The NBA in-season tournament is essentially a way for LeBron James to get more rings
It was essentially the NBA was like, how can we make it so that LeBron gets more rings so he can feel like he's better than Jordan. Let's make a made up trophy in the middle of [the season].
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View episodeUConn is a wagon, but my 'minus sign' luck might be the kiss of death for them
Yukon is a wagon and that might be the kiss of death cuz I'm the minus sign of King and I'm about to lay a brick. I'm about to lay a brick on Yukon and it's given me vibes of how sure I was that there were gonna be no DOKs.
Playing basketball in a football stadium is a knock against the atmosphere
It's a knock against the whole idea of playing basketball in a football stadium... it doesn't have, the arena doesn't rock as much, you know, it's not as loud.
San Diego State players struggle with free throws because they are too muscular from living on the beach
My theory on San Diego State... They're both too jacked up. Yeah, because they live on the beach in San Diego. So they're like, I gotta have guns swell when I go outside all the time. They're too strong and they don't have any touch on their fellow shots.
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View profileMichigan 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.
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.
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.