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Jay Bilas

Monday, March 27, 201710 takes

The Final Four is set and Hootie is back, breaking down the weekend of March Madness of and Bill Self's pouch of sadness ( - ). We taped a special Suicidal Big Cat segment 10 minutes after Wisconsin lost to Florida on a buzzer beater Friday Night(- ). Who's Back of the week ( - ). Jay Bilas joins the show to break down the Final Four matchups, the time he sued Barney the Dinosaur, what Coach is on the hot seat and whether or not he'd be willing to wrestle someone to get College Athletes paid ( - ). Segments include Respect the Biz, Witch Hunt for Dustin Johnson, Lebron Blames for his scratched eyeball, Talking Soccer, Magical Tweets, and Thoughts and Prayers to the city of Oakland for losing the Raiders.

Recap

Loss
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The South Carolina Gamecocks should change their name to just 'The Cox' because Gamecocks is offensive

South Carolina should change its name from the Gamecocks, which is offensive, to just the Cox. Which is not. It's 2017.

The team remains the Gamecocks; the suggestion was entirely satirical.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bill Self does not get the most out of his talent at Kansas

[Bill Self's] teams are always really, really good, but they should be better. He doesn't get the most out of his talent. That's the side I'm on.

While Self has since won another title (2022), the take is a subjective evaluation of his career performance up to that point.
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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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Every coach who doesn't win the National Championship should be fired

Every coach that doesn't win the national championship should probably get fired. I agree. It's a failure.

Inherently satirical and not a serious suggestion of athletic department policy.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Fall is the best season for napping, followed by spring

I would rank it power ranking nap seasons, fall number one, spring number two.

Subjective ranking of comfort and timing.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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Jay BilasJay Bilas

North Carolina was the favorite to win the NCAA Tournament from the start of the year

I thought they were the favorite at the beginning, honestly. I thought for the whole year, since I saw them at Maui in November, that Carolina was the best team.

UNC went on to win the 2017 championship, validating Bilas's season-long assessment.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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Jay BilasJay Bilas

If North Carolina plays well, they will win the National Championship

I just think Carolina's got too many weapons. If Carolina plays well, they win. For them to lose, they're going to have to play less than well, less than their best.

North Carolina did indeed win the 2017 National Championship.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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Gonzaga will beat South Carolina in the Final Four because of their scoring depth

I favor Gonzaga because they've got so many more scorers and shooters. You know, South Carolina's not been a great offensive team all year... otherwise, I like Gonzaga to win the game.

Gonzaga defeated South Carolina 77-73 in the Final Four.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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Coach K will retire in four or five years

My guess is like four years or so, four or five, but you never know... Four to five years. I don't know, but that's my guess.

Exactly correct. Jay Bilas made this prediction in March 2017, and Coach K retired following the 2021-22 season (5 years later).
Push
Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017
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It is a near certainty that college players will eventually boycott a game

I do think as the players, as we go forward, the players are getting more sort of socially aware and their awareness of their power in the marketplace is becoming greater. I think we'll see at some point somebody will boycott. I don't know when it's going to come, but I think it's a near certainty it's going to happen.

While not a widespread 'Final Four' boycott as joked about by PFT, player empowerment and NIL have fundamentally changed the power balance as Bilas predicted.

Lebron Blames

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Take Slip·Mar 27, 2017·LeBron Blames
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James only wears protective gear to look tough or have an excuse for losing

He literally just wears these things so that then he can say these things were screwing with me... or he can look tough in front of the cameras and everybody's like, oh, look at him. He's not even taking his own health into consideration.

Subjective interpretation of player psychology and optics.