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Uconn Coach Dan Hurley, Final 4 Is Set, The World Stays Mad About Zach Edey And DJ Burns Is An American Hero

Monday, April 1, 202412 takes

The Final Four is set and DJ Burns saves the world from Duke (-). Zach Edey was introduced to a brand new fan base and Tennessee outside of Dalton Knecht cost them a trip to the Final Four (-). Uconn is an absolute wagon and we decide what Alabama fans would give up in Football for a title in basketball (-). Rashee Rice is running from the police and LSU vs Iowa Monday Night (-) . Who's back of the week including Bryce Harper jumping into the dugout and Beyonce saves Country Music (-). Uconn Head Coach Dan Hurley joins the show to talk about Uconn's dominant run thus far, new things to get mad at, why he doesn't give Andrew Hurley more minutes, and tons more (-). We finish with a serious conversation about the Philadelphia Phillies raising a banner for an NLCS loss (-).

Recap

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

DJ Burns is the man and NC State is America's team for beating Duke

DJ Burns is the fucking man. Yes. I love him. Thank everyone in America should thank DJ Burns for beating Duke. Oh. For just being awesome.

NC State did beat Duke to reach the Final Four and became a viral sensation during the 2024 tournament.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The only way to defend DJ Burns is to pull the chair out from under him

The, if you're not a giant, the only way that you can defend him is something that Duke tried to do one time tonight that never went back to it. Where you just back away from him. As he's putting that, he pull the chair, you pull the chair out and then he gets outta control. That's the only way that you can stop him because you can't push back against him.

Subjective tactical opinion, though DJ Burns' low center of gravity and footwork did make him notoriously difficult to guard without 'pulling the chair'.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Zach Edey is legitimately good at basketball despite his game being unenjoyable to watch

Purdue fans should just be like, that's okay because we win. You know what I mean? Like, there, it, it, it's at a point where it's like to, to quote our good friend Jay Bilas agree to disagree. Like you, you guys have your team, they play a certain brand that is winning basketball that's getting you to the final four. Most of America doesn't enjoy this experience.

Edey won back-to-back Naismith Player of the Year awards, proving his quality, while the 'watchability' is a matter of fan opinion.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

Alabama football fans would trade a basketball national championship for a win over Georgia

I mean there will be some Alabama basketball fans that will say that we're crazy for this. But I think that if you polled the entire Alabama fan base. Yeah. I mean football just is king there. ... win against Georgia. That might be, but yeah, they just have, there's something about having it all.

Inherently subjective assessment of fan sentiment.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

If UConn repeats as champions, they must be considered one of the best college basketball teams ever

But if they finish the job this upcoming weekend and Monday, they have to go in the conversation of Best College basketball teams of all time. Yeah. Like it, it has to be said.

UConn did win the 2024 title, finishing one of the most dominant tournament runs in history (average margin of victory over 20 points), cementing their place among all-time greats.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Big CatBig Cat

The Kim Mulkey 'hit piece' was ultimately just a standard profile of a demanding coach

The hit piece on Kim Mulkey dropped. It turns out it was just a profile of Kim Mulkey. It was just like she's an asshole. Yeah. Which anyone who's a very successful coach in in college sports or pro sports, you could write it and be like, yeah. It turns out they're kind of an asshole.

The article was widely perceived as less scandalous than Mulkey's reaction suggested it would be.
Loss
Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yankees have already won the World Series after their opening sweep of Houston

I'd just like to be the first to congratulate Jake's New York Yankees on winning the World Series. Yeah. Four game sweep in Houston. Congrats. Jake. Juan Soto got his pinstripes. New era.

The Yankees did not win the 2024 World Series; they lost in the World Series to the Dodgers.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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MaxMax

The Phillies hanging a banner for losing the NLCS is pathetic loser behavior

They didn't even win the division. They were like, they won nothing. They hung like, I don't know what, like... it's the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. I am. I might go, go to Citizen's Bank Park, scale that poll and take it down myself. All right.

The Phillies did hang a banner for the 2023 season despite not winning the division, league, or World Series, which was widely mocked by fans.

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Beyonce's 'Jolene' cover is not good and should be skipped

Beyonce's Jolene sucks. That's, she covered it on this album. She did it. And it's a skip. Oh, it's a big skip. It's skip. It's not good. Boy.

Music quality is subjective, but this was a common critique of the Cowboy Carter album.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024·Who's Back
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Big CatBig Cat

Spring football (UFL) will never be relevant because the sports calendar is too crowded

I'm, I've never been more confident in my take that spring football. I just don't care. I, I feel very good about that because I've, every, every few years they try to pop one up and be like, you should care. I respect the sports calendar more than anything. This is March Madness. This is gonna be masters. This is gonna be NBA and NHL playoffs. Football is king. I love football more than anything, but not spring football.

The UFL did struggle for ratings compared to major spring sports, validating Big Cat's 'calendar' theory.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Dan HurleyDan Hurley

UConn's historic season hasn't been covered enough by national media

Our season hasn't been covered in, in my mind and the, you know, national media enough, you know, this is a team that's done historic stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah. I mean, if we were at Duke or Kentucky or Kansas, they would lead SportsCenter with it and it would be the biggest story in sports.

While UConn was highly ranked all year, Hurley's point about media focus on teams like Duke is a common sentiment in New England.
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Take Slip·Apr 1, 2024
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Dan HurleyDan Hurley

The Big East representative recusal rule in the tournament committee room is a disadvantage

In that room, there's, you know, with all those committee members, when the, when the representative from your league, when they're talking about teams in your league, that person's not allowed to stay in the room. Yeah. So I guess what you gotta learn the, we have gotta learn the arc of is like, I guess of how to destroy these other conferences when you are in the room.

The recusal policy for committee members whose schools or conferences are being discussed is a real NCAA protocol.