00:00Here in a minute, first, our champ and chum nominations, Gator.
00:02My champ of the weekend is the announcement that came out of the NBA.
00:05I'm going to give the NBA credit.
00:07They're going to hold a vote next week, which I'm sure is going to get approved
00:10because it is a money grab, and who won't grab the most money they possibly can?
00:14The NBA is going to vote to expand to Las Vegas and Seattle,
00:17and I'm glad that the NBA is going back to Seattle,
00:21and I will give the NBA credit.
00:23It seems like a good NBA town that never should have lost their team.
00:26Can they keep the name Supersonics, and will they keep the jerseys?
00:29I hope so.
00:29Because I love that green-yellow-white color scheme I thought was great.
00:33I hope so.
00:34That'd be awesome.
00:34And having a team in Vegas makes all the sense in the world.
00:36It's what they do.
00:37My champ is Kanata Richardson.
00:39She's a wrestler who finished as the state's runner-up a week ago
00:43in the high school championships, but then she moved on to nationals.
00:46She was seeded eighth, and she won the championship, and she won the final 10-0.
00:52She represents Blueville Hills High School, too, so that's pretty cool.
00:55That's awesome.
00:56My champ at the weekend is the home plate umpire in last night's semifinal game
00:59between the United States and the Dominican.
01:03I don't know anybody who thinks that was a – I think he just got fooled.
01:05I think the pitch was so good he got fooled.
01:07It's a great pitch.
01:08It's not a strike, but a great pitch.
01:10Take your time and don't rush the call.
01:14Yeah.
01:14That was – that was not the way to end that game.
01:18We'll talk about that later, I guess.
01:20But for me, a Ducks defenseman, Radgo Gudis, had the cheap shot on Austin Matthews,
01:25a knee-on-knee hit, which results in a five-game suspension for Gudis,
01:28but results in the end of the season for Austin Matthews.
01:31He's got an MCL tear and some other issues there.
01:34I – Toronto's not happy about it.
01:37They want more of a punishment for Gudis, and I can understand that.
01:40I mean, five games doesn't seem like it's enough for somebody who went
01:43and was going to hit Austin Matthews, realized he's too far away,
01:46and then sticks out the knee to do it.
01:47And that's just a cheap shot that happens – it doesn't happen all the time
01:52in the NHL, but when it happens, you hear about it.
01:54It feels like every couple years, something bad like that does come down,
01:57and it's just – there's no place in the league for it.
02:00All right.
02:00There you go, champ and chump.
02:02We got our votes in.
02:03How do you feel about your draw?
02:04We kind of went to Michigan State's draw for the first two rounds.
02:07As far as Michigan, they do get the quicker turnaround, the quickish turnaround,
02:11playing three games in three days and then getting the Thursday draw,
02:15but it shouldn't be a factor.
02:17Obviously, in round one, they really play Howard, whose backcourt –
02:20they got two guards at each average over 17 a game,
02:22and Bryce Harrison, Cedric Taylor.
02:24When they played Duke, they lost by 40.
02:27And when they played Northwestern, they lost by 20.
02:30They got the two backcourt scores.
02:32They got one shooter and not much else there.
02:35They – Howard will play UMBC in one of the first four games,
02:39and UMBC is famous because they are the 16 that beat Virginia.
02:45They were the first 16 over a one.
02:47It was UMBC.
02:49UMBC, and now that Virginia team back in 2018,
02:53remember they had DeAndre Hunter, and he got hurt before the tournament started,
02:56and they lost him.
02:56He didn't have him in that game, but it didn't mean that UMBC should win.
03:00UMBC, if you recall, that game was tied at the half.
03:03UMBC went on to be number one Virginia by 20 in that game,
03:08outscoring by 20 in the second half.
03:09The winner of that game advances to play Michigan.
03:11One other note about UMBC, which likely won't impact the game.
03:15They have an elite athletic department Twitter follow.
03:18It's filled with humor and sarcasm.
03:20They do a really nice job.
03:21Good to hear.
03:22And it's UMBC, so it's not UBCM like I put down on my sheet.
03:26It's the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
03:28I had my little dyslexia kick in there.
03:31Yeah.
03:31University of Baltimore County, Maryland.
03:33No?
03:34Maryland, Baltimore County.
03:36There you go.
03:38The other thing is that Michigan advances.
03:41They play the winner of Georgia-St. Louis.
03:44St. Louis is one of those terrifying teams because they can shoot it.
03:49You know when you see upsets.
03:52You always talk about the buzzsaw factor.
03:54A team that's just not going to miss, and specifically from three.
04:00The Billikens are a 40% three-point shooting team, and that team can shoot themselves into
04:11and out of a game, and if you get them on the wrong day, they can beat you.
04:14They also have a strong candidate for a gumpy guy.
04:19We talked about how every year some gumpy guy becomes a sensation.
04:24Look up Gator.
04:25I want you to do this like we did with the coach at North Dakota State that looks like
04:30a character out of Game of Thrones.
04:33Look up Avila St. Louis and tell me if he is not a strong candidate for a national sensation
04:42as gumpy guy.
04:44Robbie Avila?
04:45Yeah.
04:46Do you got him?
04:49Strong candidate, right?
04:50I mean, strong to quite strong.
04:55What would you call him, a chunky Buddy Holly?
04:57I would call him Husky.
05:00He's bespectacled and husky.
05:02And if...
05:03I don't know where he looked worse.
05:05Does he look worse playing for St. Louis or when he played at Indiana State?
05:09So he's got a look.
05:12That's a look.
05:13He's got a look.
05:14Man who wears glasses on the daily, so he's got to wear the sports specs.
05:20That's a look.
05:22A lot of teeth on that smile.
05:24Seems happy.
05:26Interesting hair.
05:27He shoots 42% from three-point land.
05:30He should.
05:31Yep.
05:31Six foot ten.
05:33Yep.
05:33So keep your eye out for...
05:35Do they call him big country?
05:36Because if you're 6'10 and white and you look like that, I feel like everybody's called
05:39big country.
05:39I didn't know this was the same guy, Doug.
05:41You don't remember from when...
05:42Yeah, you know what's funny is Kang made the comment, and I didn't realize it either.
05:47Kang made the comment.
05:48He looks like that dude from Indiana State a couple years ago.
05:51Yeah, it's the same guy.
05:52He is that dude from Indiana State.
05:54Yeah, they call him Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
05:57Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
05:58Kareem.
05:59Kareem.
05:59Kareem.
05:59Yeah.
06:00So there's no big country.
06:01It's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
06:02I don't remember the name.
06:03I don't remember that.
06:04So I think he's going to transfer again and do it all over next year.
06:07Why not?
06:08So there you go.
06:09Do you know what a Billiken is, by the way?
06:12Is it a bird?
06:15It's a mythical good luck figure invented in 1908 by Missouri art teacher Florence Pretz.
06:22I'm sorry, who?
06:24Yeah, Florence Pretz, often described as a chubby imp with a pointed head, impish grin,
06:30and sitting posture, known as the god of things as they ought to be.
06:35It's like a Buddha figure.
06:38It's just weird.
06:40It's just strange.
06:42I did not have chubby imp on the Karshan-Anderson bingo card today.
06:46No, no, you got it.
06:472-4-8-5-3-9-9-9-7-9-7-9-7.
06:49Dan's in Warren and on 97.1.
06:51Hello, Dan.
06:52Hey, guys.
06:53Happy Monday.
06:53What's up?
06:55I want to talk about the Michigan bracket.
06:57Yep.
06:58The Michigan regional.
06:59I think it's interesting that it's SEC heavy, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, but the
07:06team that really scares me is Iowa State.
07:08I think they're the real deal.
07:11Iowa State had a very, very impressive season.
07:15They're number two seed for a reason.
07:17Yeah, it's a good team.
07:20Yeah, what they did to Purdue early in the season wasn't a joke.
07:23I think they're that good.
07:24They did that in Mackey, too, didn't they?
07:26Yes.
07:27Okay.
07:27I mean, yeah.
07:29I don't know.
07:29We shouldn't discount wins over Mackey because Michigan and Michigan State both went and did
07:33it.
07:34And it feels like...
07:36But Purdue went through that terrible, terrible stretch where they looked like they couldn't
07:39win another game, and now they're back to being themselves.
07:42So, the interesting matchup would be in round two when Iowa State takes on Kentucky.
07:47I mean, Kentucky is not Kentucky of old, but they're still...
07:51You still look at Kentucky and think, blue blood, do they have a chance to knock off Iowa
07:55State early?
07:56I mean, I'm going to give them a chance, but...
07:57Yeah, but if not, then you got the...
07:59It should be a one-versus-two regional final.
08:01Iowa State is legit, and...
08:04You know, it's funny.
08:05You just said something I'm never comfortable saying in March Madness.
08:08It should be.
08:08It should be.
08:09Yeah.
08:10It should be.
08:10The word should is there.
08:11Yeah.
08:12We'll have more on the Wolverines draw.
08:14How do you feel about your draw fans, Michigan and Michigan State fans?
08:17What concerns you?
08:18What do you like about it?
08:192-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
08:22And we want to know, Spartan fans, do you want Duke?
08:25Do you want that smoke?
08:26Uh...
08:26Oh, like my dad.
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