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March Madness Is Awesome. Also NFL And NBA Things Happened

Monday, March 29, 202112 takes

We’re back to being half coherent but this weekend was awesome. Jake’s shining moments and a ton of other stuff. Also white boy summer.

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021
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Oregon State is the greatest team of all time

Oregon State, Loyola Chicago. Oregon State is just the greatest team of all time. And I'm going to say that about pretty much every team, just be warned that I don't have a lot in my repertoire right now, but they are the greatest team as of right now.

Oregon State reached the Elite Eight as a 12-seed, an incredible run, though they obviously weren't the greatest team of all time as they lost to Houston in the next game.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021
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Baylor is beatable because they are a streaky shooting team

I'm caught between that they [Baylor] didn't play their best and still won, so they're really good, and they're beatable because they went three for 19 from three, and they were a little bit streaky. Their best players didn't play their A games.

Baylor went on to win the National Championship, proving they were the most dominant team in the field despite any perceived streakiness.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021
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Gonzaga is the 2018 Villanova of this tournament

Gonzaga's starting to feel like the 2018 Nova team that beat everyone by double digits and just blitzed everyone. We were at that championship game. They were an absolute wagon. It's starting to feel like that. Because you thought like, oh, Creighton, they hit the three... They didn't hang with them at all.

While Gonzaga reached the final, they were ultimately blown out by Baylor, failing to finish the dominant run like 2018 Villanova did.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021
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I've accepted that Gonzaga is winning the National Championship

Gonzaga is probably not going to lose. I've just accepted the fact Gonzaga is probably going to win this NCAA championship.

Gonzaga lost the championship game to Baylor 86-70.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021
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Alabama's refusal to shoot mid-range jumpers hurt their free throw shooting

I would ask maybe the lack of mid-range jump shots in practice and making it one point and saying everyone has to only shoot fours or twos had something to do with them going 11 for 25 from the free throw line in a very important situation.

While Alabama's poor free throw shooting (44%) did lead to their loss vs UCLA, the link between mid-range practice and free throw percentage is a common basketball debate but not a proven fact.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·Who's Back
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The Mike Woodson hire at Indiana probably won't work

They hired Mike Woodson... He's never coached college basketball in his life... That doesn't feel like it's going to work. What do you mean? A guy who has never coached college basketball.

Woodson's tenure has been a struggle; after three seasons, Indiana has only made the tournament twice (exiting early) and failed to make it in 2024, leading to significant fan unrest.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·Who's Back
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Billy Football doesn't have the punctuality to be a Navy SEAL

Billy drunkenly tweeted... 'I would trade it all to be a Navy SEAL.' Now... rule number one of being a Navy SEAL is punctuality. And Billy fails at that all the time.

This is a subjective character judgment based on Billy's well-documented behavior on the show.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·Who's Back
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Baseball suffered the most from having no fans in attendance

I'm very excited about baseball season because baseball, I think, was the sport that suffered the most not having fans in attendance. It didn't feel real with nobody in the stands. There's something about going to a baseball game in the middle of the day in the summertime.

This is inherently subjective, though many sports analysts agreed that the 'pacing' of baseball made empty stadiums feel particularly cavernous.

Nba

Win
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·NBA
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People are overreacting to the Nets signing LaMarcus Aldridge

LaMarcus Aldridge signing with the Nets had everyone upset. I still don't understand why. Everyone does the tweet where it's like, look how many All-Stars the Nets have... This is they're doing everyone who's upset about this is doing my Kevin White bit being like Kevin White's a top 10 pick. Eventually you get old and LaMarcus Aldridge, great career, but he's not LaMarcus Aldridge of five, ten years ago.

Aldridge retired abruptly due to a heart scare shortly after joining the Nets, then came back briefly, but was never a major factor in a championship run for them. Big Cat's assessment of his diminished impact was accurate.

Nfl

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Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·NFL
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The 49ers definitely traded up to the #3 pick for a quarterback

The biggest ramification from all this is it's clear the 49ers traded up for a quarterback. John Lynch said afterwards, like, no, Jimmy Garoppolo is still our guy. Okay, no, but whatever. Thanks for saying it.

The 49ers used the #3 pick to select quarterback Trey Lance.
Push
Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·NFL
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At least four quarterbacks will go in the top 10 of the 2021 NFL Draft

It's going to be like 2011 all over again, I think, where we're going to see four quarterbacks go in the top ten.

In the 2021 Draft, 3 QBs went in the top 3 (Lawrence, Wilson, Lance), and the 4th (Justin Fields) went at #11. So he was off by one spot for the 'top 10' threshold.

Ufc

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Take Slip·Mar 29, 2021·UFC
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Francis Ngannou's life story deserves a 30 for 30

We do need a 30 for 30 on Francis Ngannou's life. It's crazy. He worked in a sand mine when he was 10 years old in Cameroon... traveled to Europe, took 14 months, failed a bunch of times, had to go to prison because he illegally crossed the border... and now he's a world champ.

This is subjective, but Ngannou's story is widely regarded as one of the most remarkable in sports history.