00:00All right, let's talk St. John's.
00:01You mentioned them.
00:02St. John's and Kansas.
00:04Old Blue Bloods going after one another.
00:06St. John's too much, too big, too tough, too many dudes?
00:11I think so.
00:13Kansas is such an intriguing team because they could obviously, you know,
00:17get to a Final Four.
00:18I mean, big sales.
00:19They beat Houston.
00:20They beat a bunch of them.
00:21They beat Arizona.
00:22But to me, they're just wildly inconsistent.
00:24And a key matchup to watch today is Dylan Mitchell versus Darren Peterson.
00:31Dylan Mitchell is longer and athletic, so he can get up into Darren Peterson's space.
00:36And if Darren Peterson drives to the basket, he could get his shot blocked.
00:40So that's the matchup to watch when Kansas has the ball.
00:44When St. John's has the ball, it's Flory Bodunga and Zuby Echefor.
00:48Zuby Echefor, I thought, should have been on one of the three AP All-American teams,
00:53Big East player of the year, most outstanding player of the Big East tournament.
00:56I think he's a problem because he can score inside,
00:59but he can also bring Bodunga outside to shoot the ball from three,
01:03take away their best rebounder.
01:05In the end, too many guards, too much Patino, too much Zuby.
01:09St. John's pulls away and wins by 10 to 12.
01:12What am I going to expect from UCLA and UConn?
01:16I mean, is UConn, the real UConn, going to show up?
01:21Or is this surprise UCLA team, who's played pretty well, haven't they,
01:25the last month heading into the tournament and heading into the conference tournament
01:29that they had?
01:30So in your opinion, what are we going to expect here?
01:33Well, listen, during the game, I want to make sure they put a couple of cameras on the coaches.
01:39I want to make sure they're talking a little bit,
01:41they're showing a little bit of Mick Cronin and Dan Hurley,
01:43because those two guys are going to be talking nonstop to the officials.
01:47It's going to be fantastic.
01:48I just hope the referees don't tee them up and let them figure it out.
01:52But listen, Bilodeo and obviously UCLA didn't cause problems,
01:55but UConn has not been UConn since before that St. John's game, right?
02:01So at some point, they're going to turn it on.
02:03I think they turn it on.
02:05Terrence Reed Jr. was a monster.
02:08I mean, an absolute monster.
02:10If he plays the way he played again on Friday night,
02:13he plays it again today,
02:14and you get more contribution from Demerian, from Ball Mullins,
02:17hit some shots, I just think too much UConn.
02:19UConn moves on, wins by eight or so points.
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