The 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.
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View episodeThe 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.
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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I don't think we ever actually closed the Chiefs' window. I think Mahomes was just in bed because he was injured, far away from the window.
Mahomes will be back to himself by season's end
By the end of this season, Mahomes is gonna be back to being Mahomes.
The Oregon loss could turn Dan Lanning into a psychopath
I don't think that Dan Lanning has slept since that loss. I think Dan Lanning has turned into an absolute psycho because of this loss. He's sick. It actually might be a dangerous thing for the rest of the Big Ten that Oregon lost that game.