March 20, 2025 • 30 mins
Our bracket blitz series continues with a comprehensive breakdown of the Midwest region, featuring potential upsets and championship predictions from our expert panel.
• Houston enters as the top seed, expected to dominate SIU Edwardsville by potentially 50 points
• Gonzaga appears significantly under-seeded as a 5-seed, ranking among top 10 in KenPom metrics
• McNeese State vs Clemson sparks debate as the classic 5-12 upset potential with heavy betting action on McNeese
• Illinois-Xavier matchup presents interesting stylistic contrast with Xavier's three-point shooting excellence
• Florida emerges as surprising championship favorite after dominating SEC tournament
• Multiple 13-seeds identified with upset potential, particularly Akron, Yale and Lipscomb
• Panel predicts this region will be the "bracket of chaos" with multiple upsets
• Strategy tips shared for picking upsets and constructing winning brackets
Remember to bet responsibly, don't chase losses, and enjoy the madness of March basketball!
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Speaker 2 (00:50):
Cheers welcome back to the final episode of our
bracket blitz.
Good morning, happy Thursday,welcome to.
The show Starts out today.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Brad, I'm going to be honest, you sound like you
couldn't be happier for this tobe over.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
What.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
The bracket blitz.
I've heard people more excitedfor their execution day than
what you just sounded like rightthere.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Because we're talking about the Midwest, the.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Midwest has my favorite team in the entire
tournament.
We know, joe no no, no, I wantto know Brad's guess.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Joe, I know what your favorite team in this
tournament is in this bracketSIU Edwardsville.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It is not SIUE, although I do have a friend that
is one of the assistant coacheson the team.
That is not true.
My favorite team in this entiretournament is McNeese.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
No wrong, it's SIUE.
Your girl went there.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It's not SIUE and you don't have a girl, so back to
McNeese.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
No, no.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Bradley.
Bradley, will you shut the fuckup and let me talk, please?
No, no one wants to hear yourshitty jokes.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Joe the OG Tessie Poo went to SIUE.
Oh and he's gone.
Is he gone or did he rage quit?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I think he rage quit.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
He rage quit, alright .
Alright, I guess we won't findout why McNeese is his favorite
school.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Because they're one in four and quads one in two.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I'm shocked.
They played a quad one game.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Alabama and Mississippi State.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Probably got whacked in both of those they only lost
by 8 to Bama and 3 toMississippi State but, knowing
Joe, his reason why is becauseof the student manager and he
brings up the boom box like the49ers before the games.
But anyway, let's move on ofthe student manager and he
brings up the boom box like the49ers before the games.
(03:28):
But anyway, let's move on.
Houston SIU.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
What is that spread?
28 and a half, and I'm not sureit's an S no.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
This game could be 50 .
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, houston just smokes mid-majors.
But we'll see, but I don'tthink it's close.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, also in this region.
We have Gonzaga in Georgia.
Gonzaga's made how manyconsecutive Sweet 16s.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Too many.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Hang on a minute, welcome back to the show.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I just wanted to be known.
I did not lag out, I did leaveon purpose.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
We assume your rage quit.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And I am going to leave again after I say this.
But, brad, you've told the sameshitty joke for the last six
episodes in a row, and then yousit there in your chair and you
wonder why nobody listens wait,you can't leave yet.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
You need to give us a pick before you leave I don't
give a fuck mcneese money line,who cares?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I don't even get to say why, but it doesn't matter.
You can say why.
Right now I don't even want.
I don't want to say why.
Come on, give me McNeese plusthe points, give me McNeese
money line, give me whatever youwant, it doesn't matter.
Brad's gonna sit there and tellthe same shitty joke about SIUE
and why I should pick them.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So I'm just gonna go no, we actually both are on
Houston, oh well, so I'm justgoing to go, no we actually both
are on Houston, why, oh well, Idon't think he knew the joke I
was going to tell I was pullingone out of the archive.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Huh, I got nothing.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I had one buried in the archives for this, but
anyway, oh jeez Moving on.
Gonzaga, georgia.
Yeah, gonzaga's made I forgethow many Sweet Sixtes it is in a
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row.
That's bad, but I know it'sover five, which is an
incredible streak.
If I'm Houston, I would beworried about seeing a top 10
Ken Palm team in the secondround of this tournament.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, that the seating doesn't make sense here.
I don't know.
I think Gonzaga easily cruisesby Georgia and then we get a
good, really good second roundgame for the first time in a
while.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
No, yeah, this is the .
I think this will be thebracket of chaos.
As much as Joe loves McNeeseState, I also think Clemson's
very good.
I think the more likely upsetis the game below that, with
High Point is going to pick offPurdue, unless these refs still
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think Zach Eady's there and givehim the invisible foul calls
like they did the entire Big Tenseason.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I don't understand, but I haven't watched any high
points, so I couldn't tell you,despite them being, you know,
right here.
You haven't seen any High Point, so I couldn't tell you,
despite them being right here.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
You haven't seen the Mean Mugging guy.
No Well, you should just lookup High Point Mean Mug.
You'll find the video in twoseconds, but I'll be interesting
.
Do we even preview the Illinoismatchup, because we're
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recording this prior to thefirst four?
Do we even talk about that gameor do we skip it?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Well, let's talk about it a little bit.
What do you think the pointspread is going to be if Xavier
wins?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Illinois, minus five and a half.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
That close huh Xavier can be really good.
It can also not show up at all.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
How do you know it's not going to be Texas?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Because that wouldn't be any fun.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're giving me some glimpse of hope.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, we got to build up.
We can't crush your hopes anddreams in a play-in game.
You got to wait till round onefor that.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I either want to lose the Texas or lose the Kentucky.
I don't want to lose toIllinois because I will never
hear the end of it, illinois.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Are you sure about that?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
They're going to beat Texas by 20 points and then
they're going to lose toIllinois by 20.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
They're not going to lose to Illinois by 20.
Why not?
Did you see UConn go on a 33 to0 run against them last year
also?
Brad underwood also crumbles inmarch.
That man is allergic to themonth, but just like my,
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allergies are kicking in.
But I mean, I forget, man.
I really should have writtendown these stats.
Forget how many years in a rowit is.
But a team from the playinggame has advanced X amount of
years in a row.
Sorry.
From the playing game hasadvanced X amount of years in a
row Sorry.
(09:22):
An 11 seed has an advance, hasadvanced.
Which are the plans?
So we saw an 11 seed get allthe way to the final four last
year.
But I think Tennessee is toogood.
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They should go back to theelite eight, if not the final
four.
But I think this is the regionwhere I'm going to take my shot
and I think I'm going to haveClemson in my final four.
They made the elite Eight lastyear.
Bunch of returners.
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If they get past McNeese, Ilike their path.
I always think the first gameis the hardest.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Especially for a number five.
Yeah, but I mean it's everyyear right.
It feels like at least everyyear there's a 5-12 upset.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, that daunted 5-12 matchup, but so we're
giving bags.
Make these money line or thespread I gave them the spread
all right uh for this I'd likethe over in the gonzaga georgia
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game.
Over in the Gonzaga Georgiagame.
Do you need the number?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
it'd be easier if I had it.
I am going to take Gonzagaminus six and a half, so we'll
both be watching that game letme get that over for you while
we're wrapping up.
Let me get that over for you.
While we're wrapping up, whatis your strategy for picking
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upsets?
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Do you just fill out the bracket once and go with it?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
The over is 151 and a half, For example, I'll
normally fill out the bracket,go back and look at who I have
not making it out of the secondround and then find a team that
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does something better than thoseteams and switch it.
So that's my upset in the firstround, just to try and steal a
couple points.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, I usually like I'll work backwards.
I'll have my final four andthen I'll work backwards, like
I'm not going to take Wofford,like you know, 7-10,.
Maybe I'll take my Utah StateDarlings, even though I promised
the Sweet 16 appearance.
But I don't think that's goingto happen.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
No, exactly that right.
So in your initial, if you haveTennessee versus UCLA and
Tennessee winning, you can goback, look at Utah State versus
UCLA and be like, well, theycould win.
They do, I I don't know.
They rebound much better thanUCLA does.
I don't know that they do.
I didn't don't have that infront of me and that's my
something.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
They do better than yeah, and then flip it yeah, and
that's Mick Cronin coming backover to the eastern time zone,
which he's talked about numeroustimes this year.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Yeah, but that's him hating it on a Tuesday, flying
to New York Right and then back,and then back again for the
next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You think he'll be content for a Friday night in
Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, because I don't think he's worried about
classes anymore.
We're flying out on Tuesday toplay on a Friday.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You think he's worried about classes to begin
with.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
I mean you have to pretend you care during the
season is to begin with.
I mean you have to pretend youcare.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
During the season.
Yeah, the interesting matchupwill be if Illinois does win
when they play Kentucky, becauseboth of those teams can shit
the bed and play like dog shitor look like the best team in
the country and there's not alot of in-between.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
No, and that's why a lot of in-between.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
No, and that's why I like Xavier in that Illinois
match Trojans.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
What?
Given no chance to the TroyTrojans.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
No, zero, it's not Calipari.
Mark Popel won one game.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I'm sorry I cut you off.
That's why you're interested inthe illinois potentially xavier
game oh uh, yeah, illinoiscan't shoot threes.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Xavier bombs them top 10 in the country in three
point percentage.
So and they don't have a bigman.
That scares me.
If Kofi Cockburn was stillaround I doubt he ever graduated
.
Maybe he has some eligibilityback.
But outside of that they dohave the kid from Arkansas's
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brother, the guy from overseas,but he's not as good as the
brother at Arkansas.
But yeah, this will be the funregion.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
It will be.
I don't think thisTennessee-Wofford game is going
to be fun to watch.
No, it's like Tennesseeprobably covering.
These two teams play so slow.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yeah, it's what 328 and 324?
.
Yeah, what hover under in thatgame might have a pick switch
132 and a half that's a, that'sa, that's a low one, that's a
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love one.
But you know, but Rick Barnescan never get it done.
You know like, and Houston cannever get it done, but do I?
Speaker 3 (15:54):
roll the dice and take Gonzaga all the way.
Yeah, that's, they play defense.
Yeah, that's because they playdefense and they're efficient on
offense.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
I really think it's going to be Clemson, because I
think every brother if Clemsonwins that first, because I think
everybody and their brother isgoing to pick McNeese.
And I wish, because I thinkeverybody and their brother is
going to pick McNeese.
And I wish Bags was here,because I guarantee he doesn't
even know what conferencethey're in.
(16:29):
They're in the Southland forthose thinking about it, beat
Lamar in the championship, thosethat know me, people know you
yeah know my deep fandom forLamar what day is that game?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
What day is what game the McNeese?
Speaker 2 (17:07):
game.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I think it's oh jeez.
So per picket, 75% of thespread money is on McNeese and
nearly 40% of the Moneylinemoney.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
And the line has not moved.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
I wonder what DraftKings says, because I know
they do a good job with thehandle.
I wonder what DraftKings says,because I know they do a good
job with the handle.
I haven't opened DraftKings inso long.
I wonder if I have any money.
(18:02):
Probably not, but I mean theyhave.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
We're going to draft kings.
55% of the spread on McNeese.
I mean, I could see McNeesedoing well also, though it's
hard for me to take a team orexpect them to do well, and they
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haven't played anybody.
I mean they did play Alabamaand yeah, they played them tight
, but their best win is NorthTexas, the mean green.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, and this is always a one-bid league.
It's just, you know, I don'tknow, but Will Wade should
definitely get a power time job.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
This is the joy of the tournament, though right.
If you get hot shooting threes,you can make it.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Yeah, like it wouldn't surprise me if McNeese
or Clemson made the Elite Eightor Sweet 16.
Because I think that whoeverwins that game is going to roll
over Purdue or high point.
I agree.
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So like that's a spot where I'mlike well, might as well just
take high point.
But on a, the bracket of chaosis going to be this one.
I'd love to see Utah state inthe sweet 16.
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Make me look smart, but I don'tthink that one's going to
happen.
I think Tennessee is anotherschool that could put up a
hundred points in their firstthree games.
We'll be seeing, we'll beseeing, we'll be seeing.
Anything else before we roundout our second or third, I think
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.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
I think it was Jay Wright had ones and twos from
every region.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Oh, Jay.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Williams.
Yeah, was it Jay Williams.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Yeah, yeah, where it was just chalk all the way.
Yeah, that's his opinion.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Good for him, I mean all of the ones are definitely
good.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Yeah, I just.
I just think I mean, like lastyear UConn was head and
shoulders like dominance and wehad Zach Eady who was just
dominance.
Yeah, auburn was dominant, butthey've kind of in a little bit
of a tailspin.
You know, it's just.
I feel like there's a lot moreparity this year, it's a little
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more balanced and I think whenthat happens it's going to get a
little and it's always chaotic.
So you know, everybody doestheir thing and that's why it's
fun.
It's like Super Bowl scores youjust do it, you pay attention,
hope you do well and then letthe chips fall where they may.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Yeah, it's not like Auburn lost to some scrub teams
to close out the year though.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
No, they are very much battle-tested and ready to
go.
But I mean, I don't know.
The last two years I was veryconfident in UConn and I don't
see it this year.
So I don't think I'm going tocall my shot for three-peating
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who's going to win March Madness?
No, I don't think U'm going tocall my shot for three peating.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
Who's going to win March madness?
No, I don't think Yukon isgoing to.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
just don't have the horses, I don't think no, I just
meant like predicting who'sgoing to win this year Come on
chicken.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
If you were forced to pick, though, it'd probably be
one of the ones.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Yeah, I'd probably say I'd say Florida over Duke
would be my nationalchampionship.
But you know, do I?
I'm not gonna pick a team thatwhere they're the best player
like Joey said earlier, the bestplayer in the country is in
doubt if he's suiting up or not.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
So that part's hard and they're never going to tell
you what the injury is.
It'll be interesting, or howbad it actually is.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Yeah, well, did you see what Iowa?
State did, their best playergot injured.
They didn't report it untilthree minutes after the bracket
came out.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Good for them Either way, but they wouldn't have been
a three or two or whatever theyare.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah, three.
Yeah, because they do take intoaccount injury status when
selecting these teams, andthat's what I ultimately think
helped Xavier get in, becausethey looked at those games that
they lost in January in overtimeat UConn and at two at home at
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Marquette, and Fremantle wasthere for neither of those.
So I mean, it's all subjectiveand you can go back if you want
to.
Cincinnati was the number oneteam in the country.
Kenyon Martin got hurt in theConference USA Championship game
.
They were the number one teamthe entire season and then they
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bumped them to a two-line in theNCAA tournament and Kenyon
Martin went on to be the numberone draft pick.
But I mean, it's all subjective, I think, even though we give
the voters of this and thecollege football a lot of
scrutiny, I think they do apretty good job with the
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criteria that they have.
It's all opinion-based, but isit a little sketchy?
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I don't think it's that sketchy North Carolina.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
I assume that's what we're talking about, right?
I mean, did you see what thatathletic director got?
What did he get?
Because UNC made the tournamentand he got a $104,000 bonus.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Now, that's stupid and should not be a thing.
I mean, they're good enough tobe in the tournament.
Right, we're nitpicking thelast team.
You're nitpicking the last team.
You're nitpicking the 40th teamin.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Right, do you see what the governor of West
Virginia is doing?
Speaker 3 (25:32):
The governor of West Virginia is in.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Does any of the I?
Speaker 3 (25:38):
was going to say what's wrong with?
West Virginia.
They have some of the forestareas and they allow.
Why do we have blackjack online?
Why are we having online realfull casinos?
Have you ever been to Michigan?
Speaker 2 (25:57):
It's the same and it's electric.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
It's not good.
Wait.
It's the same and it's electric,it's not good, I love all four
gambling and I hate to leantowards Joey's side.
Where the casino Needs to Notthe casino, the state needs to
look out for people.
Stop enabling them to playblackjack online.
This is ridiculous.
Part of me thinks the onlyreason they do it is to keep the
(26:24):
money In the US.
Stop enabling them to playblackjack online.
This is ridiculous.
Part of me thinks the onlyreason they do it is to keep the
money in the US Becauseotherwise these people would be
playing online Costa Rica,whatever casino, and never get
their money anyway.
Or on Bovada, yeah, but let'sjust stop.
Stop the count.
People go to a physical casinoso they can walk away.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
Yeah, or get caught on camera should be ushered out
but yeah, or pull a um.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
What's his face, bruno Mars?
Yeah, 50 million dollars indebt and you have to.
What's his face, bruno Mars?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
$50 million in debt and you have to work it off.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Anywho, who do you have cutting down the nets?
If I had to pick one team, Ithink it would be Florida.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
As John Rothstein would say, it was like a
chainsaw through butter, throughthe SEC tournament, just waxed
everybody.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Yeah, they're playing the best basketball.
They just have to make it lastfor another two weeks.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Yeah.
And then last question, beforewe round it out of our bracket
blitz what will be the highestseed line to win a game?
Speaker 3 (27:55):
13 13?
.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
I think a three is going down down.
I'm going to go 1 up.
I think a 14 is going to get itdone, but which one Montana.
No.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I went 13 because I think there's 2 shots at it.
No, I went 13 because I thinkthere's two shots at it, I think
High Point and Akron.
If Arizona plays like they'veplayed some of the games this
year, akron has a shot.
Oh, Lipscomb.
Against best playerless IowaState Yep.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
And then, yeah, it's basically Lipscomb or nobody.
Texas Tech is kind of treadingwater too, but UNC Wilmington's
so bad.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
They're terrible.
I think Yale could put up afight against Texas A&M as a 13.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Why not win?
They beat Auburn last year.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
I think any of the 13s could win.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Do we ladder that up?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
I might throw a couple bucks on all 13s.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Yeah, I mean it's going to be awesome.
I can't wait.
It's the best time of year, sostrap in that responsibly,
follow us on our social mediasand you know sit back and enjoy
the chaos.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Don't chase losses, just try to enjoy it.
Win a couple games, win acouple bets.
Enjoy the dopamine release.
Don't chase, don't go crazyyeah.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
And if bags.
Don't get emotional and if bagsstill isn't you you know,
pooping in a cereal, we willhave a my live reaction after
the xavier texas game, which Iwill be in attendance for daring
the forerunner makes it theregood luck.
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God bless thanks and we will seeyou all next week for sweet 16.
Overreaction, reactions,predictions and hopefully a
little more nfl news willtrickle out over the time, but
until then, oh and baseball willbe started.
Baseball will be a full go bythe next time we see each other
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Exciting stuff.
We will have the full,regularly scheduled show the
next time we see you.
Have a good weekend, enjoy thegames and cheers.
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Speaker 2 (00:50):
Cheers welcome back to the final episode of our
bracket blitz.
Good morning, happy Thursday,welcome to.
The show Starts out today.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Brad, I'm going to be honest, you sound like you
couldn't be happier for this tobe over.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
What.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
The bracket blitz.
I've heard people more excitedfor their execution day than
what you just sounded like rightthere.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Because we're talking about the Midwest, the.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Midwest has my favorite team in the entire
tournament.
We know, joe no no, no, I wantto know Brad's guess.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Joe, I know what your favorite team in this
tournament is in this bracketSIU Edwardsville.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It is not SIUE, although I do have a friend that
is one of the assistant coacheson the team.
That is not true.
My favorite team in this entiretournament is McNeese.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
No wrong, it's SIUE.
Your girl went there.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
It's not SIUE and you don't have a girl, so back to
McNeese.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
No, no.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Bradley.
Bradley, will you shut the fuckup and let me talk, please?
No, no one wants to hear yourshitty jokes.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Joe the OG Tessie Poo went to SIUE.
Oh and he's gone.
Is he gone or did he rage quit?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
I think he rage quit.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
He rage quit, alright .
Alright, I guess we won't findout why McNeese is his favorite
school.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Because they're one in four and quads one in two.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I'm shocked.
They played a quad one game.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Alabama and Mississippi State.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Probably got whacked in both of those they only lost
by 8 to Bama and 3 toMississippi State but, knowing
Joe, his reason why is becauseof the student manager and he
brings up the boom box like the49ers before the games.
But anyway, let's move on ofthe student manager and he
brings up the boom box like the49ers before the games.
(03:28):
But anyway, let's move on.
Houston SIU.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
What is that spread?
28 and a half, and I'm not sureit's an S no.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
This game could be 50 .
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, houston just smokes mid-majors.
But we'll see, but I don'tthink it's close.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, also in this region.
We have Gonzaga in Georgia.
Gonzaga's made how manyconsecutive Sweet 16s.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Too many.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Hang on a minute, welcome back to the show.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I just wanted to be known.
I did not lag out, I did leaveon purpose.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
We assume your rage quit.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And I am going to leave again after I say this.
But, brad, you've told the sameshitty joke for the last six
episodes in a row, and then yousit there in your chair and you
wonder why nobody listens wait,you can't leave yet.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
You need to give us a pick before you leave I don't
give a fuck mcneese money line,who cares?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I don't even get to say why, but it doesn't matter.
You can say why.
Right now I don't even want.
I don't want to say why.
Come on, give me McNeese plusthe points, give me McNeese
money line, give me whatever youwant, it doesn't matter.
Brad's gonna sit there and tellthe same shitty joke about SIUE
and why I should pick them.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So I'm just gonna go no, we actually both are on
Houston, oh well, so I'm justgoing to go, no we actually both
are on Houston, why, oh well, Idon't think he knew the joke I
was going to tell I was pullingone out of the archive.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Huh, I got nothing.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I had one buried in the archives for this, but
anyway, oh jeez Moving on.
Gonzaga, georgia.
Yeah, gonzaga's made I forgethow many Sweet Sixtes it is in a
(05:45):
row.
That's bad, but I know it'sover five, which is an
incredible streak.
If I'm Houston, I would beworried about seeing a top 10
Ken Palm team in the secondround of this tournament.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, that the seating doesn't make sense here.
I don't know.
I think Gonzaga easily cruisesby Georgia and then we get a
good, really good second roundgame for the first time in a
while.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
No, yeah, this is the .
I think this will be thebracket of chaos.
As much as Joe loves McNeeseState, I also think Clemson's
very good.
I think the more likely upsetis the game below that, with
High Point is going to pick offPurdue, unless these refs still
(06:45):
think Zach Eady's there and givehim the invisible foul calls
like they did the entire Big Tenseason.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I don't understand, but I haven't watched any high
points, so I couldn't tell you,despite them being, you know,
right here.
You haven't seen any High Point, so I couldn't tell you,
despite them being right here.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
You haven't seen the Mean Mugging guy.
No Well, you should just lookup High Point Mean Mug.
You'll find the video in twoseconds, but I'll be interesting
.
Do we even preview the Illinoismatchup, because we're
(07:27):
recording this prior to thefirst four?
Do we even talk about that gameor do we skip it?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Well, let's talk about it a little bit.
What do you think the pointspread is going to be if Xavier
wins?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Illinois, minus five and a half.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
That close huh Xavier can be really good.
It can also not show up at all.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
How do you know it's not going to be Texas?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Because that wouldn't be any fun.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You're giving me some glimpse of hope.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, we got to build up.
We can't crush your hopes anddreams in a play-in game.
You got to wait till round onefor that.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I either want to lose the Texas or lose the Kentucky.
I don't want to lose toIllinois because I will never
hear the end of it, illinois.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Are you sure about that?
Speaker 3 (08:29):
They're going to beat Texas by 20 points and then
they're going to lose toIllinois by 20.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
They're not going to lose to Illinois by 20.
Why not?
Did you see UConn go on a 33 to0 run against them last year
also?
Brad underwood also crumbles inmarch.
That man is allergic to themonth, but just like my,
(09:01):
allergies are kicking in.
But I mean, I forget, man.
I really should have writtendown these stats.
Forget how many years in a rowit is.
But a team from the playinggame has advanced X amount of
years in a row.
Sorry.
From the playing game hasadvanced X amount of years in a
row Sorry.
(09:22):
An 11 seed has an advance, hasadvanced.
Which are the plans?
So we saw an 11 seed get allthe way to the final four last
year.
But I think Tennessee is toogood.
(09:44):
They should go back to theelite eight, if not the final
four.
But I think this is the regionwhere I'm going to take my shot
and I think I'm going to haveClemson in my final four.
They made the elite Eight lastyear.
Bunch of returners.
(10:05):
If they get past McNeese, Ilike their path.
I always think the first gameis the hardest.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Especially for a number five.
Yeah, but I mean it's everyyear right.
It feels like at least everyyear there's a 5-12 upset.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yeah, that daunted 5-12 matchup, but so we're
giving bags.
Make these money line or thespread I gave them the spread
all right uh for this I'd likethe over in the gonzaga georgia
(10:57):
game.
Over in the Gonzaga Georgiagame.
Do you need the number?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
it'd be easier if I had it.
I am going to take Gonzagaminus six and a half, so we'll
both be watching that game letme get that over for you while
we're wrapping up.
Let me get that over for you.
While we're wrapping up, whatis your strategy for picking
(11:28):
upsets?
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Do you just fill out the bracket once and go with it?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
The over is 151 and a half, For example, I'll
normally fill out the bracket,go back and look at who I have
not making it out of the secondround and then find a team that
(12:00):
does something better than thoseteams and switch it.
So that's my upset in the firstround, just to try and steal a
couple points.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, I usually like I'll work backwards.
I'll have my final four andthen I'll work backwards, like
I'm not going to take Wofford,like you know, 7-10,.
Maybe I'll take my Utah StateDarlings, even though I promised
the Sweet 16 appearance.
But I don't think that's goingto happen.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
No, exactly that right.
So in your initial, if you haveTennessee versus UCLA and
Tennessee winning, you can goback, look at Utah State versus
UCLA and be like, well, theycould win.
They do, I I don't know.
They rebound much better thanUCLA does.
I don't know that they do.
I didn't don't have that infront of me and that's my
something.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
They do better than yeah, and then flip it yeah, and
that's Mick Cronin coming backover to the eastern time zone,
which he's talked about numeroustimes this year.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Yeah, but that's him hating it on a Tuesday, flying
to New York Right and then back,and then back again for the
next Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
You think he'll be content for a Friday night in
Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Yeah, because I don't think he's worried about
classes anymore.
We're flying out on Tuesday toplay on a Friday.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You think he's worried about classes to begin
with.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
I mean you have to pretend you care during the
season is to begin with.
I mean you have to pretend youcare.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
During the season.
Yeah, the interesting matchupwill be if Illinois does win
when they play Kentucky, becauseboth of those teams can shit
the bed and play like dog shitor look like the best team in
the country and there's not alot of in-between.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
No, and that's why a lot of in-between.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
No, and that's why I like Xavier in that Illinois
match Trojans.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
What?
Given no chance to the TroyTrojans.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
No, zero, it's not Calipari.
Mark Popel won one game.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I'm sorry I cut you off.
That's why you're interested inthe illinois potentially xavier
game oh uh, yeah, illinoiscan't shoot threes.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Xavier bombs them top 10 in the country in three
point percentage.
So and they don't have a bigman.
That scares me.
If Kofi Cockburn was stillaround I doubt he ever graduated
.
Maybe he has some eligibilityback.
But outside of that they dohave the kid from Arkansas's
(14:51):
brother, the guy from overseas,but he's not as good as the
brother at Arkansas.
But yeah, this will be the funregion.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
It will be.
I don't think thisTennessee-Wofford game is going
to be fun to watch.
No, it's like Tennesseeprobably covering.
These two teams play so slow.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yeah, it's what 328 and 324?
.
Yeah, what hover under in thatgame might have a pick switch
132 and a half that's a, that'sa, that's a low one, that's a
(15:39):
love one.
But you know, but Rick Barnescan never get it done.
You know like, and Houston cannever get it done, but do I?
Speaker 3 (15:54):
roll the dice and take Gonzaga all the way.
Yeah, that's, they play defense.
Yeah, that's because they playdefense and they're efficient on
offense.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
I really think it's going to be Clemson, because I
think every brother if Clemsonwins that first, because I think
everybody and their brother isgoing to pick McNeese.
And I wish, because I thinkeverybody and their brother is
going to pick McNeese.
And I wish Bags was here,because I guarantee he doesn't
even know what conferencethey're in.
(16:29):
They're in the Southland forthose thinking about it, beat
Lamar in the championship, thosethat know me, people know you
yeah know my deep fandom forLamar what day is that game?
Speaker 3 (17:04):
What day is what game the McNeese?
Speaker 2 (17:07):
game.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I think it's oh jeez.
So per picket, 75% of thespread money is on McNeese and
nearly 40% of the Moneylinemoney.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
And the line has not moved.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
I wonder what DraftKings says, because I know
they do a good job with thehandle.
I wonder what DraftKings says,because I know they do a good
job with the handle.
I haven't opened DraftKings inso long.
I wonder if I have any money.
(18:02):
Probably not, but I mean theyhave.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
We're going to draft kings.
55% of the spread on McNeese.
I mean, I could see McNeesedoing well also, though it's
hard for me to take a team orexpect them to do well, and they
(18:26):
haven't played anybody.
I mean they did play Alabamaand yeah, they played them tight
, but their best win is NorthTexas, the mean green.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, and this is always a one-bid league.
It's just, you know, I don'tknow, but Will Wade should
definitely get a power time job.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
This is the joy of the tournament, though right.
If you get hot shooting threes,you can make it.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Yeah, like it wouldn't surprise me if McNeese
or Clemson made the Elite Eightor Sweet 16.
Because I think that whoeverwins that game is going to roll
over Purdue or high point.
I agree.
(19:27):
So like that's a spot where I'mlike well, might as well just
take high point.
But on a, the bracket of chaosis going to be this one.
I'd love to see Utah state inthe sweet 16.
(19:47):
Make me look smart, but I don'tthink that one's going to
happen.
I think Tennessee is anotherschool that could put up a
hundred points in their firstthree games.
We'll be seeing, we'll beseeing, we'll be seeing.
Anything else before we roundout our second or third, I think
(20:15):
.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
I think it was Jay Wright had ones and twos from
every region.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Oh, Jay.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Williams.
Yeah, was it Jay Williams.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Yeah, yeah, where it was just chalk all the way.
Yeah, that's his opinion.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Good for him, I mean all of the ones are definitely
good.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Yeah, I just.
I just think I mean, like lastyear UConn was head and
shoulders like dominance and wehad Zach Eady who was just
dominance.
Yeah, auburn was dominant, butthey've kind of in a little bit
of a tailspin.
You know, it's just.
I feel like there's a lot moreparity this year, it's a little
(21:09):
more balanced and I think whenthat happens it's going to get a
little and it's always chaotic.
So you know, everybody doestheir thing and that's why it's
fun.
It's like Super Bowl scores youjust do it, you pay attention,
hope you do well and then letthe chips fall where they may.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Yeah, it's not like Auburn lost to some scrub teams
to close out the year though.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
No, they are very much battle-tested and ready to
go.
But I mean, I don't know.
The last two years I was veryconfident in UConn and I don't
see it this year.
So I don't think I'm going tocall my shot for three-peating
(22:00):
who's going to win March Madness?
No, I don't think U'm going tocall my shot for three peating.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
Who's going to win March madness?
No, I don't think Yukon isgoing to.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
just don't have the horses, I don't think no, I just
meant like predicting who'sgoing to win this year Come on
chicken.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
If you were forced to pick, though, it'd probably be
one of the ones.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Yeah, I'd probably say I'd say Florida over Duke
would be my nationalchampionship.
But you know, do I?
I'm not gonna pick a team thatwhere they're the best player
like Joey said earlier, the bestplayer in the country is in
doubt if he's suiting up or not.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
So that part's hard and they're never going to tell
you what the injury is.
It'll be interesting, or howbad it actually is.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Yeah, well, did you see what Iowa?
State did, their best playergot injured.
They didn't report it untilthree minutes after the bracket
came out.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Good for them Either way, but they wouldn't have been
a three or two or whatever theyare.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah, three.
Yeah, because they do take intoaccount injury status when
selecting these teams, andthat's what I ultimately think
helped Xavier get in, becausethey looked at those games that
they lost in January in overtimeat UConn and at two at home at
(23:44):
Marquette, and Fremantle wasthere for neither of those.
So I mean, it's all subjectiveand you can go back if you want
to.
Cincinnati was the number oneteam in the country.
Kenyon Martin got hurt in theConference USA Championship game
.
They were the number one teamthe entire season and then they
(24:05):
bumped them to a two-line in theNCAA tournament and Kenyon
Martin went on to be the numberone draft pick.
But I mean, it's all subjective, I think, even though we give
the voters of this and thecollege football a lot of
scrutiny, I think they do apretty good job with the
(24:31):
criteria that they have.
It's all opinion-based, but isit a little sketchy?
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I don't think it's that sketchy North Carolina.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
I assume that's what we're talking about, right?
I mean, did you see what thatathletic director got?
What did he get?
Because UNC made the tournamentand he got a $104,000 bonus.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Now, that's stupid and should not be a thing.
I mean, they're good enough tobe in the tournament.
Right, we're nitpicking thelast team.
You're nitpicking the last team.
You're nitpicking the 40th teamin.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Right, do you see what the governor of West
Virginia is doing?
Speaker 3 (25:32):
The governor of West Virginia is in.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Does any of the I?
Speaker 3 (25:38):
was going to say what's wrong with?
West Virginia.
They have some of the forestareas and they allow.
Why do we have blackjack online?
Why are we having online realfull casinos?
Have you ever been to Michigan?
Speaker 2 (25:57):
It's the same and it's electric.
Speaker 3 (26:00):
It's not good.
Wait.
It's the same and it's electric,it's not good, I love all four
gambling and I hate to leantowards Joey's side.
Where the casino Needs to Notthe casino, the state needs to
look out for people.
Stop enabling them to playblackjack online.
This is ridiculous.
Part of me thinks the onlyreason they do it is to keep the
(26:24):
money In the US.
Stop enabling them to playblackjack online.
This is ridiculous.
Part of me thinks the onlyreason they do it is to keep the
money in the US Becauseotherwise these people would be
playing online Costa Rica,whatever casino, and never get
their money anyway.
Or on Bovada, yeah, but let'sjust stop.
Stop the count.
People go to a physical casinoso they can walk away.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
Yeah, or get caught on camera should be ushered out
but yeah, or pull a um.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
What's his face, bruno Mars?
Yeah, 50 million dollars indebt and you have to.
What's his face, bruno Mars?
Speaker 2 (27:07):
$50 million in debt and you have to work it off.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Anywho, who do you have cutting down the nets?
If I had to pick one team, Ithink it would be Florida.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
As John Rothstein would say, it was like a
chainsaw through butter, throughthe SEC tournament, just waxed
everybody.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Yeah, they're playing the best basketball.
They just have to make it lastfor another two weeks.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Yeah.
And then last question, beforewe round it out of our bracket
blitz what will be the highestseed line to win a game?
Speaker 3 (27:55):
13 13?
.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
I think a three is going down down.
I'm going to go 1 up.
I think a 14 is going to get itdone, but which one Montana.
No.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
I went 13 because I think there's 2 shots at it.
No, I went 13 because I thinkthere's two shots at it, I think
High Point and Akron.
If Arizona plays like they'veplayed some of the games this
year, akron has a shot.
Oh, Lipscomb.
Against best playerless IowaState Yep.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
And then, yeah, it's basically Lipscomb or nobody.
Texas Tech is kind of treadingwater too, but UNC Wilmington's
so bad.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
They're terrible.
I think Yale could put up afight against Texas A&M as a 13.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Why not win?
They beat Auburn last year.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
I think any of the 13s could win.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Do we ladder that up?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
I might throw a couple bucks on all 13s.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Yeah, I mean it's going to be awesome.
I can't wait.
It's the best time of year, sostrap in that responsibly,
follow us on our social mediasand you know sit back and enjoy
the chaos.
Speaker 3 (29:45):
Don't chase losses, just try to enjoy it.
Win a couple games, win acouple bets.
Enjoy the dopamine release.
Don't chase, don't go crazyyeah.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
And if bags.
Don't get emotional and if bagsstill isn't you you know,
pooping in a cereal, we willhave a my live reaction after
the xavier texas game, which Iwill be in attendance for daring
the forerunner makes it theregood luck.
(30:17):
God bless thanks and we will seeyou all next week for sweet 16.
Overreaction, reactions,predictions and hopefully a
little more nfl news willtrickle out over the time, but
until then, oh and baseball willbe started.
Baseball will be a full go bythe next time we see each other
(30:43):
Exciting stuff.
We will have the full,regularly scheduled show the
next time we see you.
Have a good weekend, enjoy thegames and cheers.
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