01:30Don't watch.
01:31We have obvious tournament discussion.
01:33We are going to see.
01:34I'm going to give Kenny one last chance as the bus stop is open for the Red Wings.
01:39I'm going to try again.
01:41I'll present the day's math.
01:43We'll talk a little Michigan, Michigan State.
01:45But first, I thought we would do what we always do.
01:48Day two of the tourney.
01:49We start the show and we just jump right in.
01:52So, David, you can put whatever.
01:54Yes.
01:54I want to give you my day one thoughts.
01:57You can do whatever you like with this.
02:00These are directed to the three of you or all of the people.
02:03Okay?
02:03Okay.
02:03Fair enough?
02:04Yeah.
02:05I want to start at the end of day one to just give you story one.
02:09It was my favorite game.
02:11The one I wanted to watch the most.
02:13St.
02:13Louis, Georgia.
02:14What did we talk about?
02:15St.
02:16Louis' offense when it's cooking is poetry in motion.
02:19Cream, Abdul-Jabbar, Mr.
02:21Robbie Avila, or as David now refers to him, Kevin McPale.
02:25Look.
02:26I was going to say Larry Nerd.
02:27They dropped an absolute bomb on Georgia, and they did it with offensive perfection.
02:33I will just tell you this.
02:34If you're Michigan, yes, you're better than these guys.
02:37You best be careful.
02:39Bring your IQ to the game.
02:41Any mistake you make on defense, they make you pay.
02:44Period.
02:45If you're Michigan, you got to be respectful of Robbie because he gives Jokic draw.
02:54It's that aura.
02:55He's food stamp Jokic.
02:56It's like, well, he's not that athletic, and before you know it, he's just dropped 40 on you.
03:01He did a spin move last night that took 6.4 seconds.
03:05It was like the Matrix.
03:06He does a spin move like a 55-year-old father of four.
03:09Because you got to be thinking, oh, no, no.
03:11Coach, I got this one.
03:13And he scored again.
03:14No, I do not.
03:15Number two, I would like to make an official statement.
03:20The Troy Trojans should be banned from all NCAA tournament play for having the audacity of a diabolical twin ginger
03:31backcourt.
03:33Twin brothers that are both unsightly gingers were their starting backcourt, and they got what they deserved.
03:39They lost by 30 yesterday.
03:41What an embarrassment.
03:42You can't win with a ginger.
03:44Cutscene.
03:45Our starting backcourt looks exactly the same.
03:47But what if you double the ginger power?
03:50You lose by 30 to Nebraska, and your guy, Sandifort.
03:54G2.
03:54Bottom line, I don't want to see Troy, their red uniforms, their red-headed backcourt, none of it.
04:00Get out.
04:00Number three, I know I'm going to end up being wrong, and we'll come here Monday, and they've probably lost,
04:05but damn it.
04:06You and I have been Team Arkansas for a few weeks now.
04:09Their guards, including Acuff, they can take them places I don't think people expect.
04:15Now, I know Hawaii is Hawaii.
04:18We wanted to see what Hawaii's weird defense was going to be, this whole idea that they play man, they
04:22don't help, they don't double.
04:24Yikes.
04:25They gave up a C-note.
04:26But, Rico, you can make a case to the best backcourt in college basketball, and if they get cooking, it's
04:34going to be hard to stop.
04:34It is.
04:37I saw Illinois, and my goodness.
04:40105 points.
04:40Hope you enjoyed that.
04:41My goodness, that's what happens when all of a sudden everything is cooking for them.
04:47I don't think that they could do that for five more times, but that's a team that you don't want
04:53to play because, man, that's a EuroLeague team.
04:55We talked about it.
04:57I included them in a team that could win it all because of that level of upside.
05:01There aren't a lot of teams.
05:03Now, Michigan's one of them.
05:04They can.
05:04There are not a lot of teams that can get to 90, much less 100.
05:08And if they're cooking, they'll just outpace you.
05:11Yeah, who would have thought you would see 300-point games last night?
05:15Yeah.
05:16Well, who would have thought Hubert Davis would still have a job today?
05:21The largest collapse in the round of 64 history as UNC blows a 19-point second-half lead.
05:29I just ask you, how does Hubert Davis still have a job?
05:33I think that it's just a matter of time.
05:35Right now, Mike, this is one of those where the higher-ups, the alums, Michael Jordan's on a Zoom call.
05:42What are we going to do next?
05:43Yes, because you can't lose that game.
05:46They didn't score a basket for the final 13 minutes, and that includes overtime.
05:50They've got one basket.
05:51Not optimal.
05:52One basket.
05:54Guys, I don't know what you're going to do.
05:56He played a six-man rotation.
05:58You know it's bad when all of a sudden VCU is like, yeah, their guys were tired.
06:03Well, I don't think that they were tired.
06:04No, they were actually tired.
06:06And you may lose your job over there.
06:08Look, they've been wanting to get rid of him for a while.
06:10It has to happen.
06:11This may be the final straw.
06:13Maybe they've got to get ahead of Kentucky if Mark Pope gets fired.
06:17So, did you get the best coach?
06:18Look, we're in a day and age.
06:20You're a pro coach.
06:21You have a payroll.
06:22You're allowed to turn your roster.
06:23You're allowed to build your team.
06:25You're North Carolina.
06:27Can't have it.
06:27And Hubert's results have been getting worse.
06:30I'm sorry.
06:31I just wouldn't want him there.
06:32In that vein, also, I have a very philosophical.
06:36It's not like what's the meaning of life, but it's similar.
06:40What is the point of Randy Bennett and St. Mary's existence?
06:45Why do they exist?
06:47Every year, they make the tournament with a gaudy win total.
06:50They play the slowest pace in America.
06:53They struggle to get to 50 and generally are used as a proverbial wet wipe to whoever they play in
06:59the tournament.
07:00Yet, Randy Bennett is up for the Arizona State job.
07:04Why?
07:05Are you trying to kill your fans with boredom?
07:08You know what?
07:09Because you can say, hey, we beat Gonzaga, and that's your claim to fame.
07:14Every year, you're the team that can frustrate Gonzaga.
07:18Look, I'm with you.
07:20It's going to be a snail's pace, but maybe they're trying to go that 180 degrees from what Hurley brought
07:26to Arizona and say, you know what?
07:27We want discipline here.
07:29Okay, good.
07:29Enjoy being in Tempe and scoring 48 points.
07:32All right, let me go to the next one.
07:34You can argue it.
07:35I'm not mad.
07:36It's probably hyperbolic.
07:38Best freshman class of my adult life.
07:40And by that, it will be the best top of the NBA draft, maybe, of my adult life.
07:45Whether it's the A.J.
07:47DeBonza, they didn't lose that game because of him.
07:49He basically dropped 40.
07:50No one else helped him.
07:51Yeah, he had half their points.
07:52A cuff.
07:52You go up and down the list of this freshman class.
07:55Rico.
07:56Good boozer.
07:57Good boozer.
07:58King and Wagler for Illinois.
08:00Kingston from Houston.
08:02True freshman.
08:03He showed out last night as well.
08:04This is an elite freshman class.
08:06This is the year that if you're an NBA lottery team, it's okay if you end up at like six
08:11or seven.
08:11You're actually going to get a function.
08:13Because you still don't get somebody.
08:14That's a good point.
08:14It's a very good point.
08:16High points for Flynn Clayman.
08:20High points coach gets high points.
08:22He was an electric factory after the game.
08:25Oh, yeah.
08:25He attacked.
08:27That's what happens.
08:28Nobody will play us.
08:29And if you play us, this is what happens.
08:30Look, I'll only accept this guy being a goofball for one day because that's the greatest day of his life.
08:35But I kind of dug it.
08:37He basically challenged anybody.
08:39Play me.
08:40But I mean, the only thing missing was him tearing his shirt off and going,
08:43Bear Chatter, Dean.
08:45Let's just fight right now.
08:46I'm like, okay, this was your moment and this is how you choose to spend that moment.
08:50That's fine.
08:52But okay.
08:53I mean, I don't think anybody's going to play him next year, especially maybe at a neutral site.
08:59I don't know.
08:59But again, who did you ask?
09:01Who did you bother to see?
09:02Would they play you?
09:03One more statement and then we're going to finish with a question.
09:06My statement is this.
09:07Greg Gard is a pile of moldy cheese curd, Wisconsin's head coach.
09:11I did some digging on this because generally I don't like coaches who dress like high school principals
09:15and I don't like Wisconsin basketball at all.
09:20Here's Greg Gard's last basically decade, right?
09:23After a sweet 16 run in 2016.
09:24You ready?
09:25Nothing in 17.
09:27First round exit in 18.
09:29COVID in 19.
09:31Second round in 20.
09:33Second round in 21.
09:34NIT in 22.
09:35First round exit 23.
09:37Second round exit 24.
09:39And yesterday's disgrace to high point.
09:41Why does Greg Gard have a job?
09:43Wow.
09:45Sorry for doing the research.
09:47When you put it like that.
09:48You know why, Mike?
09:49Because he'll go through the Big Ten regular season.
09:52I know how you feel about it.
09:53But he knocks off the powerhouse teams.
09:56And at that point, everybody in Wisconsin is feeling good.
09:59Like, wow, we beat Michigan.
10:01We beat Illinois.
10:02Here's your March Madness.
10:03You didn't even get your Diet Coke from the beverage stand.
10:06You're out in the tournament.
10:08That's a disgrace.
10:09No, that was.
10:09That was probably.
10:12Only North Carolina pulled off a bigger choke job than Wisconsin did yesterday.
10:17The last one is a question, and I leave it to you.
10:19You got to see more of it than I did.
10:21And for me, they can show me Saturday when I watch.
10:24Do you have a renewed confidence in MSU?
10:28They played with a level of urgency or fire, tenacity, whatever you want to call it.
10:34But it looked hyper-focused.
10:36Yes, they were a 12-point favorite.
10:37But they still won a game by 30.
10:39The parts I saw and then talking to you.
10:43Do you feel somehow now more confident about State?
10:47Yeah, Mike, I feel a lot more confident about that team.
10:50They look better than they did for the final two games.
10:52Now, Louisville is going to be the test because can you guard the three-point line and force them to
10:59miss shots?
11:00Because I think they're kind of a one-trick pony.
11:03After that, then, yeah, they were playing just that physical ball.
11:07They were able to manufacture points, and they scored 30 points off the bench.
11:11Like, wow.
11:13And three of those were only going to Kurt Tang.
11:15The rest went to other players.
11:17Oh, Petey Tang.
11:19When Denim Wojcik outscores Kurt Tang, you know you're having a good day.
11:23That's a great place to finish that.
11:24So just a wide-ranging, day-one thoughts, and it will lead us into a question I want to ask.
11:30Because I gave you the best of the best.
11:33I want to ask a more general tournament question next.
11:3697-1.
11:37Everyone.
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