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Jared Butler and Tate Frazier on Final Four and Roy Williams
April Fool's Day has officially lost its fastball, and the proof is Billy getting caught hook, line, and sinker by a Julian Edelman tweet. While the guys dissected the few brand jokes that actually worked, the real news was Opening Day hitting the calendar. PFT has decided to fully immerse himself in the Seamhead lifestyle this year, though Big Cat and Hank are already setting the over/under on when he forgets his roster exists.
PFT CommenterI am going to be a major Major League Baseball fan this year
I've decided to own a fantasy baseball team in a $0 a year league on ESPN with random people. I am going to be a major league baseball fan this year. Just like of the entire league. Just of the stats.
Before shifting to the hardwood, the NFL Draft cycle is in full swing with Justin Fields currently being the victim of the annual "anonymous scout" hatchet job. PFT isn't buying the rumors that Fields doesn't love football enough, especially considering he basically single-handedly willed the Big Ten back into existence last fall.
PFT CommenterThe Justin Fields slander is a smokescreen by teams drafting in the 5-10 range who want him to fall
I just assume whenever we see like Justin Fields slander, it's a team somewhere in like the five to ten range that's hoping that Justin Fields will fall to [them]. It's definitely smokescreen season.
The Final Four and Baylor's Star
Jared Butler joined the show fresh off Baylor's run to the Final Four to talk about the grind of the Indy bubble and the secret to the Bears' lockdown defense. He broke down the team's "Call God" celebration and why he’s more focused on going off for ten threes than hitting a buzzer-beater.
Big Cat and PFT also pressed him on the transition to playing in a massive football stadium like Lucas Oil. While the backdrops are different, Jake Marsh is worried that the casual fan might not appreciate the greatness of a potential Gonzaga-Baylor matchup if they aren't wearing Blue Blood jerseys.
Jake MarshA Gonzaga-Baylor championship game won't appeal to casual sports fans as much as Blue Bloods
If we can get Gonzaga-Baylor, it would be great for intercollege basketball fans, but the casual sports fan, maybe not. They won't set aside the time if it was Duke versus Kentucky in the championship.
Roy Williams Retires and Tate Frazier Reacts
In a move that shook the college basketball world, Roy Williams announced his retirement right in the middle of the show. Tate Frazier hopped on from a car in Indiana (with Mark Titus at the wheel) to process the grief. Tate was adamant that the Tar Heels need to look at the big picture rather than just settling for a safe hire.
Tate FrazierNorth Carolina should not hire Brad Stevens
America wants it to be Carolina and I want to come on your show nationally and say: We don't want Brad Stevens. Why do I want a floundering NBA coach to be my coach? I'm trying to win championships. Send him to Duke. He's a private school coach. Send him to Duke.
They got into the weeds on the legendary rivalry between Roy and Coach K. While Duke fans will point to the total trophy count, PFT and Tate found plenty of stats to suggest that since Roy returned to Chapel Hill in 2003, he’s actually been the more consistent force in the ACC.
PFT CommenterRoy Williams has been a better coach than Coach K since he joined the ACC in 2003
I actually do feel like my take about [Roy Williams] being a better coach than Coach K has been vindicated at this point. Since he's been at North Carolina, North Carolina has five Final Four appearances. Duke's only had three. They've won the ACC in the regular season nine times to Coach K's three since he's been there.
Tate FrazierCoach K won the long-term war against Roy Williams by successfully navigating the one-and-done era
Coach K won the war. In 2010, 2009, going into 2010, Duke basketball was dead. Carolina won the war. We won in 2005, won in 2009. Duke has no hope, and [Coach K] was able to outlast and endure [by moving into the one-and-done era].
As the conversation turned to the hierarchy of college coaching jobs, Tate placed North Carolina and Kansas at the absolute peak. He even showed some love to Titus by putting Indiana in the top five, though Big Cat was quick to compare the delusions of the Hoosier faithful to another legendary sports fan base.
Tate FrazierIndiana basketball is the fifth best job in the country
I think my fifth school would probably be Indiana. I think that in general, you just have kids that want to play there because of the prestige, tradition, whatever it is. And you have Indianapolis, which has a ton of basketball talent and the surrounding area in general.
Big CatIndiana basketball fans are exactly like Nebraska football fans
Indiana fans, they're much like Nebraska football fans where they think the glory days are right around the corner from coming back, and that is torture. That is true torture.
Fyre Fest of the Week
Fyre Fest featured a live hacking of the PMT Instagram account by someone in the Czech Republic, which Hank had to manage in real-time. Big Cat shared a tragic story of visiting Tony Scheffler to give a pregame pump-up speech to a varsity girls' team, only for them to lose by 40 points.
Big CatI am officially retiring from giving pregame speeches
I gave them [Tony Scheffler's team] a pump up speech before state quarterfinals. And then they lost by like 40. I'm retiring from the pregame speech. We'll stop doing speeches.
PFT rounded things out with the struggle of getting his vaccine but not being able to brag about it on social media without becoming a "vexhole." Between the hacking and the vaccines, it's safe to say the energy in the studio was high as we head into the best weekend of the year.
Good luck to the Cougars, but maybe just stick to the basketball and avoid the pregame speeches from Big Cat.
