It is human nature for an injured player to sometimes root for their team to lose
I don't think you'd be human if there wasn't a part of you that was like, I hope that we lose. It's the competitive nature in you. Kyrie's probably going through the same thing. Like, I wish I was out there. I wish I was helping the team win. I think to compete at this level, you have to have that mentality.
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I do think the Bears are going to play all their starters because they do need... Like, they can still get that two seed, and to give up that two seed would be kind of stupid, just willingly.
I am taking the over on the Alabama-Oklahoma game regardless of the total
Alabama playing Oklahoma. I'm taking the over no matter what. It's like 80, but that's one of those ones they're challenging me. Let's do it. They're telling me you won't do this, and I fucking will.
I think Notre Dame might beat Clemson because I can't bet on two favorites in the same night
I can't take both favorites, so I'm taking Notre Dame, and I think they might win the game. Solely because of the other game [Alabama-Oklahoma].
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I don't think you'd be human if there wasn't a part of you that was like, I hope that we lose... it's the competitive nature in you. I know you're obviously rooting for your teammates. You want them to win, but there's a part of you that always wants to be part of the winning team.
Brad Stevens is the best X's and O's coach I have ever seen
From an X's and O's standpoint, he's one of the best, if not the best I've ever seen. It's like when you watch... the Celtics games, or if you have watched old Butler games, like after timeout plays, we're getting the bucket every time.
The 2010 Duke team was the best coached team in the tournament, not the most talented
Duke was not the most talented team that we played or had the best players that we played throughout the tournament... But they were the best coached and, like, the most disciplined. They were kind of like us.