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Donovan Clingan's priority should be establishing a long NBA career over just being a high draft pick

Moving forward with these guys, if I think they're making a mistake and I think they need more time in college, I'm gonna tell 'em. [Donovan Clingan] knows he's gonna be in the NBA, but I want these guys to be in the NBA for 10, 15 years, not just get drafted and make money.

Someone will eventually get seriously injured during a court storming

It's dangerous, man. Yeah. and it is. It's dangerous now. And we've had significant injuries over the years... Something bad's gonna happen. And when it does, we're gonna have the audacity to be surprised at it.

If court storming ended tomorrow, ratings and engagement would be exactly the same

I think if it ended tomorrow, we would see the same passion and the same ratings and the same level of engagement that we always see.

Rick Pitino will get St. John's to a Final Four before he retires

Rick Pitino in the Final Four will happen at some point again before he calls it quits.

Tom Izzo will coach as long as he is physically able to

What would Tom Izzo do though if he didn't coach? I don't think Tom Izzo would wanna, you know, be a studio analyst... Tom Izzo wants to coach. Tom Izzo wants to win... So I think Tom Izzo is going to coach as long as he can coach.

Gonzaga will eventually win a national title

Is Gonzaga ever going to win a national title? Yes. Yes. But soon? That's a different question... I think we're gonna win one.

Pardon My Take will do a show from the Maui Invitational within 5 years

I'm gonna proclaim it right now. Within the next 5 years. This podcast is doing the Maui tournament. Yeah, I'm, I'm in Hawaii for Thanksgiving. We'll get a big fucking pig with with pineapple.

I would bet my life that Duke will not win a national championship in the next 10 years

If Duke wins one title in the next 10 years, you've got to kill yourself... I'll take that bet. I would take the under... I'll bet you our lives. You get 10 years because... John Scheyer, we don't know. He's not proven.

Gonzaga will never make it back to a Final Four

Gonzaga is like, I don't think they'll be back. I'm sure they have great recruits and everything, but damn, that's a [loss]. That's never going to get to a Final Four.

Gonzaga's window to win a title has officially closed until they move conferences

I'm officially announcing that until they move to a real conference, Gonzaga's window has officially closed.

Gonzaga will never win a national championship in college basketball

Fucking Gonzaga. They're never going to win shit.

John Scheyer will be successful because he knows how the Duke system operates

But I think he will, with the right boosters and connections and bag men, I think he will be very successful at Duke. So, and I think just having a guy who won a national title for Coach K be the guy who's now coaching, I think it's a fairly easy transition.

Gonzaga will never win a National Title

So, all right, to put a bow on it, Gonzaga will never win a title. I mean, they didn't play against a single ranked team in the entire year of 2021... The WCC is a – it's Mickey Mouse. That's right. It is a Mickey Mouse league.

Tom Izzo will eventually be considered overrated by the general public

I'm squatting on the take. I'm not saying that he's overrated. I'm just saying people one day soon eventually will start saying that Tom Izzo is overrated.

Tennessee will never win anything big with Rick Barnes as their head coach

You guys are claim sometimes at your basketball school. Now, even though you have Rick Barnes your head coach, which means you'll never win anything big.

I doubt the Gonzaga basketball program will ever be able to get over the hump and win a national championship.

I doubt that that [Gonzaga] program will ever get over that hump. It's just they've got that stink on them now. And it's tough to wash it out.

Louisville has scored 69 points more than any other program in tournament history

Louisville has scored 69 points in NCAA tournament more than any other program in the country... I swear to God, that's a fact. And then it gets even better... the program that has won the most games in college basketball history that has never scored 69 in the tournament is BYU.

John Calipari will stay at Kentucky until he retires, then go into broadcasting or politics

I actually think he'll retire here and then he'll go into broadcasting. Or he talks about privately running for Senate. And I know that seems crazy, but I could totally see him in four years running against Mitch McConnell.