Arizona has to reach the Final Four this year to end a long tournament drought
Arizona's sitting at 147th at 73.4% [free throws]. They have to go to the Final Four, guys. They need to have success in this tournament. They need to make Indianapolis. And I believe they will.
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View episodeHigh Point is a very, very good basketball team
I actually think that High Point is a very, very good team. It was no fluke. They're a very good team.
I am done believing in Wisconsin basketball because they always rip my guts out in the tournament
I think the only lesson I've learned is like, I need to just stop believing. Because this has also become a thing where the Badgers haven't been to the Sweet 16 in like nine years... every year that we keep going is another year that I'm just reminded how close I was in 2015. I will never get back there. It just won't happen like every other team.
High Point is not a real school; it is a four-year post-high school vacation
High Point isn't a real school. It's vacation. It's vacation use four years of post high school vacation... Students in Madison right now still have another like, solid month and a half of Winter. High Point is going and eating ice cream and in their shorts and flip flops and having steaks.
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View profileUConn will beat Illinois in a very close Final Four game
There's more trust for me in what UConn does... I believe UConn wins a really, really close game.
Arizona will beat Michigan in the Final Four
I favor Arizona. I believe Arizona can frustrate Michigan offensively... My favorite thing about Arizona is they don't care who scores. Whether it's Bradley or breweries... they're both really capable of a tidal wave.
Take the under in Arizona-Michigan — football stadium plus poor three-point shooting teams means a low-scoring game
Both teams get a lot of easy offense off their defense. Who has the bigger spurts in that? And they're not great three-point shooting teams, and now you're going into a football stadium. I think you gotta take the under.