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March Madness Recap, 4 Days Of Upsets, Chaos And Awesome Moments + Monday Reading About Kyler Murray

Monday, March 20, 202316 takes

Weve survived the 4 days of March Madness and we're ready to recap it all. Purdue's failure and FDU was an all time underdog story (-). Watching Duke get bullied, Arkansas and Muss is the Mr March in waiting (-). Our love for Andrew Funk and UCLA survives (-). Tom Izzo does it again and K-State may be a team of destiny plus tons more (-). Who's back of the week including Aaron Rodgers to the Jets from billy's perspective plus we have a Monday Reading on Kyler Murray's video game playing (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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University of Virginia is the biggest winner of the weekend despite not playing

Biggest winner of the weekend... University of Virginia. Big time dodged bullet because not only did their loss against Furman not, it wasn't even close to being the biggest upset... but also they're no longer the only 16 seed to go down to a one seed [because of] Purdue and FDU.

Purdue's loss to FDU effectively superseded UVA's loss to UMBC in the 'most recent embarrassment' category, though UVA still holds the 2018 ignominy.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Big CatBig Cat

Purdue has officially reached rock bottom because there are no 17 seeds to lose to

Purdue now 2021, they lost to a 13 seed... 2022, they lost to a 15 seed... 2023, they lost to a 16 seed... Good news for Purdue. There are no 17 seeds. So it feels like we've reached the bottom.

Logically correct as there is no 17th seed in the current NCAA bracket format.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Without Zach Edey, Purdue wouldn't have even made the NIT

My takeaway was that Zach Edey, without Zach Edey Purdue would not have made the tournament. They probably wouldn't have even made the NIT. Zach Edey was the only one doing anything.

The sentiment is supported by Edey winning National Player of the Year, but impossible to factually prove.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Matt Painter should be fired

Get him out. Yeah. Fire is at third. Do you want me to read again? 13 seed. 15 seed. 16 seed. He's the, he's the bizarro world Tom Izzo.

Painter was not fired and actually led Purdue to the National Championship game the following season (2024).
Void
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Steph Curry ruined basketball by normalizing the three-point shot

Steph Curry ruined basketball. Bob Ryan's kind of right. Bob Ryan's low-key right about this... I like the three point shot, but it has, it's drastically changed the sport and not always for the good. I do miss having a dude having just dudes bang down low.

Purely subjective debate on the aesthetic and tactical evolution of the sport.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Ed Cooley will leave Providence for the Georgetown head coaching job

There's growing speculation that Ed Cooley's going jump to Georgetown. So something to monitor. We'll see if he makes that jump within the Big East conference.

Ed Cooley officially accepted the Georgetown job on March 20, 2023.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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John Scheyer lost because he wore a black sweater instead of a gray one

The game was decided well before that, before the boys even stepped on the court because Scheyer wasn't wearing the sweatshirt. They were wearing the same sweaters, different color black... The gray one was way better.

A superstitious take that cannot be factually validated.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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NCAA tournament teams should start resting players in the regular season like the NBA

How it's gonna become more like the NBA where maybe some teams are gonna start realizing that seating doesn't matter that much. Right. In the NCAA tournament, it doesn't start resting your guys the regular season doesn't matter.

Currently not a trend in college basketball due to the importance of Quad 1 wins for tournament eligibility.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Princeton will beat Creighton and advance further in the tournament

I mean I I think if you can, if you can beat a Power five school like Mizzou, Princeton should be able to wipe out a mid-major like Creighton.

Creighton beat Princeton 86-75 in the Sweet 16 on March 24, 2023.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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UCLA's Max Clark is fine and his ankle injury isn't serious

He literally said he's fine... If he just repeats that he's fine enough. Yeah, it would be fine... I put on my PMT's stethoscope and say that his ankle is very, very swollen. Yeah. And his ankle is very, very badly sprained. Yep. So he probably won't be fine.

The player in question (Adem Bona) missed the following Sweet 16 game due to the injury.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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Tom Izzo is the most underrated coach because he became so overrated

I think Tom Izzo's underrated. I think he's underrated as a head coach for a while. He, he got so overrated that now he became underrated... I'm gonna be the first person to say it. So when the discussion eventually happens, I was there before all you guys.

Purely a narrative/opinion-based take.
Void
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023
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FAU is the best college to go to for the lifestyle

If I had to do college all over again... I think I would go to FAU because of the campus where it's at. You're in Boca Raton... you realize what would be the most fun college experience. It would either be go to a big state school... or just go live in Boca for four years.

Subjective personal preference.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023·Who's Back
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LIV Golf should execute the last place team every week to fix their ratings

I have a very simple way to solve this ratings issue. Execute the last place team every week... The ultimate relegation. Yeah. To the afterlife... Or they don't have cuts but they could chop your head off.

This is a comedic proposal and will not happen.
Win
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023·Who's Back
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Ja Morant will relapse if he plays poorly after his brief rehab

And the toughest part is the relapse where if he, if he gets back and he's not that good, you're gonna fall back in old habits and you're gonna be like, I need to, I need to have a gun in strip club again.

Ja Morant was suspended for 25 games at the start of the 2023-24 season for another gun-related social media video in May 2023.
Loss
Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023·Who's Back
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same room will fix Wilson's career

Aaron Rodgers... he might be the one guy that's able to fix what are the fuck's happening in Zach Wilson... Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same quarterback room is going to actually help... At least they do Ayahuasca together.

Rodgers got injured 4 snaps into the 2023 season. Wilson struggled as the starter again and was eventually traded to the Broncos in 2024.

Monday Reading

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Take Slip·Mar 20, 2023·Monday Reading
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Big CatBig Cat

Kyler Murray is right for using cheese plays in Madden

I am on Kyler Murray's side... Kyler Murray's in the right... you got your ass beaten in the Madden League... And then you went online to be like, well Kyler Murray's a bad guy cuz he beats me with the same play and I can't figure out a defense to stop it.

Subjective opinion on gaming ethics.