Missing the tournament is better for Duke than losing in the first round
I actually agree with that. I think that not making the tournament is actually way better for Duke than making the tournament and getting skunked in the first round. Just getting, like, blown out.
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View episodeIllinois is the number one team in college basketball
Illinois is officially the number one team in the country according to my power rankings. What a night in college basketball. They absolutely kicked the shit out of Michigan... I want everyone to understand that the rankings are not predictive. They're reactive. So I reacted to the last week.
Teams should drop in the rankings if they go to overtime
The Baylor game, we can get to that in a little bit. But if you go to overtime, I feel like you should drop in the rankings. That should be reflected on the back end.
Gonzaga will probably win the NCAA tournament
And again, I think Gonzaga is, Gonzaga probably will win the tournament. They probably are going to win the tournament, whatever.
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I think England's gonna win this weekend. And then you'll have the realization that it might not actually be coming home after all... losing to Argentina at that stage, that would be the most heartbreaking loss they could possibly have.
Christian Pulisic is clearly not and cannot be the face of US soccer
I'm just sick of relying on him [Pulisic] to be the face of US soccer because it can't be, it's so clear that he's not.
The 4-1 loss to Belgium was the worst USMNT performance in years
That was the worst performance from the US that I've seen in years. Just completely lackluster from the start. So much blame to go around. Tim Ream, friend of the program, good guy over the hill, turned into soccer Shawn Bradley before our very eyes got dunked on twice.