Takes

UCLA will beat Gonzaga in the Sweet 16

I'm going with the Bruins because they're defensively, I think they're in line even without [Jaylen] Clark. And to me, as good as Gonzaga is, I don't trust their back court. And I do trust Tiger Campbell.

Take $500,000 over a dinner with Jay-Z

[$500,000]. Because most likely Jay-Z has said it a million times in various different ways. So it would be like me saving $500,000 just to spend two days looking at every single interview he's ever done... why do I need to listen to him? I could save $500,000.

I would rather watch March Madness 100 times out of 100 over the WBC

If you tell me, would you rather watch World Baseball Classic or March Madness? I'd say March Madness a hundred times out of a hundred times.

MLB should play 140 games and hold the WBC every year

Why don't they play 140 games, Major League Baseball season, and then we can have a World Baseball Classic every year and you can expand the tournament. I'd be down for that. That would be cool.

Stan Musial invented the fist bump

I learned something the other day. I don't know if you guys heard this. Do you guys know who invented the fist bump? Stan Musial invented the fist bump. How crazy is that?

Miami will upset Houston and make the Final Four

Hot Take Miami can beat them. Ooh. And I'm gonna be the one guy that picks Miami to win... Miami is a bad matchup for Houston... I am going to go out on a limb and pick them. Wow. Because I think I, I don't trust Houston's offense.

Nick Saban's 'wrong place, wrong time' comment was a direct shot at Nate Oats

Nick Saban has just suspended freshman defensive back, Tony Mitchell... and Nick Saban said everybody's got an opportunity to make choices and decisions. There's no such thing as the wrong place at the wrong time. Seemed like a direct shot at Nate Oats for using the wrong place, wrong time excuse for Brandon Miller.

John Calipari and Kentucky should part ways

Cal at Kentucky has run its course. It's run its course. I think for both sides it might be best for their best versions of themselves going forward to not be together.

Roger Goodell is actually awesome at his job despite everyone hating him

For everything that he has hated for and he's hated for a lot... he does an incredible job. It's like he was designed in a lab just to absorb blows and make a shitload of money for the NFL. And he's done both, like basically the best you could possibly do.

UConn will win the National Championship

My national champion... is the Connecticut Huskies... There was something I saw from UConn last week and that made me say they could do it. I'm gonna take UConn.

Lamar Jackson won't sign a new contract until after the NFL Draft

I think Lamar's gonna, I think it's gonna go, I think Lamar we're not gonna get anything until after the draft. He's gonna just keep going... then whoever misses out on a quarterback in the draft, will then be like, okay, now we will sign this offer sheet because also then you get to use your draft pick this year.

Kevin Harlan is approaching GOAT status as a broadcaster

Kevin Harlan is, he is, he's, he's getting into like, I mean he's almost goat status. Like every game that you hear him call it feels like a big game. He's got a big voice.

St. John's will make the NCAA Tournament in Rick Pitino's first year

I think, and we can revisit this a year from now, I think they will have found a way to make the NCAA tournament... I really believe that.

Parents should buy a share of stock that matches every toy they buy their kids

Buy him a little Caterpillar truck, right? Buy him a share in Caterpillar. Ooh. And then show him what that truck is equal to... Buy him a share in maybe Disney and a Disney product that he likes... he's gonna start to understand [finance].

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.

Michigan State will beat Kansas State because you cannot bet against Tom Izzo in the second weekend

I cannot bet against a man who lasts two times he's been in the second weekend, he's made the Final Four. Who in 28 years at the helm, he's made the second weekend in the NCAA tournament 15 times... I'm going with Michigan State, by the way.

Joey Hauser is the 'Brady Manek' of the 2023 NCAA Tournament

Joey Hauser is the Brady Manek of this NCAA tournament... sometimes when you have two great players like Vescovi and Zeigler are, are really good... but Hauser is just deliver[ing].

Texas will make the Final Four

My fourth Final Four team... is Rodney Terry and Texas. And that goes back to right now Dylan Disu is playing as well as anybody. I mean, in two tournament games he's had 45 points and 20 rebounds. He's on another level right now.

Alabama is a 'shoe-in' to reach the National Championship game

Alabama to me is, is a shoe-in to make it [the Final Four] so then by that virtue, they're gonna be in the championship game.

You should double down on Amazon stock right now while it is at a 30% discount

Amazon, you should be doubling down on Amazon right now because right now if a car you loved was on a 30% discount, brand new, wouldn't you buy a couple of 'em?... it's gonna go back up.

A recession is coming, and that is the best time to buy assets at a discount

I believe so [we are in a recession], yeah... This is when you take that money because cash is king in a recession. And this is when you buy things because everything is at a discount... This is exactly why you need to know Little Daymond learns to earn because you buy things when they're down.

University of Virginia is the biggest winner of the weekend despite not playing

Biggest winner of the weekend... University of Virginia. Big time dodged bullet because not only did their loss against Furman not, it wasn't even close to being the biggest upset of the tournament so far. But also they're no longer the only 16 seed to go down to a one seed [after Purdue lost to FDU].

Purdue has officially reached rock bottom because there are no 17 seeds to lose to

Purdue now 2021, they lost to a 13 seed... 2022, they lost to a 15 seed... 2023, they lost to a 16 seed... Good news for Purdue. There are no 17 seeds. So it feels like we've reached the bottom.

Without Zach Edey, Purdue wouldn't have even made the NIT

My takeaway was that Zach Edey, without Zach Edey Purdue would not have made the tournament. They probably wouldn't have even made the NIT. Zach Edey was the only one doing anything.

Matt Painter should be fired

Get him out. Yeah... fire is at [third]. This is an unforgivable loss. 13 seed. 15 seed. 16 seed. He's the bizarro world Tom Izzo.

Steph Curry ruined basketball by normalizing the three-point shot

Steph Curry ruined basketball. Bob Ryan's kind of right. Bob Ryan's low-key right about this... I like the three point shot, but it has, it's drastically changed the sport and not always for the good.

Ed Cooley will leave Providence for the Georgetown head coaching job

There's growing speculation that Ed Cooley's going jump to Georgetown. So something to monitor. We'll see if he makes that jump within the Big East conference.

John Scheyer lost because he wore a black sweater instead of a gray one

The game was decided well before that, before the boys even stepped on the court because Scheyer wasn't wearing the sweatshirt. They were wearing the same sweaters, different color black... The gray one was way better.

NCAA tournament teams should start resting players in the regular season like the NBA

How it's gonna become more like the NBA where maybe some teams are gonna start realizing that seating doesn't matter that much. Right. In the NCAA tournament, it doesn't start resting your guys the regular season doesn't matter.

Princeton will beat Creighton and advance further in the tournament

I mean I think if you can, if you can beat a Power five school like Mizzou, Princeton should be able to wipe out a mid-major like Creighton.

Tom Izzo is the most underrated coach because he became so overrated

I think Tom Izzo's underrated. I think he's underrated as a head coach for a while. He, he got so overrated that now he became underrated... I'm gonna be the first person to say [he's overrated] so when the discussion eventually happens, I was there before all you guys.

Tom Izzo needs to win a second national championship to enter the 'rarefied air' of the greatest coaches

I do think we probably underrate him... he has to get that second title to like get into that rarefied air. Because second titles is really where... it just, you look at the list of guys who won one title, there's a lot of guys. Then you get to second and it's a laundry list of the best coaches in the game.

FAU is the best college to go to for the lifestyle

If I had to do college all over again... I think I would go to FAU because of the campus where it's at. You're in Boca Raton... you realize what would be the most fun college experience. It would either be go to a big state school... or just go live in Boca for four years.

Michigan State is on the verge of taking the 'blue blood' mantle away from Indiana

Indiana still, they like to think that they're back or on the precipice of being back all the time... I think Michigan State could take the blue blood mantle away from Indiana. If [Tom Izzo] wins a second championship... they inherit Indiana's blue blood.

Going to college is essentially a 'halfway home' to adulthood and not actually necessary for a career

Thinking back on it, I probably didn't need to go to college... the only thing college is good for is just getting out of your house for a while and it's like a halfway home to becoming an adult.

I am officially 100% all-in on the World Baseball Classic

On Thursday we talked about Edwin Diaz and my take was simply like March Madness is going on, I'm not gonna watch the World Baseball Classic... Now that we're in the final, I'm fucking all in.

LIV Golf should execute the last place team every week to fix their ratings

I have a very simple way to solve this ratings issue. Execute the last place team every week... The ultimate relegation. Yeah. To the afterlife... Or they don't have cuts but they could chop your head off.

Ja Morant will relapse if he plays poorly after his brief rehab

And the toughest part is the relapse where if he, if he gets back and he's not that good, you're gonna fall back in old habits and you're gonna be like, I need to have a gun in a strip club again.

Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same room will fix Wilson's career

Aaron Rodgers... he might be the one guy that's able to fix what are the fuck's happening in Zach Wilson... Aaron Rodgers and Zach Wilson being in the same quarterback room is going to actually help... At least they do Ayahuasca together.

The way Aaron Rodgers plays has fundamentally changed quarterback mechanics

The way Aaron Rodgers plays the game has totally changed a lot of quarterback fundamentals... especially mechanics and just the way Aaron Rodgers throws the ball. That's sort of the school of thought that Zach Wilson came from.

Jacoby Brissett is the best quarterback in the NFL at the QB sneak besides Jalen Hurts

Jacobi Brissett is the best non-bush push [tush push] quarterback sneaker in the NFL... Statistically, I think even last, for the last couple seasons, Jacobi's been better than everybody besides Jalen Hurts.

Kyler Murray is right for using cheese plays in Madden

I am on Kyler Murray's side... Kyler Murray's in the right... you got your ass beaten in the Madden League... And then you went online to be like, well Kyler Murray's a bad guy cuz he beats me with the same play and I can't figure out a defense to stop it.

Virginia's 2019 National Title was a fluke

Virginia's upset loss to Furman further proves 2019 national title was a fluke... Do they suck? I don't even think their national title counts anymore.

If Penn State plays like they did against Texas A&M, nobody can beat them

Penn State. If, if they play like this, nobody can beat them. Dude.

John Shire's blue sweater is bringing Hank back to being a Duke fan

I think John Shire's sweater is bringing Duke Hank's Duke fandom back... Duke fans are sitting at home looking at that. And they probably flew off the shelves.

UCLA is America's team because they are the most fun blueblood to root for

I think UCLA is America's team. They're the most fun blueblood to root for. They're kind of scrappy underdogs right now. Not only with their head coach, but also they've lost a lot of players of injuries.

Eric Musselman will be 'Mr. March' if Arkansas beats Kansas

[Eric] Muss is one game away from officially being Mr. March. If he takes down Kansas, I think he's Mr. March because that would be two straight years where he takes down a one seed and he'd go to another Sweet 16.

There is a 'wedgie' conspiracy involving the balls or rims in Des Moines

There's a scandal of foot in March Madness this year in Des Moines... There were five six wedgies today, four of which occurred in the Des Moines, Iowa gym. So either the balls are stickier, the rims are harder. Maybe the balls are a little bit smaller... there's something different this year.

Alabama, Houston, and Purdue will view this season as a disappointment if they don't reach the Final Four

There are certain programs that have opportunities in front of them that they're not going to have a line like this for a significantly long time. One is Alabama... Another is Houston because Houston has obviously the final four in its home city. And the third would be Purdue. Those are all programs where if they don't make it to Houston to play in a final four, you will feel like the season's a disappointment.

The 2023 Final Four will have no #1 or #2 seeds

It would not shock me if when we get to Houston for the final four, if there's no one and two seeds in the final four.