the stretch there where they kind of hung with them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They were only down five at the half and ended up
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, you kind of ended up pulling away to win the game and you kind of will take on UCLA on Sunday in Philadelphia.
19:43
[SPEAKER_02]: You kind of course will open as an early favorite and guys I got to say whoever loses that game, the coach is going to be just one of the biggest cry babies in their post game press conference.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I can't wait.
19:57
[SPEAKER_03]: By the way, did you know that if UConn wins the national championship, Alex Caraband will be the first non UCLA player ever to win three?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I did not know that and that is an incredible stat.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're big man tonight for UConn.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He had 30 points and 27 rebounds.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Unreal.
20:19
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Terrace region, you're 30 points, 20, seven, ready bounds.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He has his career with four minutes to go in the first half.
20:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And hey, and Brady Mullins from last year's Mr. basketball came up with two huge steals for you con in a lot of part of that game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And of course, and then made some clutch free throws.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Drug will offensively, but he's a nice player.
20:47
[SPEAKER_02]: By the way, there were a lot of Indiana, Mr. Bathkiballs fingerprints on this tournament here in the last few days this week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Right in Smith was the 2022 Mr. basketball, of course, that Purdue now and now the NCAA's all time a sixth leader, the 2023 Mr. basketball was Marcus Burton, who plays in other games, of course, a miss the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then the 2024 Mr. basketball, Floria Bedunga at Kansas.
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[SPEAKER_02]: minute impact and then Braille and Mullins there when Mr. basketball last year at UConn.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, makes it impact and comes off the bench for Dan Hurley's team.
21:27
[SPEAKER_02]: You could make the argument that Zager Booker probably could have won the award in 2023 at Cathedral.
21:33
[SPEAKER_02]: uh... instead of mark is burden and he plays for use the l.a. and placing that ticket minutes permit cranes so there were a lot of and be in a high school basketball finger prints on this tournament here and going to be on this tournament here going forward which is just always kind of fun to see is the high school fan
21:53
[SPEAKER_02]: On Saturday, another big slate of college basketball in the NCAA tournament, Michigan, the number one seed in the East will take on the number nine seed in the East, the St. Louis Billiken's Michigan opens as the 12 and a half point favorite.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Give me the pelicans, you think?
22:12
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but I was wrong all day today.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At 245 on CBS as well in Buffalo, it'll be Michigan State taking on Louisville, Michigan State a foreign, a half point favorite.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, that's at 245 on CBS in Buffalo.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At 515 down a Greenville,
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[SPEAKER_02]: South Carolina in the South region on CBS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Duke will play T.C.U.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and Duke opens up as an 11.5 point favorite over the horn frogs and Duke is looking to get back to the sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At 6-10 in Oklahoma City, the South region, it'll be an all-paxist matchup north of the Texas border in Oklahoma City where Houston will open as a 10 and a half-point favorite over Texas A&M, that game again will be on T&T, down in OKC.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At 7-10 in Portland, in the West region, it'll be Gonzaga,
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[SPEAKER_02]: taking on the Texas lawn horns of just now one two games in three days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Gonzaga opens up as the six and a half point favorite that game will be on TBS at 710 p.m. on Saturday night at 750 also in Greenville, South Carolina in the South region on CBS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It'll be Illinois taking on VCU, Illinois in 11 and a half point favorite against the Rams of Virginia Commonwealth, Phil Martelli, Jr. trying to get it done.
23:50
[SPEAKER_02]: and get the Rams back to the sweet 16 at 845 also in Oklahoma City in the South region.
23:57
[SPEAKER_02]: It'll be Nebraska looking to win back to back NCAA tournament games for the first time ever.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They'll take on Vanderbilt and they open as one and a half point favorite do the Commodore's over Nebraska who just won their first ever NCAA tournament game this past Thursday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: at nine forty five in Portland in the west region as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It'll be Arkansas and eleven and a half point favored over kind of the darlings of the tournament right now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The high point Panthers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: A game to be on TBS at nine forty five again in Portland.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So another good day of college basketball on Saturday and with high point playing the last game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We know that we will have at least once in a row in the final 17.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's a good thing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: What are you guys looking forward to most on Saturday?
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[SPEAKER_00]: For me, Saturday, it's Go Ben, Hunter Cows and Illinois, I will be pulling for them and I was somebody who went to IU, that's not.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's really hard to do, is to pull for the alumni.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're a lie, nine, I should say.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I really want Ben to experience a,
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[SPEAKER_00]: gets to experience a sweet 16 in that journey and that continues on.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's a great, he's a great young man.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And so he has really worked hard to get where he's at to this point.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And this is final in situ, a tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm wishing him the best of luck tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I will be pulling for Hamrak House.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Honestly, Greg, I think I'm looking forward to the next couple days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What the nine
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[SPEAKER_02]: This weekend is really going to tell us the whole lot about what the one feeds I think can do in the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Can they advance to the final four?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Will it be in all one seed party at the final four again in indie coming up here soon?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it can be, but I think when you look at teams like Duke who struggled with Stiganna in the opening round.
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[SPEAKER_02]: really makes things interesting.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This was the first time since 2019 that all the nine feeds have advanced to the second round of the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That is, again, not half of the 2019.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That was a great tournament.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll be looking forward to see how that goes.
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[SPEAKER_03]: To me, I think, again, it's about the big 10 and the big 12.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think they're going to separate themselves from the ACC and the SEC this weekend.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And we'll see.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I think the first game might be the best one of the entire weekend, Michigan St. Louis.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm looking forward to that game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Grant, Michelle, thanks so much.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Appreciate it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Let's do it again soon.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Grant, you'd be safe traveling tomorrow and enjoy your day.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yep.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks, guys.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Go Eagles.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Go Eagles.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Thanks so much Grant Michelle.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We hope to be back tonight with some more guests after day three of the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Please join us.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I love seeing you.