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Houston will steamroll Northern Kentucky and their second-round opponent (Iowa or Auburn)

Houston, when they get embarrassed, they take it out so hard. Yeah. On like... Houston is going to steamroll Northern Kentucky. Duh. But then Iowa or Auburn are both gonna get steamrolled either one. Houston, just a reminder... puts a lid on the rim and they just rebound. That's all they do.

Houston beat NKU by 11 and Auburn by 17; while they won both, 'steamrolled' is an exaggeration for the 11-point win over a 16-seed.

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Mar 13, 2023
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Somebody got fleeced in the Bears-Panthers trade, but we won't know who for three years

The Bears have made a big trade on Friday afternoon... Fleeced, they fleeced somebody got fleeced, I don't know who asked me in three years, but somebody got fleeced.

Whether a trade is a 'fleece' is a long-term subjective evaluation, and Big Cat correctly identifies the uncertainty.
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Rutgers got screwed and completely fucked by the NCAA tournament committee

I do wanna say Rutgers got screwed. Let's just throw that out there. Rutgers got fucked. I I, one of my favorite parts of when they do the bracket reveal and you have the last four out and one team always gets fucked. That team gets maybe like three minutes of everyone feeling bad for 'em. And then you're like, oh shit. I have a bracket in my head.

Whether a team 'deserved' to be in is inherently subjective and a matter of debate.
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Mar 13, 2023
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UNC are cowards for refusing to participate in the NIT

UNC preemptively declaring that they're not going to participate in the NIT [are] cowards, which is a bullshit thing that they're doing. It's disgusting that UNC is bowing out... This is, it's disgusting. It's a slap in the face to all of college basketball.

UNC did officially decline the NIT invitation in 2023.

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Michigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.

Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.

The episode presents Michigan winning the 2026 National Championship as a fact within the show's timeline.
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Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot

They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.

Subjective comparison of team quality. Duke did beat Michigan during the regular season in 2025-26.
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Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane

Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.

This is a factual claim about Hurley's ATS record over the last four NCAA tournaments. Based on UConn's remarkable tournament run, this is plausible and presented as a known stat. Cannot fully verify exact record but the claim is stated as fact.

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