I would bet the house on Virginia in their first-round game against a 16-seed
Actually, we should hammer [Virginia] against the 16th seed. They will take it so seriously, and that's a game that they will have to win by like 40. They can't ever be losing in that game.
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View episodeLeBron James is tanking the Lakers' season to lure Kevin Durant to Los Angeles
The one thing I'm keeping an eye on here, I think LeBron might be tanking this season on purpose because KD is going to want to do the opposite thing that he did last time he was a free agent. He wants to go to perhaps the worst team in the league. Right now that looks like the Los Angeles Lakers because they just lost to the worst team in the league two nights ago. So I think that this is LeBron James setting up a long, long proposition here.
The Lakers are officially dead and will not make the playoffs
The Lakers, I'm done chaining them. They are five and a half games back with 18 games to play. They basically have to run the table. They have no chance. They have to run the table to sneak into that last spot. So this is going to be a total failure.
The Celtics can still beat the 76ers, Bucks, and Raptors in a playoff series
The thing with the Celtics and the thing with the Eastern Conference is that, yes, the Celtics are kind of a dumpster fire right now... but I could still see a situation where the Celtics could beat the Sixers, they could beat the Bucks, they could beat the Raptors. And all it takes is you need to win one series, and then it's like everything going forward.
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The Chargers might have the most must-win game of all time playing the Raiders with the schedule they have. If they don't win this week, it's over.
Texas won; Ohio State choked
I'll say Texas win, Ryan Day choke. The play calling, I don't know, maybe they got too conservative. I think they probably did.
Oregon is probably out if it loses to USC
The USC game will be massive. If Oregon loses that game, they're probably out.