Max Abmas changed his name pronunciation to help his Naismith Award campaign
I think [Abmas] changed the pronunciation of his name to rhyme with Naismith... like Joe Theismann? His name used to be Theisman and he changed his name to Thaman so that he would help a marketing campaign for winning the Heisman trophy.
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Paige Bueckers might be my goat. Yeah. We love women more than any other podcast in America.
UConn will beat Iowa because Gino Auriemma has a better game plan for Caitlin Clark
I actually, I think UConn's gonna beat [Iowa] though, because I think Gino, like, if you watch the second game, Gino had a game plan for Juju Watkins that Kim Mulkey just didn't have for Caitlin.
Quarters are a better format for basketball than halves
I think I like the format of the women's game better. The quarters. I like the quarters. fouls reset... my one knock against the NCAA tournament on the men's side, is that down the stretch... it just turns into a foul fest.
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View profileDuke would have won the National Championship by 50 points if they had reached the final.
I think if Duke plays in the championship game, they win by 50. Easily. That was a wasted opportunity.
Michigan is already the favorite to win the National Championship again next season.
Michigan I think is right now the favorites to win next season. Tough to win back to back, but he has to hit the portal. He has to be active... which he already is.
College basketball is now 'pay to win' and that's unsustainable
It's a pay to win tournament. Like basketball is ruined. Unsustainable. Yeah, that's the new word that I keep hearing.