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00:00All right, so we got some news from the world of college sports.
00:04That means Rico to the front of the classroom, and I don't blame Rico for any of this, but
00:10I'm going to sit back.
00:11I'll listen.
00:12I'll give you a fair shake here, mister.
00:14Michael, it was probably the worst kept secret ever when it came to college sports.
00:21Today, we find out what we found out that the NCAA tournament, both men and women will
00:27go to 76 games.
00:31Thank you for giving me time to say that 76 game tournament is here.
00:36Technically, it still has to be ratified by the board of directors and the board of governors.
00:40That's just a rubber stamp.
00:42They voted on it.
00:43I believe it was unanimous.
00:45It's going to happen.
00:46Here's how it breaks down in case you were wondering, because I know you were.
00:5312 games will be played in the play in game.
00:56So, there'll be 24 teams playing between Tuesday and Wednesday.
01:03The winners of those games will then join the regular 52 teams in the tournament.
01:09And those games, the 12 games will consist of all the 16th seeds, half of the 15 seeds, and a
01:19mixture of seeds, 11, 12, and 13.
01:26And it will start this upcoming tournament.
01:30So, yes.
01:31We will now talk about, when it comes to bubble watch, teams 77, 78, 79, and 80.
01:40So, yes.
01:41The tournament, it was going to happen.
01:43It was going to expand, just like it's probably going to do for football.
01:47No, no.
01:47Why?
01:48Why?
01:48Why?
01:48It was beautiful.
01:50It was.
01:50It was perfect.
01:52It was.
01:52There was no need to do this.
01:54No one asked for this.
01:55This has nothing to do with the sport.
01:57No.
01:58This isn't a competitive balance issue.
01:59It's not an expansion issue.
02:01This is not a representation issue.
02:03I'm always going to go back to this.
02:05When you use your pablum line, which you're right, by the way, I'm just going to fight it the same
02:11way.
02:11What was always going to happen because of money.
02:15This is the destruction of college sports.
02:18It's the destruction of all sports.
02:21Is they're making decisions with no eye on the health of the sport and its relation to fans long term.
02:30That's why this idiotic banana ball is busy selling out 100,000 seed stadiums.
02:36Because the only thing where they're putting the fans first.
02:38Yes.
02:39Because I guess now the playing games will go on all day.
02:42So the only one who benefits from this is the city of Dayton.
02:45Because there'll be 12 extra games there.
02:49Well, six extra games.
02:50Now, you mentioned the football thing.
02:52Yeah.
02:52Is that happening too?
02:54I believe the football will eventually happen.
02:57That's getting a little pushback.
02:59And I don't think they wanted to do it in the same year.
03:02But I think the 24 games in the football playoff, that's kind of like this.
03:07It's going to eventually happen.
03:08They're just going to skip and go straight to 24.
03:11Can I ask a question?
03:13Now, I don't know if this is the right question.
03:16But it's the one that's on my mind.
03:18And it's to you out there in listener land.
03:20If you're just cruising in your car, maybe you're between meetings, just lend me your ear.
03:27At any point, is this stuff going to lose you?
03:33Like at any point, do you end up like me?
03:36Or am I the weirdo because I gave up the ship?
03:40I'd had enough.
03:41These decisions, the NCAA tournament was perfect.
03:46There didn't need to be any changes.
03:49There didn't need to be any tweaks.
03:51And whatever money they may add to the pot, all you're doing is further diluting the regular season where I
04:00don't even understand the bubble conversation anymore.
04:03It will be 500 teams.
04:04And to Rico's little provocative point about the college football, let me be even more clear.
04:13If you go to 24 teams, let me help you with this.
04:17You're going to end up with a five-loss team making the playoff.
04:21And when you factor in the non-conference, that means you're under 500.
04:25Like you drill Georgia Southern, Florida Gulf Coast, and Mercer.
04:31That means your other nine games, you win four and five.
04:33Who needs that?
04:35Who wants that?
04:37You've already destroyed the bowl system.
04:39You've already destroyed big bowl games.
04:42They're all gone.
04:43And now you end up with largely, not exclusively, I want to be fair to Rico, largely unwatchable playoff games.
04:52At any point, are you going to end up like me?
04:57Or do you hear Rico's words and this is your response?
05:03Nope.
05:05Like you're fired up by this.
05:07You're excited by this.
05:09I really want to hear from the people because I don't need to say anything.
05:12They know where I'm at.
05:13Because here's the thing, Mike.
05:15This is nonsense.
05:16According to this, teams like Auburn, they would have been in the tournament last year.
05:20Please.
05:21To localize it.
05:22It's 16 losses.
05:24Indiana was 18 and 14.
05:27They were 9 and 11 in the Big Ten.
05:30They'd be in.
05:30Indiana was in.
05:31And when you factor in, you're under 500 in your conference.
05:35Okay?
05:36Mm-hmm.
05:37You're barely 500 in your non-con.
05:40You're not a tournament team.
05:43It's just a grift.
05:44That's all this is.
05:45So, you communicate with the audience.
05:48Right.
05:48No.
05:49No, no, no, no.
05:50Because I'll ask you this.
05:51You're doing this, I guess, so you have more excitement.
05:55Like, no one really counts the tournament as starting until Thursday anyway.
05:59The play-in games are just something to do on a Tuesday or Wednesday night.
06:04And occasionally you'll find two teams you don't care about.
06:07You throw some money on them and then you care about them a little bit.
06:10But would you tell, Mike, did the tournament miss anything this year?
06:14No.
06:14Listen to, if you added the extra teams from 68 to 76.
06:20The tournament is already largely ruined due to NIL and the portal in that even fewer teams
06:25have a chance.
06:26Cinderella has no chance to make a Final Four now.
06:29I mean.
06:30Why do this?
06:31Auburn, San Diego State, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Indiana, Stanford, and Belmont.
06:36Who missed them?
06:37Exactly.
06:38So, I'm with you on this.
06:41I thought maybe it'll be some pushback.
06:43But all of a sudden the NCAA just opened arms and said, yeah, we need to do this.
06:48This is what the people want.
06:49It's like, what did you ask the people?
06:51No.
06:52Because we accepted the play-in game.
06:55It was cute.
06:56It was fun.
06:57Fine.
06:58You want to do that.
06:59But they didn't even do it right.
07:01That's what has always angered me.
07:03The play-in game should have been the last four in versus the last four out.
07:08That's the truest form.
07:09Yes.
07:10Instead, they went, hey, let's watch bum fights.
07:13And we're going to put 16 versus 16 in just this shrapnel play-in game of garbage.
07:20Well, they kind of do that when they put the 12s up against each other.
07:24All right.
07:24One of you will actually make the tournament and the other one won't.
07:27But I'm with you.
07:28It's just like.
07:29And what you're saying about the football thing?
07:31Hey, man.
07:32It's inevitable.
07:32Well, if you want to blend the topics you can, which expansion would you be more tolerant of?
07:37I'll tell you this.
07:39Look, college football's been ruined for a myriad of reasons.
07:42But the minute you devalue the regular season further than where you're at right now,
07:48you will have ruined the singular best regular season in all of sports.
07:54Before you guys yell at me, think about that.
07:58MLB, too many games.
08:00NHL, NBA, too many games.
08:02The NFL has gotten to too many games, and they're letting too many teams in the playoffs.
08:09College football used to be perfection only.
08:13Okay, we're going to go to a four-team playoff.
08:16All right.
08:17I might be able to lose one, but I got to be great.
08:20I got to get there.
08:21Now you expanded it to where I think you realize it now.
08:25For instance, you Michigan fans, your blessed little game at the end of the season
08:29really doesn't mean what it used to, and now if they go to 24, let me help you.
08:36The first thing you're going to need to do to make the big game matter is move it to October.
08:43Because what will happen is, and I think it really won't hit home until all of a sudden you see
08:49players say,
08:50I'm going to kind of opt out of this game because it doesn't matter if we win or lose,
08:56so I'm going to save our star running back or our quarterback won't play in the game.
09:01Okay, if we lose it, no big deal because we're going to be in the playoffs anyway.
09:05Anyway, I think for as far as college goes, we all know that these extra eight teams
09:13aren't going to really make or break whatever they're doing.
09:17Yeah.
09:18But for football, what you're going to see is...
09:21Pop-outs.
09:22Why would I play?
09:23I'm already in.
09:24Yeah.
09:24If there's 24 teams in and I'm the number four team in America,
09:27why do I care about my last game of the season?
09:30Because what's going to happen is I don't want to play the extra game.
09:33Exactly.
09:33Exactly.
09:34So...
09:35I'll leave it to you.
09:35And what is the question you want to ask the people?
09:38This is your show because I quit.
09:40You've made me quit.
09:41You have broken me now.
09:42This topic has...
09:43This is your show now.
09:45It's the Rico Show with Guido, two to six.
09:49Mamma mia.
09:50Go ahead.
09:50Please.
09:51Please.
09:51What would you like from your audience?
09:53They're not mine anymore.
09:54Which college expansion will hurt this sport the most?
09:58Because I think college football will happen at 24.
10:01You're already getting 76 in college basketball.
10:04Just say that one more time.
10:07Just...
10:07And I want you to think about the absurdity of what you just said.
10:09A 76 team tournament.
10:12Yeah.
10:13That is almost 25% of Division I college basketball teams making the NCAA tournament.
10:21That is an absolute absurdity.
10:26I hope you're happy.
10:28248-539-9797.
10:30David, do you have thoughts?
10:31I mean, you love expanding your family.
10:33This should be right up your alley.
10:39But before you say that, David, the reason being, I say I'd rather have college hoops because
10:47when it comes to football, Mike, I'm with you.
10:49You want to see teams who, if you lose, I can even take, if you play in a tough conference,
10:55you're in the SEC or you're in a loaded Big Ten.
10:58You lose twice.
10:59You lose twice.
11:00But you lost to two of the top teams that are already in.
11:02I can live with this.
11:03You expand this thing to 24.
11:05You can be a 500 team.
11:06You laughed at me.
11:07I think you're going to see an 8-4 team make that final spot.
11:12No, you're right.
11:13No, no.
11:13I'm not laughing.
11:14You'll see a 7-5 team.
11:15Because I know what this is about.
11:17And 7-5, if all of a sudden that's that down year that Alabama had.
11:21But, hey, they got the brand.
11:22David, go ahead, buddy.
11:25No, you're right.
11:25That's the worst of it.
11:27I hate the 76 teams.
11:29But this is the NFL now, basically.
11:32It doesn't matter if my team loses.
11:34Lose another game.
11:35Doesn't matter.
11:35Lose another game.
11:36Doesn't matter.
11:37Like, the regular season means nothing now.
11:41Absolutely nothing.
11:42I couldn't fight you guys on that because I enjoy regular season college hoops.
11:47And I realize along me and Jeff Rieger are probably the only two people in the city of Detroit
11:52that actually give a damn about regular season college hoops.
11:55So, it's okay if you expand it because whatever.
12:00But college football, what you're going to see is, because I thought college football with the expansion
12:06was going to be like college hoops where you actually get good games early.
12:10Where big time schools will play big time schools.
12:14Saying the opposite.
12:15Yeah, let me take you to Ole Miss and Tulane for a second.
12:17Yeah.
12:17Where they're opting out.
12:18No, no, no.
12:19So, I could either play bottom.
12:22I can go schedule Wayne State or I can go schedule Arkansas.
12:26You know, Drake Bell was a security guard at Wayne State?
12:28I heard.
12:29Okay.
12:29Sorry.
12:30You know, Clayton Grishon and Stafford grew up together?
12:33No.
12:33All right.
12:33We're good.
12:34I just love the old kids.
12:35I love that Mariucci and that Izo guy.
12:37Yeah, they're from Iron Mountain, huh?
12:39Yeah.
12:40Crazy.
12:40Chris Allen grew up in the same street as Magic Johnson's uncle.
12:43Oh.
12:44All right.
12:45Let's move forward.
12:46We'll get to your phone calls next.
12:47You know, there's Gus Johnson and Cassius went to the same school?
12:51Only one of them's been back.
12:54Nineties.
12:55Heaven won.
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