00:00brackets are out
00:02madness will begin shortly
00:04Michigan State lands as a three seed
00:06in the region of doom
00:08we'll go through it
00:10the expectations and your reaction to the draw
00:12248-539-9797
00:14I call it the region of doom
00:16because you have the number one overall seed
00:18Duke
00:19and while MSU's beating them a time or two in the tournament
00:23most of the history
00:24favors the Dukies
00:25Izzo does not have a great track record against Duke
00:28injuries and all they're the number
00:30one seed in the
00:32entire tournament the number
00:34two seed Dan Hurley has won
00:36a couple national titles
00:38they play great defense
00:40the number four seed
00:42is Kansas Bill Self has
00:44won a national title they also have a
00:46top 12 defense
00:47St. John's many people thought they could be a
00:50four seed they're your five seed
00:52Rick Pitino's won a national title
00:55and
00:56well they also play really good defense
00:58so first
00:58yeah for a Spartan team that struggles
01:01to score
01:02this is a brutal region
01:03great coaches
01:05great defense is the number one overall seed
01:07congrats
01:08yeah and I mean
01:09just
01:11outside of the Michigan State
01:12in that region
01:14if
01:14in round two
01:16on
01:16you know what
01:17I don't know if they play Saturday or Sunday
01:19if it were to be
01:20St. John's in Kansas
01:21that would be a great
01:23second round game
01:24absolutely would be
01:27and then you look at that Michigan State
01:29going
01:29okay if they
01:30if they make it past
01:31ND State
01:32which I think we all believe
01:33that they will
01:34come on
01:35South Florida
01:36Louisville
01:37two completely different
01:37styles of play
01:39yeah Louisville
01:40Pat Kelsey coached
01:41a lot of three-point shots
01:42if they're falling
01:43look out
01:44if they're not
01:45they can get upset
01:45like I think that's a trendy pick
01:47I'm probably going to be on the Bulls
01:49South Florida
01:49won the American
01:52they run
01:53they're going to crash the glass
01:54and get extra possessions
01:55yeah running with the Bulls
01:56John
01:57that's not a gimme matchup
01:59either
01:59and I'll point this out
02:01for MSU
02:01while they made the Elite Eight
02:02last year
02:03and it is Tom Izzo
02:03and you know
02:04month of March
02:05and all that
02:06seven of the last ten tournaments
02:08they haven't made it past
02:09the Sweet 16
02:10so
02:11in terms of this tournament
02:13the Elite Eight
02:13they're going to have to get past
02:14UConn
02:15and in terms of this tournament
02:16I probably have them only
02:17going to the Sweet 16
02:20I mean it's just a
02:21treacherous road
02:22it is
02:23and it's just for a team
02:24that has had some inconsistencies
02:27inconsistencies
02:28whether it's three-point shooting
02:29it's you know
02:30they're going to run
02:31and I really think
02:32it comes down to Jeremy Fierce
02:34and can he create
02:35against these teams
02:36that are playing really good defense
02:37how much opportunity
02:39can he create
02:40because if you have
02:41a good point guard
02:42and Jeremy Fierce
02:43whatever you think about
02:44his style of play
02:46set that aside
02:47he is
02:48one of the better
02:49point guards
02:50in the country
02:51and if he can
02:52create penetration
02:53if he can kick out
02:55and he can get
02:56guys on the team
02:57open looks at the basket
02:59from behind the arc
03:00and if they can have somebody
03:01that can
03:02knock them down
03:03and it doesn't have to be
03:04the same guy
03:05it could be
03:05the first round game
03:07it doesn't really matter
03:08it's Tang in one game
03:09it's Scott in another
03:10it's Kohler is the big
03:11who I think
03:12modernizes their offense
03:13when he's knocking down
03:14some of those
03:14pick and pops
03:15for me that's
03:17that's the key
03:18to success for them
03:18it all circles
03:19around Jeremy Fierce
03:20and one
03:22can he keep his emotions
03:23in check
03:23and two
03:24can he create
03:25opportunity
03:27for the rest
03:28of his team
03:28well we know
03:29he loves to kick out
03:30yes
03:30kick back
03:31and I don't know
03:32if the other teams
03:33are going to be
03:33reading the scouting report
03:35and breaking out
03:35the personal protector
03:38down low
03:39the only game
03:40all year
03:40you got to wear a cup
03:41you got Michigan State
03:42coming in
03:43but
03:44yeah
03:44that's their formula
03:45it's going to be
03:46grimy and grinded out
03:47and they fit the region
03:48John
03:48they also have a coach
03:49who's won a national title
03:50and they also have a top 15 defense
03:53but do I think
03:53they're going to string together
03:55three
03:55four wins
03:57against those kind of teams
03:58and reliably have
03:59consistent offense
04:00not the team I've seen this year
04:01anything's possible in March
04:03but if you're asking me
04:03for a prediction
04:04I don't think they make it
04:05out of this region
04:05I don't think they advance
04:06past the sweet 16
04:09now
04:09there will be plenty
04:10of talking heads
04:10who have them in the national title
04:12or in the final four
04:13we've already seen it
04:13yeah
04:14and one matchup
04:15that we'll talk about
04:16at what
04:17902
04:17that's
04:18very interesting
04:19tantalizing
04:20but what would you say
04:22expectation
04:22and biggest
04:24biggest
04:25I don't know how they get past UConn
04:27so I think they get to the sweet 16
04:29and I just don't know
04:29how they get past UConn
04:33with the length
04:33that UConn has
04:37and the way that they run the floor
04:38the way that they shoot
04:39I just don't know
04:42that Michigan State
04:43can be consistent enough
04:44for 40 minutes
04:46to beat UConn
04:47I'm not saying they can't
04:49no
04:49it's just
04:49I mean anything can happen
04:50in this tournament
04:51when you're a team
04:52like Michigan State
04:53that has
04:54enough talent
04:55to be able to make it
04:56to a final four
04:58it's going to need to be
04:59a much more consistent
05:00brand of basketball
05:01yeah
05:02and I don't think we have to couch it
05:03like anything can happen
05:04pick what we think is going to happen
05:06and Spartan fans
05:06have been hard on their own team this year
05:08we'll let them speak for themselves
05:092-4-8-5-3-9-97-97
05:12they could have been a two seed
05:14they did themselves no favors
05:15against UCLA on Friday night
05:16I mean there was a path
05:17for them to be a two seed
05:19and now you don't have to play UConn
05:20in the sweet 16
05:24it is what it is
05:26this is what you've earned
05:28at this point
05:29and now what are you going to earn
05:31from this moment on
05:32and it's going to be
05:33it's going to be a tough road
05:36for them to get past
05:37the sweet 16
05:40do you think the refs
05:42in this region
05:42are already
05:43like
05:44oh can you imagine
05:45if they do make it
05:46to the sweet 16
05:47and they play against UConn
05:50you got Danny Hurley
05:51at one bench
05:52Tom Izzo
05:53on the other
05:55like the officials
05:57are just
05:57I mean
05:58maybe they're going to wear
05:59earmuffs
05:59well how about this
06:00for Dan Hurley
06:01to get to
06:01that game
06:02he would
06:03I don't know
06:04if UCLA gets out
06:05of the first round
06:05but they may be facing
06:07yeah
06:08I don't know
06:08Danny Hurley's
06:09no tall individual
06:10but he actually
06:11may be looking down
06:11on Mick Cronin
06:13so in terms of
06:14the yappers
06:14you've got Hurley
06:16you've got Cronin
06:17you've got Izzo
06:20Rick Pitino
06:20will work an official
06:21oh yeah
06:22you don't think
06:22Duke's going to be
06:23begging for some calls
06:23along the way
06:28but as tough
06:30as the region is
06:31and I do think
06:32that they don't
06:33make it past UConn
06:34UConn has showed
06:35flaws throughout
06:36the course of the year
06:37oh sure
06:37Duke with the injury
06:39they are not
06:40a perfect team
06:41I think they are
06:42well deserving
06:43of the one seat
06:45but when you look
06:46at even Arizona
06:48they've had flaws
06:49Iowa State
06:50has had a bumpy
06:51end of March
06:53I mean sorry
06:54end of February
06:54beginning of March
06:57Michigan with the
06:58loss of LJ Cason
06:59and the fact that
06:59they had their last
07:00four games
07:00they've won by a
07:02maximum of four points
07:03and it took a
07:05heroic shot
07:06to beat Wisconsin
07:09there's plenty of
07:10flawed teams
07:12the thing with UConn
07:13they've lost to
07:14St. John's twice
07:15and they end up
07:15in the same region
07:16as St. John's
07:16now they wouldn't
07:17face the Johnnies
07:18unless Duke gets
07:20upset along the way
07:22I mean look
07:22as much as I
07:23could sit here
07:23and go boy
07:24MSU you got a
07:25tough draw
07:25if I'm Duke
07:26I'm going wait
07:27this is what I
07:27get is the
07:27number one
07:28overall seed
07:30right
07:30if I'm Connecticut
07:31I don't love
07:32this region
07:32either
07:34it's just a
07:34brutal region
07:35yeah
07:37248-539-9797
07:39let's Spartan
07:39fans weigh in
07:40on what they
07:41expect from their
07:41team after seeing
07:42their draw the
07:43teams in their
07:43region and what
07:44they think their
07:45team is capable
07:45of here
07:46yeah I'd like to
07:47know what do you
07:47think the ceiling
07:47is is the ceiling
07:48a shot at a
07:49national title or
07:50is the ceiling like
07:51I put it at at
07:52the sweet 16
07:55because I know
07:56that there are
07:56some people that
07:57said oh it's a
07:57terrible Michigan
07:58State team and
07:59there'll be a one
07:59and done no
08:00they're not losing
08:00to North Dakota
08:01State it's
08:02dramatic the most
08:05likely outcome is a
08:06sweet 16 and then
08:07they're eliminated if
08:08you ask me a ceiling
08:09yeah maybe you can
08:10get a lead eight I
08:10don't think they're
08:11beaten both UConn
08:11and Duke though I
08:13don't think the final
08:13four is the ceiling
08:14for this team yeah
08:15that was what we've
08:16seen we'll do the
08:18same for Michigan
08:18coming up next so
08:19again we'll read your
08:20feedback we'll take
08:21your phone calls
08:21and then we'll talk
08:22Wolverines in the
08:22Midwest as the one
08:23seed a far more
08:24favorable draw but
08:25there's a couple
08:25teams in the region
08:26you're gonna have to
08:27watch out for some
08:27landmines teams that
08:28are just below the
08:29surface that if you
08:30take a wrong step
08:32your season can end
08:33it's 97 one
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