The 2018 first weekend was the craziest in NCAA tournament history
I actually I'm gonna say it: it was the craziest first weekend in tournament history. We had the first ever 16 beat a one... you had two seeds that both could have won the tournament, UNC and Cincy, and then you had two three seeds, Michigan State and Tennessee, who lost.
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View episodeThe UMBC upset was a calculated move by the school to develop a national profile and drive admissions
I'm staying a little bit woke on that... this was a very good opportunity for UMBC to develop a national profile with a Twitter account. And then they used it to start like promoting their president. And they tweeted out like links to apply to UMBC.
Kentucky has the easiest path to the Final Four in 2018
Kentucky could not have had a better bracket. Now with everyone imploding in their bracket, they have to get to the Final Four. Because they have no choice now. They have the easiest path to the Final Four.
The Syracuse zone is the college basketball equivalent of Navy's triple-option offense
I compare the Syracuse zone to Georgia Tech's offense or Navy's offense in football. It's not fun to watch. It's not especially exciting. But it's so much different from everything else that you see all year that a team that plays that zone can beat any team in the country a couple times out of ten.
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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.