March Madness Has Begun, High Point Upsets Wisconsin, UNC Meltdown, Stanford Steve Giving Best Bets For Friday + Fyre Fest Of The Week

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No. No. No one won. Ah, memes. So yeah, Steve, we'll break down the Friday slate for you. And we're going to finish with Firefest. And it is all brought to you. This episode is brought to you by Body Armor Flash IV, the official rapid rehydration drink of March Madness. Flash IV is packed with electrolytes delivering faster, longer lasting hydration without artificial dyes. Flavors are sweeteners. Whether you're training, traveling or just feeling the heat, I'm going to crack open a Flash IV right now. Strawberry Kiwi. They're so good. I just had a grape one and had an orange one earlier today. Work hard, hydrate hard with Body Armor Flash IV. Grab yours today at 7-eleven. Okay, let's go. Yeah. Welcome to Part of My Take presented by DraftKings. The crown is yours. Today is Friday, March 20th. And the tournament is over for me and sports are dead and stupid. And why do we care? Yeah, that's a tough one. I do want to start with that one. I feel like there's a lot of sickos and perverts. That are tuning in to listen to the game. Yeah, Hank is tuning in. He bounded in the studio. He was bright-eyed and bushy tail. I walked. Couldn't wait to record. So I'm upset for my good friend, Dan. But on the other hand, like watching High Point, I actually think that High Point is a very, very good team. So Acuff puts 30 on their head. That was, it was no. No, they were good. There's no flu. They're a very good team. Absolutely not. No, Hank, there was a moment. So like hour after the game, I was pretty upset. Just mad, angry, going through all the emotions. And then I flushed it because I was like, look, there's a lot of tournament left. Got to pick myself up off the mat. So like around five o'clock, I announced I was back and I'm good. And Hank's like, I could get you back, Mad. And I was like, what? Did I? But you just like smart. Well, no, I didn't. I didn't. You're like, you're making this smile. Yeah, because I was trying. Weren't you happy that I was back? Yeah. But then he's like, I could get you back. You're like, why are you smiling? And I just laughed because I thought of something to say, but I did not say it. Go ahead. Yeah, what are you going to say? Well, no, it's not. I don't want to. I don't. I don't. Again, this is like. This is like. This is me. I'll say it. It might as well say it. Just say it now. It was a it was a callback. I was just going to fill Max in on the conversation in the cave about a potential guest. Oh yeah. Chase Johnson, who, by the way, similar to my Sam Darnold take, I was very prescient. Pression, pressure, pressure, pressure, prescient, prescient. Two weeks ago, I said Chase Johnson is our new goal key. This was well before the conference tournament week, well before brackets. Little did I know that he I would get. I was just predicting my own demise because that was the game. The the batters were up eight, missed the layup. And then Chase Johnson hit a logo three that looked like there was a magnet in the ball. Not saying they cheated, but just saying it looked that way. Yeah. And that was it. That was the swing. And I I'm like, so I don't really know what to say other than I'm kind of used to it because this team just just like rips my guts out every single year. And I spend so much energy and time watching them and caring about them. Like I go back to watching them play against Oregon at midnight, you know, in the middle of February and having that loss bummed me out for three straight days. And like all the effort I put in, it just sucks. You just get no no reward out of it. But yeah, it sucked. I loved watching this team this year. They had some awesome wins, but it doesn't matter because they didn't do shit in the tournament and that's the part that sucks. And everyone gets a laugh at me, which is totally deserved because again, I they didn't like choke. It was high point just outplayed them in the end and it just sucks. Yeah, it sucks. I I I don't know if sports are so cruel that way where it's just you don't get the you don't get anything back from it. Yeah, you really don't. It well, it's the friends you make along the way. It's the memories you create for yourself. I honestly think that if we didn't watch sports and we didn't commit these things to memory, like like you said, the memories of staying up watching Oregon, all the meaningless games that ultimately don't amount to jack shit that you still remember things from our brains would just turn to mush. This is how we stay mentally fit. It's like either that or wake up in the morning and do crosswords all day. This is way better. But it reminds me when I, you know, the Patriots lost Super Bowl and I had to just go and which one because they've lost the most of any team just hop in the shower, do soggy sorrows because we brought that back and then record the podcast. Yeah. And it made it that much worse. Yeah. But that's what happens. Yeah, it does. One of your favorite team losers. You do soggy sorrows. You do soggy sorrows. Well, we brought that. Yeah, you guys brought that back. Yeah, you brought it back. No, you guys. No, you did. You did the soggy sorrows. We didn't bring it back. No, we're going to bring back soggy sorrows. Yeah, you did that. I did too. So you're up first. Yeah, we all did it. Yeah. Yeah, you did the soggy sorrows. Good job. Are you going to do soggy sorrows? I mean, I can do them. Do you want me to go lead right now? No, I do it. I do it. I mean, I just, we that. I'll do soggy sorrows. I actually don't, I don't want pick at. I'll go do soggy sorrows right now. I want to rip this show right now. Same. I'll go do soggy sorrows. You know what I'm going to do soggy sorrows. You want me to do soggy sorrows? Max, pause the show. We're going to, I'm going to go do soggy sorrows. You happy? You happy now? Everyone was asking me that. I got, I got a million tweets. Everyone was asking me that. Everyone was asking me that. We're not going to have the show ready in time for tomorrow. Well, yeah, we're not going to. No, we won't. It's not going to be out. Sorry, everyone. No show tomorrow. No show. It's going to be, sorry. The show, you didn't watch it. I'll do soggy sorrows if the show's not out. You didn't watch it on Netflix before 8am at least because Hank made Big Cat Leave to do soggy sorrows through us all way behind. Great job, Hank. Hope you're happy. I just was, I just was talking about, we were just reflecting about our teams losing and I was, I just had went through this and I was reflecting and I had to do that. Yeah. So I just brought that up. Anecdotal evidence, anecdotal, you know, connection. You just want him to be as miserable as you were. So we're, soggy sorrows is just back now. Soggy sorrows is fully back, which is bad news for all of us actually. You just, I, what, you, yes, it's been back since the Super Bowl. Like what does that mean? I actually, you're right, you're right. You know what? Now it's fully back for every loss. Fuck it. Well, Hank, no, not every loss. Like that's a Super Bowl loss and that's a, yeah, I feel like you guys, Yeah, you're right, you're right, you're right. It's got to be a meaningful loss. It's got to be one that, that stings. It was stated at the time. Yeah. In the Super Bowl, when the Super Bowl happened, I said, I said, I said, I said, Show's gonna be late now. When you guys made me do it for Super Bowl, I was like, I will be. I've actually never gotten wet before with my clothes on in this office. Looks good. Come on, Jake. I didn't know you like to get wet. You've been smoking PCP all day, Jake. It looks good, yeah. So when Duke loses, you will be doing Saugui Soros? I guess, sure. I have, I will agree to Saugui Soros. I will agree to Saugui Soros for Utah State Villanova. I don't think I should have to do Saugui Soros if Villanova loses Arizona. I feel like that's fair. How's Saugui, how's Saugui doing though? Yeah, how's Saugui doing? He's a favorite. Pretty Saugui. Pretty Saugui. Oh yeah, so the game sucked. I don't know what else to say. And yes, what he was alluding to, what Hank was alluding to was, Josh asks, do you want Chase Johnson tomorrow? I said, no. I was like, I know. I was like, if he beats Arkansas, we'd love to have him on. I said that. Do not want, and he also texted me this like two hours after my heart, my guts were on the ground. Yeah, we saw the taxes our booker about. Yeah, yeah. We saw it love. He does a great job. But I was like, that's crazy. No, that's a big no. We saw the text come through and I did think about it, but I figured that that might be too raw for Big Cap. But if he wants it on the weekend, like we had Gulkie in the cave. If Chase wants to come chill in the cave next week, if they get bounce, that'd be awesome. Yeah, because he went Saturday would love to have him on on Sunday, because that's enough time where it's like, hey, dude, you fucking beat my brains in. But yeah, getting that text two hours after losing, I was like, I'd rather not talk to this guy. So with high point, like, like I said earlier, they're just a good basketball team. They had size, they had speed, they had athleticism, and they're all really fucking good. And after the game, their coach said that we couldn't find any majors that wanted to play us out. No power for teams want to place. And I get it. I completely understand why no power for teams would want to schedule that team. They're good. Out of conference because they're really fucking good. And it was kind of awesome how they didn't bother like really activating Chase Johnson until it was crazy until the second half of the second half. And then they're like, oh, yeah, we got this guy and he's got that release where he like shoots and then he puts his arms out to the side real quick that only awesome shooters have. And just like once it leaves their hands, they don't give a fuck. They know what's in and he yeah, he was making shots from all angles. He made his first two of the year and only took him like 14 steps to get it. But yeah, yeah, two and a half steps. Yeah, yeah, it was it sucks. I don't know what. Yeah, I mean, it really, really sucks. But again, I think I'm I think the only lesson I've learned is like I need to just stop believing. I need to stop believing because this has also become a thing where the batters haven't been in the sweet 16 in like nine years, 10 years, I think going on. And this is also why when people like Hank or other Duke fans out there like, oh, why are you so obsessed like because every year that we keep going is another year that I'm just reminded how close I was in 2015. I will never get back there and it will just never it will haunt me for the rest of my life. And then I will be in my dying bed and being like 2015. It just won't happen like every other team because in pro sports, you can any team can get good. You have you have hope in pro sports because it's like there's salary cap. You can draft all these things in college. It's there's windows and if you don't hit it, it's like, especially if you're not one of the blue bloods, you know, you're probably never going to get it back there. And that's the that's the hard reality. Hank, any other troll things? I know you got a lot. You I know you got a lot. Go ahead. If this is an hour after the stand where it's like, I didn't I didn't I didn't troll you today at all. No, I know I'm saying right now I'm saying go ahead. I'm I'm I'm saying I'm good. So like I can laugh about it now. I mean, you got pretty upset when I even suggested soggy sorrows. You did. I just went and did soggy sorrows that the show wasn't going to be out on time. That was actually PFT. So that was PFT. I take it back. OK, I take it back. That was PFT. You said that. Do you think that losing in the first time slot, like if you're going to get upset, if you're going to would you rather losing the like what's the ideal time first week into games to lose a devastatingly like big upset loss is right. Right. OK. Details are important. No, this is for like general. Right. This happens every year. You said it. Perfect. And I said it. Embrace embrace debate. You got more of like a general topic. You nailed the context there. I would say for that type of loss, it would probably be better to be like Friday after dinner because you you almost feel like you were still in the tournament. Like I was never in the tournament. I just wasn't the tournament started and then I was gone. So the only plus side is by tomorrow afternoon, no one will remember it, but it still feels like I wasn't even in the tournament. So I would say Friday after dinner because then you turn around and it's Saturday and everyone's talking about the second round. Yeah, probably that that the first window sucks. You just don't feel I was never I was never alive. For a little bit, it looked like you might get like a small amount of relief after the game was over because Duke was in big trouble. Oh, yeah. And that would have if you had a if you had a bad loss before that time, you were just rooting against Duke because then the entire story of the weekend becomes Duke lost to a 16 seat. Right. And it would it looked like it could happen for a little bit. Right. But yeah, again, I don't think the Badgers played poorly. No high point was like you ran into a buzz saw today. High point was better. Anything else? Would you rather lose to like a this is where it's like this? No, this would be a question. You didn't have more questions. No, it's like you're going to make the answer. Yeah, go ahead. No, I'm just talking like this is more like because like you're going through it right now. You're going through something that a fan of famous is going. Every March and it's like you can kind of not you. Give people the playbook of like, no, I mean, what's the name? CJ McCallum. We went through it. What's his name? And he tries to. He does. It's so disrespectful. Watch college basketball. What was that? Was it late? Lay out. Watch college basketball, Max. Would you rather lose to like another, you know, power five conference school or like a real true underdog school? It doesn't matter. It all sucks. It really doesn't like. I don't think it matters. It just sucks. That's it. Okay. I appreciate it, Hank. Good question, Hank. Yeah, I mean, the one good thing is I'm used to it now. So it did. I was able to bounce. PFC, you were in the cave with me. I was able to bounce back about an hour and a half later. Like I was I was okay. Yeah. I mean, you were you were pretty upset and understandably. So it's just such a fucking shitty way to do it. It stinks to go out if you're in that position, you're playing a team that you thought that you would be able to handle. Oh yeah. And I'm sure I think you did allow yourself to believe like it is a weird season for you because if you had asked yourself four months ago, like, do you think that this team is going to win a game in the incident? Like tournament you'd be like, I don't think we're going to get into that. We were a straight bubble until we beat Michigan and Ann Arbor in January. And so you did. You did. You went from at the start of the season, hopeful midseason. This team sucks. I have no expectations. And then they had enough wins against really good teams that you thought maybe. Yeah. And it's yeah. And it was also even in the game that that sequence with four and a half minutes left when we're up eight, it's like, OK, we're going to win this game. And then it just evaporate. And you knew the minute Chase Johnson hit that logo three is like, that's a fucking problem. Yeah. Like that was a problem and it's going to go the other way now. Oh, Hank, here's one last one for you losing when you're the biggest upset in the day. That sucks. I'm surprised you didn't ask that. Would you rather lose on a day with a ton of upsets or just be the only upset? Yeah, that's good. It's a good point. But you still have tomorrow. I have another question. I still have tomorrow. That Hank is thinking about asking, but he's not asking. Yes. Can I ask it? Please. I would love to. The floor is yours, guys. Does it make it any worse to lose to a team that gives away free ice cream to all their students? Absolutely. Sucks bad. High point isn't a real school. It's vacation. It's vacation. It's four years of post-high school vacation. It sucks. Like students in Madison right now still have another solid month and a half of winter. High point is going and eating ice cream and in their shorts and flip flops and having steaks. And they don't have class. So they're fine. It's a complete blowout in every facet of the way. High point seems like a campus that it's just like nobody. Nobody goes to class. You just lay out a towel and you just chill on the quad. Hank's got another question. It's the voted the nicest campus in the United States. Fuck you. Hank, I would like you to go like 20 questions because you listen. We did this to you after the Super Bowl. We asked all these questions. That's fair. Would you rather high point beat Arkansas or get blown out by Arkansas? Good question. Probably beat. But that means you could have beat Arkansas. No, that no, because we lost the high point, but it would be like high point. If they get blown out, it's like we wouldn't have had a chance. No, I think beat. I think beat Arkansas probably be the better outcome just because you're like, wow, high point is really good. Like what are you going to do? They're just really good. So I mean, I guess I'll be rooting for Arkansas because I love a cuff. So that part I'll probably be rooting for Arkansas in this game. But yeah, probably beat. I think I don't know. It doesn't matter. Like that's the thing. It just doesn't matter because I'm out of the tournament. Yes, PFT. Yeah. PFT commentary, Barclay Sports, Permanente podcast. Is Greg Gard on the hot seat? I saw some of those tweets. I would say no, but it was have to be a tweet. It's just an actual. Oh, no, no, there's like, I mean, I'm follow a lot of like Badger basketball Twitter and there was some discourse about it. I would say no because he actually has done a lot of things to change the program. Like we play a modern offense. We don't play Wisconsin basketball anymore. I think they need to get tougher. And I think they need to like just the rebounding was a problem. Defense is a problem. I trust Greg Gard. But yeah, you have to you have to throw some criticism to him. He hasn't been in the sweet 16 in nine years or whatever is 10 years. And we've we've lost his favorites like multiple times in the last five years in the tournament. So he deserves a lot of criticism, but I do not think he should be fired. And I don't think making an irrational like he is in all of the Wisconsin athletics like problems. He is a small one because I think he does a pretty damn good job with everything that he's given. Yeah, Hank. Are there any more canypals that you could possibly acquire? Good question. Yes, there is. There's his son, his brother, his younger brother actually went on a recruiting visit. I think the game that we beat Michigan State. So maybe that was maybe we'll get a conipple. You got to get that. That can't let the be nice. We got a conipple. You can't let the canypals out. I would love a conipple. Canypals would help a lot. But yeah, I back to the great. The great guard has done a really good job the last few years of getting incredible talent in the transfer portal. Like Tanjay was awesome. Nick Boyd was awesome. I feel bad. Nick Boyd goes out this way. He played a lot of years in college basketball, had some heartbreaking. Think about it. He lost San Diego State buzzer beater. Yeah. I think they lost to Northwestern on a buzzer beater and then this one. So he yeah, I mean he had some pretty heartbreaking losses when it came down to and he went and played San Diego State. So maybe that's when they lost to Northwestern. Can't remember when it was. But yeah, I feel bad for him. But yeah, he's the coaching staff has proven that they can find talent given the fact that we're never going to be the top spender in NIL. Any questions for the booth? Memes, how the numbers do on the memes? Banked. That's one silver lining is I know my boy memes is going to he's firing. He's firing and he's he's he's hitting all his quotas. Memes, did you have him ready ahead of time? No, because I didn't. It was one of those I didn't really believe it was happening. Yeah. And then it started happening. See, I were you happy? The layup the hasn't hit a two point shot. Yeah, crazy. Since February is like, oh February, whatever. It's like, no, February of last year. Yes, last year. He memes I was I mean, I think Stanford Steve, I think I talk about how I feel confident. And then in Firefest, we I was like, I would take Firefest at 10 am. I was honestly like, we don't know what the real firefest. This is the real firefest. But memes, I didn't think it was going to happen until that chase Johnson logo three. Then I was like, yeah, that's this is this is going to happen. I just I just kept on muttering to myself. I was like, this is a problem. We're going to lose this game. And then Wisconsin started playing really fast, matching their pace. Yeah. That hurt them also. Yeah. And I didn't take enough threes. We took 23 threes routine that shoots 30 plus threes a game, which didn't take enough threes. Memes how excited were you to deploy the Aaron Rodgers wearing a Wisconsin uniform? Can't the American flag mean that's like everything to you. Yeah. Yeah. Right there. That what that was, it was just a picture inside like it's memes is brainstem. Like the lizard part of your unevolved brain. That's that's all you were thinking. Jets, jets suck. Wisconsin sucks. I actually had one of High Point made because to start the game. Yeah. Almost waited out then. What a message you have a question. Yeah. It was like a soul tree. It was a soul tree late night, like this jockey. This is the selfish one. How hard are you rooting against Villanova tomorrow? Not that we both lose in the first year. No, because you're playing on Friday. By Sunday, it will not matter. That's a good point. If you were playing today, I would have been rooting hard against you. Okay. I'm being honest. Yeah. Yeah. You know, tomorrow I actually kind of want you to win because it doesn't matter. You know what I mean? Like actually, I do want you to win tomorrow so that way you could lose on Sunday before we tape. Yeah. Yeah. Right. But they're 100%. I mean, if they win tomorrow, I'm looking at successful tournaments this season. I have zero expectations of beating Arizona. No. That's the thing. Like if we had to lose a talk. No, but if Wisconsin had gone to the sweet 16 and lost to Arizona, I would not be as upset. I'd be like, that was a great season, great run. You just got to know there's levels to everything. Losing a high point is a disaster of a season. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, PFT commenter here. Is this the worst 12, five loss that Wisconsin's had in recent memory? Yeah, I'd say so. Okay. Yeah. Probably the most talented team. I mean, we were, we were, the JMU one was not, we were not as good. We were good this year. We would be a lot of really good teams. So yeah, this sucked. And Nick Boyd was a monster. So yeah, this one sucked. We also lost another one a few years ago. Who do we lose to? I think it was, oh, fuck. I can't even remember. See, these losses are just piling up at this point. That it doesn't even, yeah, doesn't even hurt. So we did lose to another 12 seed. I can't remember. We can find it for me. It's like three years ago. Oh, thanks. First time Hanks ever fucking locked in on research. They lost. That's just, that's just rude. Let's see. Also true. You lost to a BYU who was number six. No, BYU was the second round. Yeah. Last year. That was that. Remember how brutal that was when we came all the way back? Yeah. In loss that game. I was state was an 11 seed. Maybe that's what I was thinking of. Iowa State was 11 seed. Oh, Oregon. Oregon. Yeah. Oregon. That was fun. Oregon is a 12. That was really fun. Everyone saw that one coming for like for real. Okay. Listen, the one, were we done with questions? Any other questions? Oh, yeah. Zach. Zach, Zach, please. Well, I've just got more of so a piece of information for what it's worth. General and Diggin contact with me, Big Cat, his fiance, graduate from High Point. She said, he said that she did drive the ice cream truck for a short period of time because they couldn't find anyone to drive it. So they're not getting maybe as much ice cream at High Point. I love that. People first thought. So they don't, they actually don't respect ice cream. No, it's kind of like, it's a hobby for them. It's not really like. It's not a lifestyle. Fuck them. But on the other hand, that means that there's an ice cream truck that's on campus that has nobody looking after it. And you can just volunteer and they will give you the ice cream truck for a day. Also true that fucking that rocks. It's it's not a real school and shout out our friend Kelly Keeg's who went to High Point. Kelly Keeg's and Henry Lockwood. They're one and on the college basketball season when watching their teams. Yeah, pretty good. Did beat Sienna today. Pretty incredible. So it's fucking huge. I do. It sounds like you're being a little salty to Kelly. I just want to say. Oh, no, I just want to say that I respect Kelly. You don't care at all. I respect Kelly. Kelly, I was being salty to you. I was not being salty to Kelly. I'm terrified. But why do you care about me? I don't understand. That's because you're what I was. And Kelly, you're listening. You really don't understand. Don't put that curse on me that you just put on Big Cat. No, I'm one of the good ones, Kelly. I have done nothing to troll you, actually. I that was 100 percent salt to hate. Not to Kelly, which is just unnecessary and and says a lot. You existing. Yeah, that's ruined for Duke to lose so bad today. Yeah. So that that was all right. So the other we'll talk to you, Sienna, the other one that at least should probably be at the front of the show is UNC blowing the biggest lead in first round history to VCU, including them tweeting in with like 10 minutes left up by 19. And I Hubert Davis probably needs to be fired. I would say so. I don't think they're going to fire him. I think he's under contract till 2030. And and they don't want to. But if you if you choke that away, that was that was terrible. That was as bad a mismanagement of a second half as you'll ever see. Like you're supposed to be North Carolina. They were. You have to have more pride than that North Carolina. You got to get rid of this guy. Yeah, they were just completely discombobulated towards the end of the game where they just ran. They were just turning. I think there was a stretch where they had three turnovers and five possessions. Couldn't do anything. Couldn't run offense. Couldn't rebound. They blew it. Absolutely blew it. Credit to VCU, though. VCU is one of those teams, I think, just as a program where they don't care about being down in a game where they'll just keep like coming at you no matter what. And they proved it. They were just tougher than UNC down the stretch, including in overtime. They're a very, very well coached team. Yeah. That was impressive of them to not quit on it. But man, that's as bad as it can get for UNC. Yeah, you do have to move on. This is that could be like it should be a long term good thing for your school that this happened because you need to move on. It should inspire you to move on. If you don't, it will bury you. Yes. There's no coming like, Hubert's not going to be a good magically come back next year and be a good coach. No, no. And yeah, that one was shocking. The Duke Sienna game was pretty crazy. Hank, were you nervous during it? There was a moment where Sienna was they started out so hot, won the first half convincingly. And then it was just kind of a hang on. Can they hang on? And I think there was a sequence where they missed the three and then Duke had a dunk. It's like, oh, no. No, it was it was two missed dunks. Yeah, that's right. I see. And so they fed their big man, the low post, turned around, brick the dunk, and then their own guy got the offensive rebound and then had he tried to dunk over three guys. It was a pretty tough shot to pull off, but he also brick the dunk. And then they just take it the other way and score. And it felt like at that point that was the momentum shift. And it was also it wasn't just momentum. It was the fact that Sienna did not play any subs. Yeah, the entire game. Yeah. So they were able to play really, really well in the first half. They hit all the threes. Then as a second half went further on and Duke was they settled into that zone really nicely that Sienna couldn't really completely figure out how to crack. And then also the legs started to go where everything started hit off the front iron for Sienna. And then by the end of the game, they just couldn't move. No, they just can run it like when I say they played the entire game. Sienna's five starters played literally the entire game. There was one guy. One guy in with 10 seconds left. Yeah. At at the end of it when it was out of hand out of hand. But yeah, their starters were up 11 points at halftime against Duke. And yeah, I mean credit to them. They played awesome. Jerry McNamara great job coaching that team. John Shire said that he's like Jerry McNamara out coach me today. Did you see he might have been doing like a little rope a dope. So Jerry McNamara showed up for practice the other day. And he had one of those knee scooters to like keep weight off of his foot. Okay. And he was like pretty cagey about it. And then today he just walks out there on two feet. No problem running up and down the sideline. Yeah, we're going to Sun Tzu Art of War. I need to know more about their roster and like what part of Jerry McNamara as good a coaching job as he did. How is he not able to coach his reserves up enough to be able to come in and play for like two minutes? All right. So it was three injuries and one guy ineligible. So that's four right there that you could just throw out. So I think there was a I think it was not. I don't think it was by design. They would ideally not want to just play five guys the entire time. Yeah. No, of course. There's more circumstances. Yeah, it's just it was wild. That's kind of when I was it was a little uneasy. It was like this feels like it's like happening. But they ran out of gas and after the two dunks was like they just couldn't they couldn't rebound and they couldn't jump. Their center was completely gas. He was just getting thrown around in the post. Duke's huge. So that's that's when I was like, all right, thank God they don't have any. Literally if they had one or two reserves that could give any meaningful minutes, like it might have been a different game. Are you nervous at all about Duke? They didn't look good. It should be. They haven't looked great. That happens though. That there's a lot. There's a lot of times you can talk about a national champion where they're losing in the one verse 16 and they go on and then they've run through the tournament. No one seed has ever trailed a 16 seed by double digits at halftime. But they go down. I mean, I guess not double digits halftime, but it's also the way they played. I mean, they they weren't convincing in the in the ACC tournament. They won. I understand. But they haven't covered a spread in like I think it was like five or six games. No, it's not, you know, March. They almost it's March Madness. Right. But they I mean, they were they won by like one point against Florida. What we're going to say, Max. What? March, March gambling and March Madness or it is March game. It is not for the teams. Not if you're not if you're a team, but if you've been watching Duke down this stretch, they have not looked the same. Well, yeah, they have injuries. Right. I know. So that's why I'm asking are you concerned about them because they have not looked the same and this was more of not looking the same. Yes. I mean, obviously like concerned, but you got to just, you know, take it with a grain of salt. It's not called March. It's not called March. It's called March Madness. Yeah. You can just say that about anything. He's right. Yeah. There was a very interesting interview that Tracy Wolfson did a half time with Malik Brown. Did you see that? I did not. So half time they they talked to him and he just goes, we thought it was going to be a cakewalk going into this game. So now we know what it is. So we just have to respond back like John Scherr did not have the boys ready. No, no, really not. But that's again, like you got to just hope and it could not be that could, you know, that could just be a bad team now, but you just kind of hope that that was a wake up call that they needed. Yeah. It's not March gambling. Not for them. Correct. Well, hopefully not for them. That would be a quite a scandal. Yeah. And I would get to the bottom of that very quickly. I was very impressed with Sienna though. Yes. First half. Yes. Okay. Before we talk about some more games, DraftKings, DraftKings Sportsbook number one, Sportsbook for Live Betting is built for March. The tournament is unexpected rewards are guaranteed and DraftKings Sportsbook is delivering the most generous rewards in the market, no matter what happens on the court, because this isn't a tournament you bet and forget. It's one you react to. Well, DraftKings is the number one sportsman for live betting. You're not betting what might happen. 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We were two for three, which can't win a parlay of that. PFT was your... Michigan State. That hit. Yeah. I was Houston first half. That hit. Good hit. And what was the last... What was the last fix? I forget. I mean, I probably lost. What was your pick? My pick was Arkansas. Arkansas. Arkansas what? Arkansas Team Total. Over or under? They scored 97 points. So you took the over? No, I think it was under. It's not called March gambling. If you want to blame anyone, it's Hank. It's not March gambling. Max on the phone. Yes, we have one for tomorrow. Hank, it's going. I think you do too, big cat. No, I would rather not do too. But you just... you won. Well, yeah, I won one... well, no, I lost. Because the parlay lost. We lost as a team. We don't point fingers around here. We lost as a team. All right, you want to bounce back? Yeah, let's go. Let's bounce back. All right. You go first. No, you go first. All right, give me Villanova. Plus one and a half. That's a deflection pick. That means if you lose, it's my fault. I want to win and I want my boys to win. That is a friendship pick. I'm not a troll. Why does people hate me? This is what I don't understand. This is an existing situation. If I picked Utah State, I'm a troll. If I picked Villanova, I'm a troll. You could have not picked that game. I cannot exist. I like Villanova. I like this team. I've heard a lot about them. If we beat Utah State, that's a winning season. It's Villanova your pick. I'll take with my boys. Memes and Zach will take UCF plus five and a half. That's a troll pick. You just want to blame Zach. That's our team. That's our bracket busters team. The meme max team. What? I'm just using the logic that was just used against me. That's not even close to the logic. Zach picked UCF. Memes talked about how he didn't want to pick UCF. We have jumpsuits. We're in on UCF. I know, but memes that you guys have already talked about how Zach choked that pick and you guys didn't actually want to make it. We're not there yet. He picked him to win. I just picked him against spread. That's my pick. We have Bobby pins now. My pick is totally different than Zach's. Shout out to that team pick. I'm happy that you're ready to ride. We're riding with our boys. Not even close to the same situation. It is. Veeza. Bring me some gear. I'm going to take Tennessee. The Tennessee volunteers. 11 and a half. We have Jeff kings. All right. Two more games. Congratulations. Nebraska basketball. They have won a game in the tournament. That was awesome. They kicked the shit out of Troy. Not even close. Just an absolute demolition. Troy head coach Scott Cross said after the game I would like to thank the good Lord for the opportunity to have your guts absolutely ripped out. That's how you know you're alive. That's a great spin zone. I felt real anguished. You don't get that unless you've done something great to get yourself to that point. That's an awesome spin zone. I got to tip my cap to them because there's really nothing that happened today that was any good for them at all. No. There was never a moment in this game really that felt like it was going to be close. Maybe the first minute. I think they were up like nine to six or something. Nebraska the crowd was electric. The team was electric. They get their first win in program history. That's an awesome feeling. Now the big goal is get to the sweet 16. Congrats to all the students who are going to be drinking on John Rothstein's tab. Yes. At some point. You know what? I'll match. Do you want to match? Not right now. I'm not feeling great. I'm happy for them. I'm happy for Nebraska too. I did not realize maybe we had heard it before but I didn't realize that Fred Hoiberg's grandfather was Jerry Bush and he coached Nebraska when they beat Kansas in 1958. Oh wow. Did not know that when Will Chamberlain was on Kansas. That's a pretty cool story. We also had to start the day. Ohio State go down huge and TCU hold on. Jamie Dixon has now three tournament wins since TCU and Pitt has three winning seasons in the 10 years that he's been at TCU. Also credit to Ohio State and Jake Dibbler for the worst final play of all time. It was really bad. They had like four and a half seconds and they ended up with the Bruce Thornton half court shot. Yeah. I don't understand how that happened. It was the slowest bring up of all time. There was absolutely no urgency behind it all. I don't think anybody set a screen. We lost a ton of basketball. I just remember that play took about it felt like it took the entire four seconds to get the ball to half court. It also would have been a terrible last possession for VCU if UNC had hit that three at the buzzer in regulation. With the steal. With the steal and really fucked that one up. That would have been way worse. Tough break for Ohio State. We also had RIP Amir Khan. I think it's officially done. We lost a Vanderbilt. It had a hell of a run. Two year run. I don't think he has eligibility left. No. So that will be over. Vanderbilt was kind of... They went back and forth. They went down a bunch to start. You're like, uh-oh. McNeese State is looking really live. Then they were up huge. Vanderbilt. And then they let him back in. Easy winner. Very easy winner. The defense looked live today. That was a wire to wire winner. Same with Arkansas. That was a wire to wire winner. Cal was smiling after the game. He was shaking hands. He's feeling it. The team's feeling it too. They were doing a bunch of unnecessary lobs. That's how you know that a team's feeling it in March. The game was over and they were like, let's just try to get three more alley-oops before Cal gets us out of the game. In the night slate, we had Ajay Devansa try to basically will BYU to a victory himself with 35 points. He was awesome. Texas was just better. Texas is the team we talked about. The team that wins the first four game and can potentially go to the sweet 16. So that's their second win. They looked good. The game started out so hot. Slowed down a little. The big guy in Texas cannot hit a free throw. It felt like he did everything else. Voki Tietis. I don't know how you pronounce the guy's name, but he looks like a big stretched out Joe Burrow. What was his... Was he 3-9, I think? It was crazy because he was awesome today. He was 23 and 16. Every time he looked up, the action was running through him. He was getting putbacks. He was getting rebounds. But if BYU had had any type of free-point shooting miracle in them, Voki Tietis did everything to let them stay in the game because he would just keep going to the line and keep missing the front end of a one-on-one. Hack of Voki Tietis. That's the strategy that the next team is going to employ. Even when he was taking it to the hole, he was missing a lot of his shots short and then just tipping them in because nobody was boxing them out on him. But he had an awesome game. He was their offense for the second half. And BYU shot 4 for 22 from 3. That's where you miss Saunders. And now Ajay Devon says going to the draft. Although remember, he did say that he's considering potentially staying at school. The same thing as me saying I'm considering not having ice cream today. He might be waiting for one or two checks to clear before he makes his final announcement. Remember when Cooper Flagg said that? Yeah. And everyone was like, oh, maybe he will stay. But he might be on some sort of installment plan where the last deposit hits like April 1st. So he doesn't want to say anything until that's already in there. This is they spend a shitload of money on DeBonsa. Oh, yeah. $8 million. Is that what they reported Max? And it does suck because once Saunders went down, their team kind of fell off a cliff. And it yeah, I mean, I guess if you have the money, spend it. It was cool to watch them play, but that's between four and seven million. But BYU definitely is in the category of disappointing season. Oh, for sure. Yeah. If you spend that much money on a player, you expect it to last a little bit longer than that first weekend. Yeah. I have two teams. If our darling Jake is actually listening, maybe he can put these in his reminder because he said he actually said that he ran out of reminders. He's all out of reminders. Like he's like there's too much memory used in his phone. No, we've reached like all reminders expired. He has no new ones. Okay, okay. That can't be true. There's yearly reminder. Remember? Oh, okay. Yeah. So he needs to put these in. Never bet on St. Mary's again in the tournament. Never bet on George again. Yes. Yeah, Georgia banned. St. Mary's Bucky Ball fucked them up so bad. Texas A&M. I got trolled by Texas A&M because I trolled them about the fourth place in the SEC. They came back over the top. That's fine. I deserve it. They looked awesome. And then Georgia, this is second year in a row. I can't remember when they won the final score last year when they played Gonzaga because I vaguely remember that being an absolute ass kicking. But Georgia, St. Louis just did whatever they wanted to Georgia. Yeah, it did. It looked like Georgia didn't practice playing basketball for the last two weeks. Like the offense was not an offense. They were turning the ball over at mid court. They didn't play anything resembling defense either. It was it was ugly. Right. It was so ugly. And St. Louis runs like a very complex like unique offense and they just didn't have any plan for it. What did they lose last year to Gonzaga? Yeah, 89 to 68. So that's back to back seasons in the tournament where they lost by close to 30 and then tonight they lost by close to 30. This one was so bad. This one was so bad. It was it was never close. Robbie Avila was awesome. They've won a tournament game since 2002. They've lost five. They've lost five in a row in the first round. Damn. Robbie Avila needs to see a doctor though. I'm worried about the giant bruises he has on his arms. He's just banging. Yeah. It's like Matt. It looks like he got into a car accident on the way to the to the arena. Yeah. I hope he's okay. He's banging down low. Houston. Easy winner. Yep. Wire to wire. They're just so much that Houston. Actually, that's another reminder. Just bet Houston first round every year because they always go up against a team that is just no nowhere near what Houston wants to do. It didn't look like these were two college teams playing. No, it looked like one team was like high schoolers and the other team was a group of 35 year olds that are really pissed off but still play every weekend at an open gym together and want to scrimmage the local high school team. Yeah. And and that's what Houston does. They are just they they play like grown men like grown adults and they play pissed off and angry and physically and I love watching it. Yeah. And then Illinois the most ethical team in the tournament. We talked about it on Wednesday. They do not foul and they do not steal the ball. That was another wire to wire winner where if you're an Illinois fan that's that's the Illinois. I know it's Penn and a lot of their team was sick but doesn't matter. It's still a tournament game. Anyone could beat anyone. That's the Illinois though. That's like that's a deep run Illinois. They play like that. They were very, very good. And also if Jake's listening do not bet on any under in a Hawaii game. Yeah. That's another one we should put. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Any other what Hank I agree. Yeah. I have a question for Hank. Listen we win and lose as a team dude. Eric Henry when it comes to Duke basketball you've watched a lot of their games. Are we sure that Cameron Booser is really that great? Yeah. He's a big boy. Yeah. That's not the question. Yeah. I know he's a big boy. You got to perform well in the tournament. This is his first year in it. If he's going to be considered great I think he's got to perform well in the tournament and he did today. He did not look that great for most of the game. 32 minutes 23 points nine rebounds it's a pretty solid solid solid solid solid solid. If we're going to read box scores. If we're going to be a box score watcher that's fine. But if you're a ball knower and a ball watcher if you watch them play he did not look that great at all today. And he hasn't looked that dominant like there are parts of his game when I watch him play I keep waiting for him to be like explosive in some way and I don't see that much explosiveness from him. Against Sienna he didn't look explosive. Sienna was a good team. Well coach they had a good game plan. Okay. So you're not worried at all. No. Okay. Any thoughts about the tournament today. The USF Louisville that was a miraculous cover. But Louisville looks good. They kind of control that game from start to finish. I don't think there was any other like big basketballs in like over inflated. I don't think it was that big of a deal. No. I think we went about seven I think it was like maybe seven and nine over unders. So not like years past where it looked like every single game sucked. Oh my in Ohio Wednesday night. That was awesome. That was fucking awesome. Congrats on my Ohio. That was another one where they were just flat out better than SMU. They were chucking. That was not a fluke. That was not a crazy Cinderella type story. They were the better basketball team and I'm excited to watch them play on Friday. They were talking to crowd was awesome. Yeah. The swimming team. Yep. Getting down there to distract. I've never seen a team chuck as many threes as Miami of Ohio does. It's just all threes all. They don't give a shit if they air ball by 10 feet on a three pointer. Next one's going in. They just don't stop shooting. Yes. Hank. I have question for you. Henry. Henry. Henry Lockwood. Your NBA team one of the biggest perennial losers of all time. Yeah. Basically relegated. Unfortunately it's not a situation in the NBA. So they lose by 40 every single night. Yeah. They have star players who don't even play. They also injured paid by them and they never play. It's a joke. It's a big rival. So you should be thanking the team for knocking Kade Cunningham out. Always in the lottery. Never do anything with it. But you'll be in the lottery again this year. Yeah. Let's say you get the number three picks. You're not getting AJ. You're not getting a cuff. Yeah. Yeah. Who would you want to take third. Oh so you have a cuff. It's interesting. I know it's one of the other guys you know. So I'm assuming you would have said him. So who would you want to take third. So you have a cuff over Cameron Booze. I'm just saying I know I was in. I was probably Darren Peterson. Darren Peterson was a winner. I would probably take Darren Peterson. Do you think he's a bigger winner than Boozer based off of his play this season from all the games you've watched of him. I never referred to Cameron Boozer as not being a winner. I said are we sure that he's that great of a player. Got it. Because I was questioning some of his explosiveness. So you take Darren Peterson. Yeah. I'd be very happy if Darren Peterson is not there. Then I take Boozer I guess. Because you got to you have to bank on traits. So his dad was a very good player. So the question is are you worried about him not being that good of a player. He's you would take him number three in the NBA draft. That's pretty good. Well I think the thing is like when you look at his dad his dad was a very good player. His dad was not like a dominant. He was never like one of the top five players in the league. Maybe not top 10 players in the league either. No. But he was just a solid player for a long time. So he was a walking 20 and 10. Yeah. You know that you're going to get a very good player. And I would be very happy with guaranteeing a very good player because the Washington Wizards as you know have gone a long way to reshape the image of that roster. So they should be competing. Good question though Hank. Yes. That's a really good question. Any other questions. That's it for me. Okay. That's it. From the man from the counter. Do you want me to name other college basketball players? Who would you rather pick? No. I was just asking you a hypothetical question. I want a cuff. Yeah. A cuff would be sick. I'd be there but I want a cuff. I fucking love a cuff. Any other thoughts. Oh Zach do you have any thoughts about the tournament? You're in the you're in the cave all day or the other cave. I'd like to see you in the regular cave tomorrow for a little bit. Just pick me up. Okay. Or UCF. Yeah. I think we suit up. Definitely going to suit up. I would be good to see I would like to see that. Cave or I don't know why just like my brain deleted there. I'm really trying to work on that. That's on me guys. I'd like to apologize to everybody. You're good. Airwaves I'm in as well for that. Yeah the tournament was good. It was a lot of fun to watch. It does get a little overwhelming. So many screens going at the same time. So many. We got so many games going. So many. The energy in the room. Big spikes. Big up. Big like big ups big downs. Looking forward to tomorrow. Mm-hmm. Agreed. It's going to be a great time tomorrow. It's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to have a great time. And then on Sunday we will recap everything we watched and yeah. So if you're if you're listening right now Stanford Steve is going to give us some winners. So let's kick it to Stanford Steve. Hank I actually had one more question. Oh Hank just curious to know you've watched a lot of basketball how important is knowing horoscopes and astrology? Where did you put that? Not high. Not high on the list. Okay. That's just interesting. Why? Well because Jalen Brown spends all of his time learning his teammates horoscopes and astrology in order to communicate with them better. Oh. I thought it was a fascinating story. He said I learned communication styles that work best for each individual and started utilizing that when I speak to each and every guy because of their astrology and numerology. I like that. Okay. I mean Jalen Brown is smarter than me. I'll put my head up and admit that like if he's that's something I might have to look into. I actually I'm open to it. I think that this it actually does not do any favors for the Jalen Brown has more aura than Jason Tatum argument. Like this this is good for that. Sure. Yeah. All right. Let's kick it to Stanford Steve. Okay. Before we get to our good friend Stanford Steve Chevy football season might be over. You know how it goes the minute the big game ends. We're already talking about what's next free agency the draft who's getting paid who's grinding because for football guys there's no off season and that's exactly why they roll with the Chevy Silverado Silverado is the truck that shows up every time built to haul toe and take a beating but smart where it counts with modern tech that makes life easier big screens available camera views that help with towing and parking and a cabin that feels right. 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Northern Iowa was you know remember their big upset. I was at the bar as it goes on weed. That's a twisted tea moment. Half and half peach original. There's twisted tea moments all over the place. Go get a twisted tea today. OK. Here we go. Stanford Steve OK. We now welcome on our due to the year. Very very very special guest. It is Stanford Steve Steve. We're going to go through the Friday slate. So we're going to pretend like we're taping this on Wednesday we're obviously going to pretend this is tradition with you you and Snooki on the show we're going to we're going to pretend that we we you know Thursday's already happened but let's start with this. What did you think when we nominated you due to the year which I think now has to be a takey award that will give you love it. I just looking still for me and Snooki in the real for the book for the 10 year and Snooki and I still maybe it's on the 20 year celebration or anniversary but we're still striving to get there. We know we know we have room to rise and it's a hell of a list that did make the list in the real and the book. Yeah. So we'll we're still striving. I appreciate the opportunity to come back on with you guys. Better partner in my take episode pairing Stanford Steve and Snooki or Stu Feiner and John Moran we we actually put out both of those shows. Did we also am I making this or did we also have Paige Sporanik and Mr. Portnoy. Maybe. Dave's dad. That sounds definite. Yes. Was this pre-needle, Stu? Stu is fought ozepic. He fights ozepic. He's beaten ozepic many times. Wakes up every morning, looks in the mirror. Yeah. And he's got another battle. It's one battle after another for Stu. He's coming out. He does fluctuate and when he's at his thinnest he actually looks really really good but when he's at his heaviest he looks it looks like it's a prosthetic stomach that he's wearing. He's I still think back to the like when you guys were going out to the house and the videos and then him with the mulch like those are all timers. Like you think like what people were in in battling COVID the whole thing and he's out there just screaming his head off. He's the best. That's what we that's what we went to for fun back in those times but he is an absolute legend for sure. Okay. Let's talk about it. I want to start with your teams that can win it all. Okay. Your list. I love your list every single year. I think you're trolling this year but I want to hear you out because I alright I'll say I thought you were trolling a month ago when I saw your list. I don't know if it's changed and you've stopped trolling but I want to see your list. There is no trolling. I as you know I'm a Duke fan. Yes and your spin zones you have attempted this year are getting to be ridiculous. Whoa. Whoa. Are we we're both not trolling I am not trolling. I'm not trolling. You totally are. Okay. Continue. Okay. Continue. So the first list comes out a day after Valentine's Day every year and Duke was not on that list and they proceeded to win every game that included the game against Michigan, Virginia, Clemson, North Carolina and the ACC tournament. So they they went on the list before the ACC tournament with the injuries I took them off the list. They are currently off the list and will not be on the list and I do not see Duke winning the national title. That's insane. Is that because of injuries? Yes. I really think the depth is going to really hurt them. When you look at this region alone on top of that I just don't see the path, the lack of depth. Gongba if he's back he's not going to be 100% and look at those teams. I know people are saying well it's just name brand the whole deal but the guards that they're going to have to go to with Caleb Foster down who's their best on-ball defender and now I mean Lil Booser was great in the ACC tournament and the confidence that he got from that is huge but to be able to go up against I still think they have the toughest 8-9 game there is of anyone TCU and Ohio State are really good teams and playing their best ball of the year which is another thing I look at and then you have that 4-5 of Kansas St. John's that's a bear because Kansas is going to travel if it's them and St. John's is a train right away because that game is going to be in DC and then I get it you don't have to play all the teams on the bottom but most likely you're looking at Iso and Hurley who I look at those teams and how they're built and I think about this a lot for teams they got to get out of their conference like they are just so beat up you can't take every bull's eye in the Big East and this is the worst Big East we've ever seen in my lifetime and I absolutely hate the committee for doing what they did and putting St. John's and Yukon in the same region there's three Big East teams in the whole thing and they put the Desk 2 in the same region that's just stupid to me and it seems lazy and I don't like it the tournament is not for rematches Final 4, sure, Elite 8 maybe okay, not sweet 16 I love that tick, that's a great way to put it it's not for rematches, it's a stand-alone thing they can't meet until the Elite 8 and also Duke's going to be there not St. John's stop, okay, just stop when you're not done but just the idea, like how many brackets obviously St. John's won the Big East tournament they're everybody's favorite now Yukon is still a team that I have coming out of the region and it's a likely thing that could happen I'm dying to see what these point spreads are, as you saw with Duke in the ACC tournament that Florida State line was insane I think it was 17.5 then it goes down, they cover against Clemson who can't score and then they don't cover against Virginia so those lines are coming down I think people are catching on so even that second round game against Ohio State or TCU, whatever it is I see single digits and it's only going to get smaller moving in there, so Duke is not on the list St. John's, go ahead let's put a bow on Duke because you think they're not even on the list I think they're guaranteed going to win the national title if they do win the national title I want you to say right now that you're coming to Max's Bachelor Party if Duke wins the national title I will come to Max's Bachelor Party I do think it was actually very smart what the committee did with Duke because they took the one team that nobody would give a shit about if they put them in the hardest bracket if they did them dirty with the seating and they gave them all the hardest teams two through five to play against so if you go to screw over one team I do think that Duke is the correct one to screw over I know you sit next to every day too so I know where that's coming from I lost to Duke too in the tournament, right? they're an enemy that was so house money no, listen to Duke's that was our year also if Duke loses this year that's a really bad back to back run losing with teams that should win you can make the argument that this team should win more so than last year's team because John Shires, if you're older if you're wiser, he understands the landscape he knows how to manage the tournament oh, he's a girl dad, that's why he's super power you want to see coaches getting better not getting worse most shocking sports story of our lifetime if Duke doesn't win it all this year stop and then when they do win it all they're gonna have to do it at the bachelor party I can't, yes Steve, you're an ACC guy you're through and through, Stanford you should hate Duke you're sunboil how about that though have you guys, I mean that tenure and window of JMU BFT Signetti and Bison I know, that's what I was talking about what a great arrow that we had I knew that we had excellent coaches I didn't know that Signetti was going to go on to be college football and I didn't know that Barrington was going to be this impactful at Vandy but yeah, I mean, it's what I always say, if you're going to be a stepping stone be the best stepping stone, I think that's JMU Billy Madison's there now, so you're good alright, let Billy Madison the list contains Arizona Michigan Houston UConn is that UConn, because I actually agree with the whole the Big East, because of what the actions Dan Hurley runs, their offense has so much so much complexity to it that they need to get out of there, but I still just don't know if they have that that gear they need offensively to do it all what I love about Hurley and what he brings to the table is they they play to, I don't want to say the opponent but the environment, like that Big East championship game was a bloodbath like the first, there wasn't a whistle until they called they're murdering each other underneath Zuby and Reed, and the first foul they call is a flop on Zuby, when he's trying to defend Reed, like and then it's just it's a free-for-all there's so much emotion in the building and you know how Hurley gets it, it's just the anxiety builds and I've been critical of him, but he didn't deserve a technical I mean, the old foot slapping on the floor I mean, I get it, coach has got better shoes nowadays but just because it's loud doesn't mean it's bad after we've seen some other things that Hurley has done, so Yukon remains on the list Illinois is on the list Kansas is on the list Iowa State is on the list Sparta on the list Wisconsin has been on the list and stays on the list Purdue, because of their road they are back on the list they were off and now they're trek, like you know, we talked about Duke's road like Purdue I think has the easiest path for a two-seat, I mean that bracket on that bottom, there's I don't see anybody being able to challenge them I get they play Missouri Miami and St. Louis, people have made I mean another horrible thing by the committee If Hoff comes back for Gonzaga maybe but I mean he's not going to come back 100% How many times, I mean are you still going through Bosco updates on that one? Yeah, Bosco's BANGED US ALL by getting us all on Gonzaga I actually got out of it in like December but yeah, he got the whole world on Gonzaga futures Whole world Did you see the story PFT? Bosco texted Elio early in the season to take Gonzaga to win the national title Elio spent the rest of the year every week doing a little bit more on Gonzaga Like it's a 401K player Then he pulled up and Elio doesn't watch college basketball he pulled up He's a little nest egg So he's just like a squirrel just put a couple months away He pulls up a Bosco video Top 10 teams, Gonzaga's not on there he texts him, he's like hey what happened here and Bosco goes oh well one of their best players got hurt like two months ago, he's like were you ever going to tell me? He just never told him But at the time, it was a good bet He jumps along like lily pads If one guy loses one coach is out, he's got another one in the hopper I think he's represented by like half of the teams in the incident tournament that's here Can the stream handle a Michigan Alabama game? No No, it can because Dave will not be coming for that He won't come back for that No way He'll just beat Michigan or he'll beat Alabama from his palace in the keys and enjoy the hell out of it I was fortunate enough to sit with you guys for the Alabama Yukon game in Phoenix Yes I mean Alabama was down early if they ever had a lead I can't imagine Yeah, I'll give Bosco credit He rides and dies with Bama They're the Crimson Tider Riders Yeah, he does go hard so I'm going to give him credit He watches every game Anyone else on the list? Wisconsin is on the list I've dropped off Nebraska because of the trek I love the story and people said they can't win it but I would throw at you Indiana won the national championship in football They were my Indiana this year in Nebraska They know they haven't won an NCAA tournament We'll see how that works out against Troy They're on the list and now are off Michigan State started off and now they're on Wisconsin has been there the whole time and Purdue was on off and now back on I believe that's 11 You have Wisconsin on the list but no Arkansas Correct Defense It's funny we mentioned Alabama I'm almost at the point where Wisconsin plays a better version of Alabama ball The whole analytics with three points and layups Wisconsin like Big guy you probably know this in two games against Michigan they've made like 31-3 It's crazy I think it might be more I thought it was 15 Rap had 5 Rap had 6 31 I think we might have hit 17 and Ann Arbor We have the ability Obviously I'm very bullish on this team because this could all be for naught because it could be out right now as we're airing this I think that there are We hit 16 when we played them in the Big 10 championship game We always have that in our arsenal of like hey we could do this at any moment 16 and yeah 18 I was right 18 so 16 and 18 34 It's fun to watch and I also think that the losses that we've had have been explainable but I've kind of seen most of them coming The only one that really got me was the USC meltdown at home but like everything else Ohio State was the most classic one Oregon was like you're gonna split one and one on the west coast whether it be Oregon or Washington everyone does like all these losses I'm very bullish on them I think they have it I just don't want to you go cold for five minutes and it's the worst feeling in the world Yeah But again there are wins and people say six wins but I've seen them I'll put their wins against anybody and that good is about the ceiling you can get to and you win games the style of play and their guards their guards I love and going back to your point PFT about Arkansas there's not a lot of interest in playing defense there the lack of wanting to bend your knees and get in a stand which is fine but because they're so athletic and what they've done with Acuff I mean Brazil's a guy feels like he was there playing for Nolan Richardson he's been forever and he started I think he started at Missouri but he had a great SEC tournament and Acuff I look at him and I watch him he's the best offensive player in the country and I'll say he's a better college player than Alan Iverson was right now he's got the cutoff he's got the cutoff tee he's got the wristband on the left arm he's got a better build and a better frame and Iverson was a really good defense player offensively he's better right now than Iverson was as a freshman college I've heard multiple people say he's the best point guard that Cal has had I think he's crazy Iverson wasn't a great shooter when he was a freshman but he was an exceptional ball handler and he could create around the rim yes I'm saying right now that freshman year at Georgetown and Iverson Acuff's more advanced offensively he's a better shooter as you pointed out and just athletically his build he doesn't get knocked around his build is built for going to the hoop he was fine against Ole Miss where they were like alright guys we're just going to outscore him that's fine and I thought it was a tough matchup against Vanderbilt and they did the same thing they made threes, they're athletic, it's hard to get shots off at the rim so that style of Wisconsin hopefully we get would be a fantastic game so I look at Arkansas as just being more vulnerable yeah, Acuff's decision making too is just so elite like he just makes the perfect pass every time his demeanor is great too those interviews after SEC tournament him and Cal are walking to the desk and Cal's like hurry up because I want to go to bed and he walks out and he's like you did miss another free throw tonight I think he missed one at the end every game and they got away with it so the way Cal could do that with those young guys and mold that team is really really cool to see I just six games playing that style you're going to be up against it and you got big time teams coming at you yeah, the other team I think in that same region, yeah the Arizona Wildcats you didn't mention them did you? yeah, they're number one and I heard you guys with Titus talking about a thing and Titus didn't have it and then you guys were giving him the info the first thing I write down next to every team on the list is their free throw percentage and Iowa State is very very concerning I think it's now 338th in the country of free throw shooting but I thought the percentage would be worse I thought it was going to be low 60s, it's 67% everybody can have their jokes with that one but you look at teams like Illinois is fantastic 6th in the country Wisconsin is 10th you know Duke is another thing that worries me they've gotten better there was a point where they were in the low 250s with Yukon they're up to 191st I think they're 360 365 so when you look at that Iowa State takes a hit at Kansas that helps them they're 35th in the country so that's a big factor for me because you have to make your free throws look at Florida's run last year and what the between the shots making that Clayton had I mean Yukon had him you know then they took care of Maryland and Texas Tech if they make front ends of 1 and 1 just the front end you make 1 and they don't even go to the final 4 so that's a concern and it's a concern for Florida too who's also 234 but Arizona is sitting at 147th at 73.4% I think that's good enough what I love about Arizona PFT they show up no one cares who's going to lead them in scoring that and I think that really fits Lloyd I think when he's had when he's had your math room like you could tell there was an angst to make sure we get our guy touches this team it doesn't matter and then the other thing that kinda I worry about is Bradley's hand he hurt his hand against Houston in that second half he was a totally different player now you had Burry's and Del Orso going crazy but that championship game got tight late and Bradley didn't look the same so I'll have my eyes on that early to see what he looks like. All these one seeds have questions whether it's health or depth so that's one thing everybody wants another chalk deal but that's going to be a deal. Michigan the case and injury is enormous. They are not close to the same team without him OK let's talk Friday bets and by the way the free throw thing I couldn't agree I mean it really is one of those simple things that we forget to really take into account because it's not even just you know you're up to you gotta hit one or it's like the difference between when you're up five and you hit two free throws versus you hit one and like you know ending a game making it three possessions like those type of little things where it's like not letting them have a chance to get back in it is so huge with these free throws and you see it time and time again in the tournament OK Friday. Yeah I throw a couple games that I've been kinda looking at and I'm like I might want to take take the dog here Akron that that spread I think it's come down yeah I wrote these down when they open that's same seven and a half it's seven and a half right now what was it when it was oh yeah it was seven and a half right so it hasn't really got it opened at ten and a half open at ten Akron Texas Tech yeah it was it was seven and a half Sunday night after yeah it's a little bit so Akron's one of them that I'm looking at and Hofstra not as a troll but Aiden Holloway having seven thousand pounds of weed on the week of the tournament feels like that might might change the dynamic of the team a little you should be allowed to have a pound of weed two pounds does feel like you're spiking the football a little bit it's like we get it you like weed yeah Alabama doesn't that's state it's pretty evident that they don't want that in their state so um yeah I don't understand that situation the issue with Hofstra Big Cat is if Bama's on from three yeah like they could beat anyone in the country and Hofstra just not that they got good guards they can guard but we've seen with Alabama if they shoot their way to a win these that's where these schools just get get manhandled yeah because they can't keep up the pace I think Hofstra it's huge for that I mean I think the the UNI is the same thing yeah you and I kind of like as well St. John's yeah you know St. John's is gonna be in your face after a made basket they're gonna be you know full go man-to-man pressure full court and can you get stops because then they can't set up you saw the different like look at what Arkansas did to them last year when Cal beat them and just look how different they looked last Saturday against Yukon Yukon couldn't score and then when St. John's did score it's just full go I mean I saw their guards do things that that we haven't seen all year and that's just from the constant pressure so if you and I can can hang around make threes and slow that pace I like that as an under because you can dictate to St. John's if you could limit them to one shot and then you walk the ball up I think it's a big deal so I look at at I would want more obviously I want more points if I'm Hofstra I think it's dangerous but I with you 13 and a half in a tournament game they do have guards that could get to the rim how they get shots off at the rim against that size is big but I don't I don't hate those underdogs I like Akron it does feel a lot public now though yeah and the whole thing rests on Christian Anderson the great guard for Texas Tech he went out with a groin on the old glass court in Kansas City so I would expect that that that's a it'd be a shame if Texas Tech did get knocked out how good of a season is that's the worst luck they had I thought Toppin was player of the year did not have him they go 3 and 0 without him right out the gate in that in the best conference in America then now they're lost three straight so have they maxed out I think mccaslin's an awesome coach he'll have a plan against Akron but Akron falls in that line just like St. John's if they can make baskets and set up their pressure that's where they get you and Texas Tech is good enough defensively we'll get back to stand for Steve in a second he's brought to you by our great friends our awesome friends over at McDonald's and the big arch it's the new big arch it's here it's the most McDonald's McDonald's burger yet it's got two quarter pound patties three slices of cheese tangy big arch sauce lettuce pickles crispy and slivered onions and a poppy and sesame seed bun smells so good we got him right here in studio we're about to chow down on him the new big arch sauce is tangy it's creamy it's a perfect pair to the big arch burger what's your favorite big arch ingredient I like the pickles I'm a pickle man myself how many bites do you think it would take to finish a big arch any guesses eight bites I'm 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herb syndic in the boys Santa Clara against Kentucky now big cat and I are what? I was gonna ask about this game because I this I hate that I know I hate that I do this I've already put in Santa Clara as a win in my head yeah we're kernels and we we believe so much in Santa Clara that as kernels it takes a lot for us to bet against our Kentucky Wildcats correct and Santa Clara so the spread actually it did it went from one and a half to three and a half so it's going towards Kentucky I liked Santa Clara moneyline when the bracket came out now I really like him at three and a half um what are you thinking in that game I have it it's like my 8 PM of the day where it's like I'm gonna be getting killed Thursday I'll just go to the 8 PM and bet Santa Clara I'll be good the fact that it's the very first game I know on Friday that's exactly that's the worst there's always money in the Broncos so like at least I've got that in my I've got money coming in tomorrow I'll pay it back also plenty of games after that so yeah you know you know the mindset you don't want to start on one yeah and that's the game in that window Scott and I said before the WCC tournament put Santa Clara and we've watched them I've watched them I think they're really really good they play really good defense they got a good roster they're deep they can make threes they got rim protection so I think they're set up for Kentucky just hasn't they haven't met the expectation haven't come close to meeting the expectation this year and it's like alright oh wait he's a great talent but he hasn't been a difference maker you know I thought Aberdeen was a great guy out of the portal I thought he was great for Florida last year he's another guy maybe he is better than a six man but he got a ton of money from Kentucky and he's their starting point guard I I don't think he's earned that money now can they win this and go to sweet 16 and beat the two seed of course they can but I'm with you I like Santa Clara I think there's a lot of balance they're another team doesn't really you know they close the game with a different lineup than they start which you know tells me that Sendek knows what he wants to get to team and he'll play the matchups so I'm really happy for Sendek you guys coach forever and it's a little little school that was close to Stanford he used to go down there and have some good time so I'm happy to see the Broncos back in there and I'm rooting for him so I'm with you plus the points Santa Clara yeah we're also losing Herbs yeah he's the last of a dying breed yeah so I want to I want to see more Herbs you say Herb I say herb herb well that's what they said Alabama okay the memes is a big Santa Clara guy he I actually I should get Steven memes on this on the same text because memes is up late with you know editing and stuff so he's watched a lot of Santa Clara so that's all we keep hearing Santa Clara Santa Clara did he give did he give Max a scouting report on Utah State because they play in that window too no let me see if let me see if Max the latest game in Hank or they really do or out of really eating lunch now they're in a meeting I'm gonna see business man PFT what's your final four my final four was Michigan State I had I had like it Arkansas which you don't like and that's more like me just rooting because I want to see more more a cuff I believe I had Michigan and then out of the south I did not have Florida took Houston so I've got my I took some futures like a month ago and the fugitives that are put in Kansas Arkansas Houston Michigan State before the bracket came out okay so that's what I got I feel like I'm gonna have one that's in the final four at least if you get multiple teams in the final four I don't know if you get in bracket pools you're gonna win because you have to be different enough we've talked about this I can't pick Arizona to win the title everybody is yeah yeah are you concerned about their about how they're built in terms of not a lot of shooting they don't really shoot threes at all no because of the way they play defensive rebound they dictate a lot it's hard to get get offense going against them like I said the versatility of defensively I mean they start the year beaten Florida because of Pete I mean he dominated that front line he's whatever 18 years old and I'm like okay he's gonna be their best player he's like their fourth best player yeah you know a walker that the kid from Tennessee they got he just comes in and bloodies things he doesn't give up shots at the rim and Burry's is probably my favorite player in the country he's had some spots where he's gone away offensively but defensively what he brings to the table and he's probably their best shooter but I just love the way he plays not a lot of flamboyancy and just plays an all-around game so they are they have to go to the final four guys yeah they I mean we did a I did a thing on our pod the other day like the list of teams that have been to the final four since Arizona you're talking about like George Mason South Carolina Wichita State Georgetown it's it's in dicey territory and their fans know it and I feel bad for Tommy Lloyd because he's like hey I haven't been here in the 25 years I've recruited my ass off and we've had good teams they need to have success in this tournament they need to make Indianapolis and I believe they will yeah very mean what you just did throwing Georgetown in there like like dog shit teams that have been there since Syracuse twice yeah very mean yeah Wisconsin twice there's some there's there's well doozies on that we're also the reason Wisconsin's also the reason why they haven't been to a final four twice and that's that's what scares me to I know the team doesn't care about that and I brought that up big cat the idea that they're Wisconsin's a couple games away possibly yeah and the idea that they made Arizona play Wisconsin two years ago in those commenced commensky teams was a joke like that like it was so cruel it was awesome that that they're in California again it's there's a lot there and I get it the team doesn't care Tommy Lloyd doesn't care what the fans see that no doubt they see it oh yeah I got a gambling question for you just in terms of how you absorb the tournament and like what lessons you would take from a Friday so if if we're looking at a trend that came out on on Thursday and it's like oh uh 65 70 let's say 70% of the under set on Thursday are you are you using that at all on Friday are you just like listen that's stuff happens I'm going back to what I originally thought I have a theory about the first tournament games and big cat is so scared of these basketball things that I did this before it even was about the balls is I look at first half under just because of their in arenas the crowds aren't great the shooting backdrops are different um I do it you know a lot in the in the first round the big East tournament too uh where the backdrop now you factor in the balls so I've it's been really good uh but it's I wouldn't say like it's been above 65% which you would take all day especially if you're honing in on the whole first round of tournament so yeah I stick to my guns on that if that if that trend is there uh but first half under is is been a fun deal the block is hot though on the first half under's I know it's it's it's like the arch madness this year yeah everyone talking about the others I think it went I think it ripped like seven and oh and the overs after the first round the the officiating is enormous too yeah and I hate it no one wants to talk about officiating or blame officiating I'm not but you know look at that Michigan State UCLA game in the big 10 tournament like right UCLA doesn't make as many threes and a half as they did in that game on top of I what Michigan State was in the bonus of what 13 minutes left like that you need certain things to go you're right and you know right away it's over which is all about big guy because he loves his overs and he always has a chance I do I'm so life's too short okay uh best bets Friday and Max and Hank are are gonna be in here in a minute so we'll we'll finish with them best bets Friday um I like that under under in UNI st. John's okay what what do you got for a spread there 131 and a half is the over under nine and a half is the spread that's that's going down that open at 11 and a half yeah st. John's is very very public um I look at um if they were to play Kansas on the weekend that's a great matchup I would I think that's gonna be super public and I will look at Kansas in that game but I would look at UNI plus the points uh the other problem we don't have a line yet but I think Tennessee's gonna manhandle whoever they play just because of the physicality and I still like Rick Barnes even though everyone hates him and he's only been the one final four since 2003 which is more recently than Arizona so throw them on the you could put Rick Barnes on that list that yeah people upset that might even make Tennessee people mad that's the best one I don't want to make Tennessee people mad I really like um the last game of the night is like that place St. Louis Missouri is a home game which is another joke by the committee uh a 10 seed playing a home game I look at what they bring to the table is physicality I love their coach and they they were one of the last teams in if you look at the bracket a 10 seed and they give them a home game I look at Missouri being able to handle Miami now we gotta wait all the way to the to the end uh and I'm sure people will be in good shape by that but I'm with you like earlier we talked about Santa Clara um Iowa I kind of like Clemson really struggles to score and I know Sturz everything goes for him but I like Iowa I do too in that eight nine game I my my like Yukon we talked about but like who's playing for UCLA yeah I mean bill ado and I mean a dent seems like he is need him obviously why didn't they come back in against well bill ado was actually hurt yeah I don't know what that injury is where you're back in five days right can't finish the game right I don't know okay I agree but um I Cal Baptist is getting a lot of points they got Dominic Davis he's he's gonna shoot 30 times it's just a matter of how many threes he's gonna make he's a little guy 5 10 out of Compton great story made three straight threes at the end of the game uh to beat Utah Valley he'll he'll uh he'll be it like as the games are getting you're gonna hear everyone talk about him because he's that little guard lefty he could score from anywhere on the court if he makes threes uh that's a lot of points so I look at Cal Baptist plus double digits and Furman against Yukon does Yukon really want to blow like that's up to Hurley yeah he wants to and they get it going but 20 and a half that's a lot I would look at Furman there okay all right Tennessee Tennessee is a lot and I have Virginia going the final four um but that feels like a lot of points against Wright State Wright State could score they're not great defensively it's a high over under uh in the 140s uh maybe Wright State plus the points but I do like Virginia I think they're very very versatile yeah all right Max and Haker here what do you got for Max um well Oh Max by the way uh Steve does not have Duke on his list of teams that can win the national title he's trolling because he's a Duke fan he wants him to win so we've made the deal that if Duke does win the national title Steve has to come to your bachelor party which he was invited to anyway but he he has agreed that if Duke wins he will 100% be there all right now I'm rooting for Duke yeah I'm not yeah that just turned me into a Duke yeah Max I didn't do this where I invited myself no I invited you I believe that every single person who's come on this show you talked to big cat in the last month and a half 100% you've been invited yeah well I mean that's true I what I like my friends I like it's awesome no we don't know how dare you put that out of the university you did we may have cut that because I'm very close to doing it because you said it and that's a mean thing that you did no it's a mean thing you you're making me do right now I wonder what his stance is in that city yeah probably on bottom there could be some bridge there could be some bridges burned I could very easily see I think we're still is going to come for a night well you got a text in the day before no I listen he's been invited okay so what do you have for Max um Max this is a must win for Villanova you know why yes I would love to know why because the people in Maryland keep track of postseason oh and Maryland has one this year Villanova does not what when they the first the first round of the big 10 when they were the worst team in the conference they got a win you stole their coach you stole their coach and you don't have a win and you lost to Georgetown yeah okay I'm not worried about Maryland right now they had that was an absolute disaster season yeah no you're mean your eye is not on the ball right now no Maryland is a big like they care about us way more than we care about people of Villanova do not care about Maryland and the people of Maryland are obsessed with every single thing that Kevin Willard does and I get it I would be pissed too I don't care about Maryland I don't think about Maryland they don't cross my bridge like nothing about Maryland interests me at all the big man is going to be upset about that one hmm hmm yeah things have changed I mean you did care about Maryland last year a lot I can not really I cared about Kevin Willard yeah well where did he coach Max hmm listen I'm sorry about the way things turned out unfortunately Villanova just a better no you're not yeah don't I'm not I'm not sorry yeah I just see this coming out yes getting a text from oh that the dude with the pony tail was talking shit about Maryland yeah I'm not talking shit about Maryland I'm just letting the people know my my thoughts on Maryland is that I don't care about Maryland yeah I got it yeah they take receipts noted and you better win because they're going to win this season I like I have a win must win must win okay Hank you're a golf guy I dabble I I thought you were a ball knower no why when did what would ever make you think that I thought you were a fan like the idea that you go to Florida for golf I'm one of the best days of the year how many best days of the year can there be Stanford Steve that's Friday that's that's top three Friday of the year yeah Friday what's Friday what's number two this Friday yeah yeah yeah got us there back to back Friday's look at us I would say back to back Friday's this Friday and then the following Friday's good Friday yeah yeah but that's not the stretch of Friday's there is yes it is we're in the we're in the we're in the golden age of Friday's one more we got a month Steve here's the thing I don't get into the players you act you act like there are no TVs outside of your living room like there's there's places that have televisions that you can watch sports on not in a golf course in the sweets in the sweets no but I'm he's talking about Friday oh and Friday we were off the course by what 5 p.m. so we were watching we were watching sports in our house okay I just yeah hey kids a golf guy yeah you got kids Steve you know understand how it is you don't so what are you saying golf that's a his biggest golf is his kids oh I got you yeah sorry for the Dominican loss yeah that now that was tough yeah that was tough I heard I heard the guys might have been at 11 the night before our guys the Dominican guys oh so yes our guys there's that could our guys not don't don't put our you got you guys are live for the stream uh yeah Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday couple questions I'm going to the Valero Valero come out of TGL thank we'll be there Monday Tuesday yeah he might I would yeah he's gonna it's it's awesome I was building the building is incredible I was watching last night yeah question about the streams um what's the worst max is it Joe L and B sixers max is it Eagles max oh no Nova max none of these none of these fillies no no none of those I think it's fillies none of the above I love all of those it's max after he's won a game and he just talks our fucking ears off about anything under the sun he'll be like oh you're going grocery shopping oh yo that's cool how the kids how's everything yeah he's just having the chat at chatty as time ever if he's got a win in his pocket sorry my mood changes when things are going well for me when things are going bad I'm not so chatty but sorry sorry like to talk with my boys when I'm in a good mood so that's the worst man I like max winning max yeah the worst yeah but no max but no it's not winning because I actually I enjoy max when he's in the fight so in the act of winning I'm fine with it it's it's like an hour or two after he's got the win and he's just like he's just like he'll like cross his legs and like sits crisscross applesauce and fully face you and I look at the TV and be like how's it going that's that's what he does bouncing in the way of the TV so people can't see but I would say I would say like Philly's Philly's max might be worse because there's so much you know there's so much dead time during a baseball game and so he's just got he's all nervous energy and he's just he's on a razor's edge and he's trying to fill that dead air sometimes with anger and that's that's a tough one to get through they they haven't been able to make max happy and I think most of his other teams at some point have made him happy I'll also say max doesn't get enough credit for being a an extreme ball knower in the fact that he's almost always right about his teams like when he is mad at the Philly's are mad at the eagles he's spot on for the reasons he's mad and they end up becoming true like as we're watching the game yeah I tried to tell max the night before the Super Bowl in New Orleans too and that's just straight Philly I was like can you just enjoy this like to enjoy the run that they're on and he was just like fuck you we got to win I was like all right but I appreciate that yeah max my my last one on that whole scene because I love checking it out is no one is more miserable in there than Titus oh no he's he it depends this past weekend he actually had a great time he was having he was he was laughing his ass off because we laddered a cuff threes and he cuffed would get the ball and like half court like shoot it and he was just like what do you guys even do like he would drive and we call it selfish fuck and like so but yeah there's times when Titus is like I would like to just watch ball his looks at Bosco are just like you could do a whole cut off of that just him like on his phone and then looking at Rico and just like the head shake it's I just watch Titus when I watch those because it's hilarious Titus iso cam and I miss him because he never texts me back now so there there is just big time there's way too much nonsense for Titus in that cave yeah he's he can't keep track of all the storylines that people have like grudges people have against each other that are built up over five years of watching games together he he is a college basketball purist and he does he does not entertain the nonsense very well yeah and I showed Hank falling and my kids are scared to death and out of watching TV with their feet on the table oh it's good it's dangerous protect your fingers you don't want to be like that guy daddy's friend Hank they love that video it's got a lot of glasses dangerous yeah and you fumble the wings which is just yeah well there they were there it was trash they were like finished wings okay yeah that's good also like maybe that's why Hank can't watch basketball for that long he's afraid of having his leg fall asleep again so it's better if he walks around on the golf course yep it's not going to fall asleep on the course Hank no no no no I don't want last question row back question rhobck.com promo code Tate 20% off your first purchase rowback.com rhobck.com promo code Tate go right now best stuff out there most comfortable stuff especially March Madness get some sweatpants get some sweatshirts best self-sufficiency best great best so talk to me about the setup on this this weekend what's what are we where are we watching are you I mean listen you got you got three kids you got a lot going on you're not even going to the final four this year well no I'm sorry you are going to the final four women's yeah he's going to the women's Phoenix yeah I love that who do you got give us a women's tip oh if you want an easy parlay parlay South Carolina and Texas to go to the final four it's like minus one 15 but those two teams got easy treks you can and UCLA got screwed UCLA has to play the best two they got the best two seed the best three seed the best five seed I'm on it right now yeah so it's like they're both like minus three thirty but South Carolina and Texas put them together in parlay you got to see all right okay and then what's the setup well we were here in Dewey Beach Delaware at the starboard as you know Mati's taking control we are at Raw currently we will bounce across the street from starboard to Raw maybe mix in another place of Mati's claw which is diagonal but Dewey Beach is where it's at for the games newly renovated starboard giant TVs I don't know how much time we can spend outside because of this polar vortex that has come through and it's about 30 degrees but Dewey Beach is a spot and that's where we would be located and we have a lot of festivities which happened earlier in the week to invest in teams love it so we are suited and booted and ready to go best time of year second best Friday second best Friday Frank all right Steve you're the best we'll talk to you later appreciate you guys see see Stanford Seve was brought to you by State Farm in basketball the great players don't just go it alone they have teammates coaches and a solid support system all behind them it's kind of like insurance because let's face it a lot of us probably aren't great at doing that alone either that's where State Farm comes in State Farm is a teammate always ready to assist it'll help you find the coverage you need it'll help you recover from 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right about the spiders traveling over the lake yeah no I looked it up crazy yeah we look it up on the show the uh I'm excited for the first spider day it'd be like the first day of spring I'm excited too because they're gonna die right like where it's it's but it's also like you know what I mean it's it's it's almost like a moment that we should like so we should have we should have an alert the spiders will never be a Firefest again on this show alright but we should have an alert being like first spiders it's a Firefest for them first spider spot showing up on my balcony is a Firefest for them you fucked up now you fucked up first spider saw scene on Hank's balcony is a seminal day in all of our lives Hank how do you feel about getting like a bunch of lizards and releasing them on your balcony it's a great idea it's a great idea not opposed I mean lizards are kind of the little ones yeah yeah cute ones yeah I think they would die like they'd fall and die I don't I don't think suction on this I wouldn't be allowed on the house I don't think that lizards can reach terminal velocity I think if you threw them off a building they fly they they'd like glide down yeah through the air I watch the this is side track but I watched the some of the dinosaur Netflix news show I don't watch it so bad and it's just lizards are dinosaurs yeah it's crazy yeah also 200 million years hard to who decides that who hard oh yeah Hank and I had a long hard to wrap your head around who decides any of that like what they went from 220 million years and then flash forward to 200 million years I'm like 20 million years is a huge gap yeah long time who's deciding like that's the time of the distance between these things yeah there's one guy yeah there's one guy and and he won't let you know his name and that's by design but yeah lizards I was crazy there's not enough weed in the world I think for me to to smoke to really enjoy that that dinosaur show I really I want to get so high when it was good just like fall asleep like turn something on like pay attention fall asleep but it also like it it's all a I obviously the dinosaurs and the Morgan document is narrating it it's like I feel like that's also a I oh wait like I don't there's cuz it might just be Fc it might be Frank caliendo he's the fake as he's the most AI that exists true yeah and it just felt I don't know but what did you expect when you're watching the dinosaur Spielberg I don't know but I mean like for obviously I know I know no obviously that part but like I don't know it just felt I didn't love it yeah I don't think you're high enough that's that's my I don't think it's possible to get as high as I want to get to be able to enjoy the show that's fair I was watching being like I wish I was just like stoned under my gourd right now because this is what this is made for but now they're here nor there no spiders no problem I me and PFT I parked my car at the airport when we went to Jacksonville we had to rent a car from Grand Rapids drive it here there's a huge rainstorm and then I had to drive back to the airport Monday to drop off the rental and pick up my car all my windows were closed it had rained so hard that like my roof was leaking dude that's crazy you have so everything your car is so not sick it's insane so then so like I had the ticket for the parking lot just in my like center console and it had got soaking wet so when I went to the machine I put it in but it was literally like there was no there was no it was like just a mushy paper I put it in the machine it doesn't register there's four cars behind me worst I had to get out go talk to the ticket person then she's like you have to back up and like come into my lane and I had to then direct the traffic to turn around or I'll be been at me it was so mad at you and they were like this guy's car sucks yeah no it it's problem I'm looking at the curse of the sick car ever since you said I don't have a sick car your car has sucked I'm looking up some explanations behind Hank your particular model it says it's common usually caused by clogged cracked or disconnected drain tubes you got your gotta unclogged your drain tubes bro was it even me last time you had your drain tubes unclogged never I didn't know that was the thing yeah your car stinks yeah I don't know man okay not sick not sick not like your car got flooded yeah okay PFT mine's kind of a serious one because this time of year it's I think I talked about this maybe in the first of the March Madness shows every year but it was 311 no 311 what do you mean was that a thing it's a band it's a band 311 day yeah yeah you got me all mixed up don't know what to do Hank you've been a beautiful disaster recently I love you buddy he's got to tighten it up a little the Wednesday show the east the east region we got the west we got we got the west done but yeah so this time of year it's always a little bit tough for me it was my dad's birthday always the first week in March Madness it was always his favorite weekend of the year always his favorite day I would talk to him multiple times a day and that's really like how he bonded when I was a kid was really this time of year would be just us hanging out the entire time so I do miss him a lot this weekend but we'll turn into a reverse firefest just remind if you talk to your dad about sports give him a call talk to him don't forget to talk to him about the tournament he wants to hear from you so reach out talk to him have a good time bond and I'm going to drink a ginger ale and a root beer for my dad today and it's going to be tough but it's also like gotten to be one of those things that now I look back on and I kind of smile before I get sad which is all you can hope for so yeah just a reminder hit your parents if they like sports they want to hear from you talk to him and enjoy this time of year yeah all right Zach I'm not following that I'll follow you it is a tough firefest to follow I'll be honest it's a tough one to follow my firefaces week is a good message so pft it really is you call your loved ones man you know what I mean it's important we love you not everybody's got somebody call call yeah yeah it's a beautiful thing beauty thank you Zach my firefaces week isn't as beautiful it's just that we post things on Instagram sometimes as a media company I was like thought I was sharing like good life update that I was like cooking at home more this week I was pretty excited about it felt good about it and I just got eviscerated for a paper bag just being in the kitchen dude people were like hey call Zach he's going to burn his house wait what happened did you see this picture he's got a paper bag basically on the stove but it's so much further away from the burner than you would think but it's in the vicinity and like it's too it's too much in the vicinity eh it's so far away it is far away but still it's more that you're the type of guy that the fact that it's in the area means that it will eventually inch closer and closer it's not going the other direction and if I can recall correctly the bag might have made it off the stove before the steak was even done oh okay good maybe not but could have how's the steak I think I did an okay job I should have picked my dad he approved I think Zach it like the actual picture wasn't it wasn't a lot of break your spatula I did yeah it was tough it wasn't alarming that the the bag was in a fine place it's more that you're a guy who will put a paper bag that close to your burners meaning you will eventually put a paper bag just on a burner by accident is that Kendall Jenner tequila I could see a work they got also think like I'm not working with them I got like a decent amount of space you know what I mean but like you got a maximize space yeah like I don't know it just that is good good tequila as well you're very tasty then there's there's coming at me for plastic wear oh yeah see the bag it's kind of on the yeah the bags on the stove and it is going to migrate its way over to the open play right for sure right that's that's something that Zach will lose track of that bag Zach I gotta say Nike bag too which is makes it even funnier that it's not it's not like your grocery bag that is a sweat pants yeah now might actually actively be sweat pants in that bag really get the fire going as a swaggy olive oil container that you have on the stove uh that's tequila yet to kill the tequila oh that's the yeah okay that's the general Jenner that looks like an all of you hype beast no just yes like yes it's just good yeah you're a no it's a little sassy but it's good there was a deal not as good as Jose Cuervo though Zach how was going out how was it going out to the club on St. Patty's Day a lot of social interaction it's like the maximum amount it's my favorite thing because this office has a lot of young young people and they obviously will go out together and then every now and then you'll see an Instagram story of one of the girls at a club and they'll just kind of be panning and then it'll just be Zach look at my boy he's living his best life and you always have the bit yeah look at that million dollar smiles there's a lot of guys just telling me I don't I never leave my apartment so I was like I can leave one time yeah you can you left I'll show you one time we're going back inside now but it was good day did you happen to run into Talia I did not no okay and I think she might have been closer to the river I didn't make it to the river got it look like she had a great time on Instagram though you weren't you weren't green uh I did wear green did the weekend of I forgot green on Tuesday which just makes me a bad holiday celebrator yeah that's all right that's all right okay good firefest my firefest is I tweeted this but I I'm heavy in the birthday circuit right now when you're when you have a first grader everyone's birthday everyone gets invited so I've done three birthday parties in the last eight days and my son has got a broken wrist I talked about last week so he can't do like the trampoline park and all that stuff so we just play video we've been ripping I played I probably spent $300 on claw machines in the last like week and a half and and all I've gotten to show for it is like a dozen shitty rubber ducks and and tootsie rolls but the real firefest is one of the birthday parties they had a spongebob VR roller coaster and he's like I want to do this dad I was like all right I'll do it with you and we both put on the sets I had to take off the set because I got so dizzy yeah I legitimately started to get nauseous my son did the VR roller coaster probably 15 times and I couldn't handle one run of it and I felt like such a bitch yeah it take it takes some getting used to some guys are cut out for the metaverse some guys aren't I also had a moment where there was a kid who was not in my son's class not at the birthday party who just was following us around asking if I would pay for him to use claw machines and I had to kindly tell a six year old like a bro I don't know you I'm not your dad I don't fucking know you and it was like what it was one of these it was one of the arcades where they didn't even have the cards that you could buy yeah it was just my credit card I had to swipe my credit card like 15 times on every machine and he basically was like can I have your can I have your card shout out to that kid's dad who was probably like ask him yeah go you go ask him I'm sick of you it's crazy but it was it was it's funny to watch like the we were some of these trampoline parks are so insane now and like there's there's ball pits there's zip lines all this stuff but still because because like I said all the kids are playing and I'm I'm there with my son because I'm basically making sure like don't go down do something and break your other arm or break your wrist more so I'm playing all the video games all the other kids are just like as soon as they see us playing video games I become the pied piper video games like they're just following me around we're playing the Jurassic Park game we're getting free weird shit like like balls and stuff like that so kids still love video games yeah it's still there's they're never gonna stop no you you could give a kid a zipline a video game they'll take the video game is there you know how we can play that there's no monoculture anymore yeah is there monoculture still when it comes to video games for small kids like do they all play the same games no uh I don't know I'm I'm I'm yet to give my son a video game console console because I feel like that will be the end of our relationship yeah yeah it'll be hey so long sport you think yeah you think that's why like our parents were like I don't want to get you a super Nintendo oh definitely I we want to we want to keep hanging out I think I've told this story but I remember my I think I got my first console when I was maybe like 11 or 12 I got a PS a PlayStation but before that I love video games wasn't able to have them for my birthday one year I rented from blockbuster a Sega Genesis for the weekend yeah and just carried around in a suitcase I had to go somewhere we had to go to like a family event or something and I just I showed up to their house and I was like where's your basement like I have work to do yeah it was a awesome move for a birthday you rent the latest console I remember my buddy rented Nintendo 64 one time it was like well we're just going to hang out all weekend didn't sleep the entire because you have a limited like I'm rented on a Friday back on a Sunday I'm not going to sleep I'm just playing and this was you guys probably have no idea what we're talking about right now just the idea of renting a console is probably very foreign but it was cool they give you a full briefcase like a metal briefcase with the whole thing in it it's pretty cool yeah you have to get up early sometimes to go blockbuster because there'll be other people that would rent for the weekend like Fridays were a big day to rent consoles I miss blockbuster a little bit there was something about it well because you had to work for well yeah and you also just going to pick what instead of sitting on your couch and scrolling through a bunch of stuff you had to be like alright let's go let's pick out a movie and then when you pick out the movie it's like we're going to watch this yeah and the smell and also yeah you would you would watch it and you would probably think that the movie was better than it actually was every time because you had part of your ego invested in the fact that you picked that movie yeah like you walk to the store and you got that movie and you're not dumb so you made a good choice therefore the movie that we just watched actually doesn't suck and you couldn't bail on it no and you also have to you have to get your money's worth and watch it again the next day yeah and you guys you guys definitely don't know about the rewinders yeah we had a special rewinder a vcr a tape rewinder I remember we keep on yeah we keep that like on the entertainment center so you got done watching the movie put it in the rewinder we got a sick one that looked like a car you put that in close the hood and then send it back good times okay you would get a fine right if you said it please be kind to rewind big time set it on every every single VHS like if your blockbuster membership card was actually it was valid as a second form of ID very important like I had a fake ID in my fake ID also in that wallet had a blockbuster card with a different person's name I was untouchable yeah it was like oh this guy's legit okay good show Max or memes got any firefests nothing oh slight one yeah just because it's show related we were supposed to have Akron and bracket busters ah and big cap was nice enough saying that if our team makes it to the sweet 16 mean Zach get to split I'm not taking any money we get to split the money so if Akron makes it to the sweet 16 Zach has to work off fifteen thousand dollars for me I think that's fair Zach picked so bracket busters show to experience we do bracket busters every year the rules are everyone in the company plays you pick a nine through sixteen seed and if the last one remaining wins the prize the prize is thirty grand this year Zach on Sunday show picked Akron to win it all then when we did the bracket busters draft we Zach memes and I are a team they came up Akron was still on the board Zach just panicked and said UCF so hopefully UCF makes a run but Akron was right there to win you have them winning the national title which means actually yeah if they win the national title I think it's an extra like thirty grand yeah so we'll just do a video series of Zach working it off okay I love that so now you're rooting against Akron in for UCF Zach that's where we're at decisions were made on the mic as a team we three man bust you guys gave me the bust and I bust it wrong for the team we gave you the bust yeah we're talking about busting as a team oh the bust yeah yeah you take the wheel I explain that poorly but we had a notes app list it was a fluid situation because things were moving teams were getting deleted teams were getting added copy paste uncopy paste go Knights hey max night up hey max who do we have max we have fins up who do we have I'm not allowed I'm not allowed to do it yes you are who said you're not allowed to do it you're not allowed to do it in front of Dave visit who said you're not allowed to do it in front of Dave you know Dave Dave said he might leave what is what do you care he's he's boss okay he's not here right now yeah if we don't do it we're not gonna win no that's a fact yeah in fact he's he might even be matter if you won't do it it's also for an advertiser yeah guys people have gotten fired for less than that max do it do it do it we're doing it all day yeah we are gonna do it all right so do it right now let's practice the answer I might take a money there we go there we go win me max and Hank and tell you what you guys if we win you guys get the money wow thanks be a day that's it Zach Zach I'll give you my share you know what I'll double the money I'll get I'll I'll match what experience I'll triple wait just triple if L.I.U. wins gets a sweet 16 I'll triple just so you have to win the whole thing I get just sweet 16 no no they have to win you have to win the the bracket busters but I will triple the price you know what if we get to the sweet 16 and we don't win the bracket busters I'll pay the money like we had yeah all I have to do is put one dollar on L.I.U. to go to the sweet I think I would I think they're plus 32 and against Arizona alright numbers 23 10 actually no 68 16 59 the ends up 68 10 10 10 86 55 69 55 67 67 67 no one anyone no one has seen it 28 28 anyone have 28 no we should do what we should do one more drawing alright one more alright but it's two numbers you can't change alright I got 60 and then 61 wait you don't have you can't do that you got one number you should get the inverse yeah we could get it twice if you guess two numbers you got it exactly like that would be one for one 62 oh my god that's so close fuck yeah fuck yeah 10 seed let's go that didn't count that was four numbers that's too much that was the second one because that it became one of the 99 you want to count it you can but I mean that's not the primary I got the cock I got the cock ball hey you want to count it you can here's one out of 99 instead of one out of 100 here's what's important 10 came up UCF is 10 seed officially those statement are you accounting this is because I forgot to change it back it was exciting but are you counting it I'll let you count it but forever everyone's gonna say well dude you got it with less yeah now so it's only one number one more I'm shocked that you're not taking it yeah I would have taken that so hard you're done you've already given it up I think memes is lost as fastball old memes would have taken that old memes would have taken that for sure means I there's no chance I wouldn't have taken that you're so dumb I just cut myself on the machine that's a bad sign that's a bad that is a bad sign that is a bad sign that was a lot of blood there is blood there will be blood 13 13 you should have taken it yeah I would have taken it that's crazy not to take it I did get it no you didn't no I got it we gave you the opportunity you said I'm not taking it it's not official no it was not official you had a chance to take it buddy this I hope this doesn't end up being another thing where you don't get it for like two years that would be a real shame because you had the moment to take it everyone in this room would have taken it more on move on memes part I'm professional now so dumb I regret it I would have taken it so fast happy birthday to Jamir Gibbs and to Mr. Rogers and Queen Latifah no no retract love you guys you you you you