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Mark Titus, Elite 8 Recap, Hank Isn't Getting A Cat Because He Hates Animals

Monday, April 1, 20199 takes

Duke lost and Hank isn't getting a cat even though he should do the right thing and save a life ( - ). Recap of the other Elite 8 games including #BigMad for both Kentucky and Purdue fans. Virginia wins in incredible fashion and Bruce Pearl sweat all over everyone ( - ). Who's back of the week including Elon Musk trying to bring back Harambe ( - ). Mark Titus joins the show to talk about the Elite 8, Cal and Coach K, why the Final Four will still be great, and his life as a Hollywood bro now ( - ). Segments include Bad Visual for Jason Witten, Lebron Blames, Ass Eating SZN, Hank hot in the streets, and PFT is trying to go to Hong Kong for half a day.

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson was the college basketball season and his departure leaves a hole in the Final Four.

I'm going to miss Zion a lot because he was so much fun to watch this season. He was the college basketball season, and he leaves like a hole in all of our hearts for the Final Four. Zion was the only one who, like, wanted it, I felt like, a lot of times during this Duke run.

Subjective appreciation of a player's impact.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tom Izzo is a very overrated coach because he does not win enough championships.

I still think that Izzo is very, very, very overrated. Final fours. Yeah, that's fine... When was the last time they won a championship? I'm about rings, dude. I don't know about you. I don't care about Final Fours, all that bullshit.

While Izzo has only one title (2000), his eight Final Fours at the time make him statistically elite, making the 'overrated' claim highly debatable.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

The Lakers will miss LeBron James during the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Everyone out there, please remind us how much fun it's been to talk about LeBron this year because I will have a moment in the first round of the playoffs where I'll be like, I kind of wish LeBron was here.

The 2019 NBA Playoffs did proceed without LeBron, and while high quality, they lacked the LeBron-centric storylines of previous years.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

I will eat PFT Commenter's ass if Christian Yelich wins the Home Run Derby.

They were talking about the Home Run Derby and if Christian Yelich ever got in it and won, that [Big Cat] would eat PFT Commenter's ass. Yes. And so when I saw that tweet, it just reminded me... I'll fucking eat PFT's ass, whatever.

Pete Alonso won the 2019 Home Run Derby. Christian Yelich participated but did not win, so the condition was not met.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals are going to make another deep playoff run.

So this is all lining up for the Caps to make another deep playoff run... I would be very, very afraid if I were the Eastern Conference right now. Very afraid. Very afraid. I'm just calling it. It's our year.

The Capitals lost in the first round (7 games) to the Carolina Hurricanes in April 2019.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Mark TitusMark Titus

Coach K and John Calipari are more focused on building their brands than winning basketball games.

Cal and Coach K are not playing the same game as everyone else. They're not trying to win basketball games. They're trying to win their brand. They're trying to build their brands and keep the machine just churning. And they don't want anyone to notice.

This is a subjective interpretation of coaching philosophies and program management.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Mark TitusMark Titus

Coach K has entered the 'Paterno phase' of his career where he is no longer actually coaching.

First of all, can we just acknowledge that [Coach K] has entered the Paterno phase of his career where he's just trying not to shit his pants as the game's going on. He's not actually coaching. That's the thing. This season was such a disaster from Duke... How do you have a team full of freshmen get worse as the season goes on?

Subjective and hyperbolic critique of a coaching legend.
Win
Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Zion Williamson is 'one bad weekend away' from being fat.

Zion Williamson, the best way to describe him is, as a bigger guy myself, he's one bad weekend away from being fat. Like, if I go one weekend where I just eat like shit, drink like shit, don't sleep very well, I'll come in Monday morning and everyone will be like, whoa, dude, what happened to you? And it can happen that fast.

History has shown that Zion's weight and conditioning have been consistent issues throughout his early NBA career.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2019
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Mark TitusMark Titus

Texas Tech might be the best team in the country right now.

Texas Tech might honestly be the best team in the country right now. They just beat Gonzaga, who I thought was kind of the best team in the country, and they beat them pretty, like, it didn't feel like a fluke. It felt like Gonzaga played really well in that game, and Texas Tech was just better.

Texas Tech reached the title game and lost in overtime, proving they were arguably the best or second-best team.