Duke and Alabama are the Favorites in Their Regions

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00:00of course, Thursday and Saturday will be the East in Newark at the Rock. Duke is the favorites

00:06minus 175 to do that. Alabama plus 350. Arizona plus 650. BYU at 9 to 1. The long shot to come

00:16out of Newark. Well, I think it's just going to be incredible at the Rock. I mean, these are

00:24all really good teams. And I think it's crazy when I hear everybody think it's so automatic,

00:33because I just don't agree with that. I honestly think that, frankly, these teams are going to

00:40have their hands full. Literally, because Alabama is better than BYU, allegedly, because what,

00:49they played in the SEC? Or I think the reason they're better is because they're more experienced,

00:54that they've been here and done that and gone to the Final Four, right? And I think that

00:59they got a great coach, great team, great guard, big, strong team players. Defensively,

01:06they're very aggressive. And then what? BYU is a shooting team. So they really are dependent on

01:15knocking down shots. They have to, or they're going to lose. And I think the problem that

01:19they're going to have is that Alabama is going to defend them like no other.

01:23You know, this is what happens. I played last night with a guy that scores 25 a game, and

01:28we held him to two points. You lose. That's game over. Your star player doesn't score.

01:34BYU is going to have trouble scoring, I think, against Alabama. But I think BYU is a really

01:40good team. And then, so I think Alabama is going to get by BYU. And then they're going to play,

01:46I think, Duke. I think Duke will handle Arizona. They're flat out better than them. And then I

01:52think Alabama is going to give Duke a nightmare. I think it's going to be a nightmare game for Duke.

01:56I think all of Duke's games have been blowouts. That'll end on Saturday. Saturday night,

02:04they're going to have their hands full against that Alabama team. And even though I said Duke

02:09goes to the Final Four, if anyone can do it, in my view, it's Alabama that can knock them off.

02:16The West region will also be on Thursday and Saturday. That is at the Chase in San Francisco,

02:22home of the Warriors. Florida, minus 125. Texas Tech at plus 280. Maryland, plus 470. And Arkansas,

02:32the long shot at plus 950. Listen, Florida is going to beat Maryland. I think Maryland

02:40got lucky against Colorado State and pulled it out of their arse. And I'll give Queen credit,

02:46he knocked it down. When the money was on the table, he knocked it down. It was a great shot,

02:51moving, guy all over him, body, still got it off with the kiss and in. That's not happening

02:58against that Florida Gator team. They're not going to have success. They could barely handle

03:05Colorado State, a Mountain West team. And we've been making fun of the Mountain West for months.

03:11Now they have a real nightmare on their hands. They're losing. They're losing that game.

03:15And then Texas Tech is flat out better than Arkansas. And that's just all there is to it.

03:22They're the better team. They're the deeper team. I think everything about them is better.

03:27And then I think Florida will beat their arse too.