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Speaker 1: The madness for the sadness. We're gonna get into it

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here in just a little bit live from Las Vegas.

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I'm here at the West Gate. No, I'm not in

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the super Book yet. It's too loud down there for

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me to get a live show John and John Murray

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is watching soccer instead of letting me use his office

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to film this. You guys get my crazy, hectic hotel room.

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My friend Alex was out till four o'clock in the

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morning with Tiesto at Live at the font Blue, So

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if she happens to cruise by at eighty point in time,

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please no judgment on my part. I was in bed

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like a good little sports better because I cannot wait

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to get into today's late The round of thirty two

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favorites crushed yesterday. We saw some dogs coming in Thursday.

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We've got Yanni, the Greek Ralph, Michaels Adam Trigger. We're

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gonna go through all of the things you guys need

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to know for Saturday and Sunday, because I'm going to

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Luke hom tonight and there is a zero percent chance

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now I'm doing a show this early West Coast time tomorrow.

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Let's bring in VR. I saw him Thursday at the

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Westgates super Book. We had the clubhouse. He brought Jackpot

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and VR snuck out late. I had VCU I was

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being a complete nutter monster. He then proceeds to tell

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me this morning that was one of his only losses

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this week. So I was very, very fortunate to be

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able to cash that for not only my banker, but

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also for my Calcutta because I got absolutely slaughtered yesterday.

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Speaker 2: VR. I get what a difference a day makes for me.

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I hope the internet seems to be cutting out. Let

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me know if it's a problem. I'm like, what are

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they doing after that big six? And now I crushed yesterday?

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And if not for North Carolina, I'm still may a

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Thursday because I'd be so far ahead right now, we'd

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be really playing with house money because that was a

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fine percent play and they really should have got there.

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I'm the day actually winning one more game than I

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lost anyway, but it just would have really springboarded us

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into yesterday. That was perfect, perfect, perfect state select They've

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ended up six and zero and I was ready to

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send out at the end of the day Florida, but

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it was my pride that didn't want to ruin the

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perfect day. But luckily I have the steam sheet which

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I was able to throw Florida in there for those

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guys in Iowa, some of that late stuff that I

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didn't want to spoil such a perfect day, to be

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honest with you, a lot of stuff to get to today.

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This is where it changes. Okay, now, thank you Kelly

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for giving me the flora like she does. So I'm

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just going to go off and share everything I can

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with you guys. This is where it starts to change.

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And between now and that final four weekend, you'll see

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the betting seem to get stepping up. And this is

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where they usually start doing the best as far as

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sides and total results. Actually from the Sweet sixteen on,

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if they're on a side of the total, you want

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to be piggybacking it. They don't get involved a lappa.

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When they do, they're usually gold. But because this is

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where it starts to change again, I sound like a

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broken record, but the public's mentality shifts and in the

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first round they look for cinderellas, they look for dogs,

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they look for upsets, and they're betting those big dogs.

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They're betting those double digit dogs taking the plus money,

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especially with some sportsbook out there willing to pay you

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if your team gets out ahead, So they take the

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dogs early on because all the talk coming into March madness,

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who's this year Cinderella? What are the upsets? Who's going

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to get ousted in the first round like North Carolina did?

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That's what the talk is, So of course that's what

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we look for, Cinderellas. That changes once we get to

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the thirty two and on the favorites start being the

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bias of the betters, just like the overs do. Where

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early it's not the case. So what did the betting

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synicts do? They did what they always do. They got

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out ahead of the market on pretty much all these favorites.

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And then what you got to look for is the

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follow through or the buy back you know, slash middle

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or even more gold if they come back the other

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side heavy, you know five x ten exit where you

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know it was manipulated and this is the right side.

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Those are goal but you gotta follow the line to

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see if that's what's going to happen. Because here's what

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I have so far today. No steam sheets up, it's

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not necessary. I have the steam room today. My subscribers

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will get everything. Don't want to waste time having to

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keep uploading stuff into the steam sheet today because again

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time sensitive, a lot of things UFC college basketball, NBA

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soccer will be coming through. But here's what we have.

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Seven eighty eight Duke minus ten and a half that

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got followed through. They bet them again today at eleven

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and eleven and a half. Okay, those numbers are going

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right now, but they also steamed the under one forty

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at the opener. Well, they came back and went over

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one thirty eight this morning. That's what you gotta be

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careful of with those early moves. Seven eighty four Houston

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minus ten, seven eighty eight Gonzaga minus five and a half,

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seven eighty six, Arkansas minus eleven, Arkansas minus eleven and

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a half, seven to seven to four Michigan State minus

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the four seven ninety two Nevada minus seven and a half.

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I know that's n it. Eight twenty Kentucky plus the

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five and seven eighty one Nebraska plus the two and

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a half were the only dogs I've seen so far.

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And then also seven to seven nine under one fifty

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one and a half VCU Illinois. So what's the big

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takeaway favorite favorites, favorites. Why because that's exactly what the

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betting public's gonna do. They're gonna look to get out

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ahead on these favorites, the most one sided bets. So far,

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it's early, but I can tell by the parlays. Here's

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what's being parlay. Are you ready? They're parlang Michigan State, Duke, Michigan, Houston.

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Those four right there, Michigan State, Michigan, Duke, and Houston.

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That's the four team money line parlay that's being bet

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over and over and over again. And then teams are

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added to it, so they'll add a few more favorites

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or a dog or two that they like, and the

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one dog that's sticking out the most on those money

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line parlays that they're actually taking like they're taking, like

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you know, Michigan State minus two whatever on the money line,

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Duke minus whatever, a thousand on the money line, Michigan

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minus thousands on the money line, Houston minus thousands on

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the money line, and then they'll take Texas, but plus

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six and a half. They won't take the plus money

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line on Texas. They want the six and a half.

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So Texas plus six and a half is the one

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sided dog that I'm seeing in a lot of those

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money line parlays where this guy said, they're tying up

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those favorites and they're betting every over, every single over

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over all four overs, and again most one sided bets.

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Michigan State, Michigan, Duke, Houston, and Arkansas is starting to

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pile up. And the reason Arkansas is piling up is

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because it got steamed by sharp betters early at minus

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eleven and the public's betting them as well. So I

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hope my Internet was good and you guys got most

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of that. Thank you Kelly for giving me the stage

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like you do. And Geo just sitting buy and letting

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me go. Take you love you, and you're gonna bounce

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back and do some damage today tomorrow, don't you worry?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, look, I'm just sitting here taking notes

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like everybody else we are. It works out well for me.

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I did get a text from Art to Caesar over

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at the Westgate Superbook. So Arkansas Gonzaga Nebraska was played.

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Here's the one that was interesting to me. You told

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me they played the under. A group came in and

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played the over one thirty eight and a half. Do

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you think that that was maybe to dummy up the

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market so they could come back on the under.

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Speaker 2: I liked the I like the over myself, even though

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it's public, just based on my power rating, I have

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the game, so I kind of like the over one

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thirty eight and I wouldn't have bet it. To be

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honest with you, I'm not betting it. I'm not giving

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it to subscribers or anything, but just based on that,

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I lean over. But with the public betting over and

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the first move under, that's a Fred flag. It's a

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pass for me.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So that's a just game. We're gonna look at,

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maybe scratch off the list.

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Speaker 2: I know about the connection, Hey.

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Speaker 1: Listen, things happen. It could also be my Westgate connection.

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I think it's okay. Though I'm right by the window.

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Speaker 2: Should be right. You don't have those problems.

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Speaker 1: You just never know. You never know, especially when you're

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traveling into working remote. So shout out to wager Talk

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for letting me be able to do that. Shout outs

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to the comments section. Lots of great comments this morning,

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almost a thousand of you I've already joined in here

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the R before I let you leave anything else you

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want to add, anything else you think guys need to

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be looking at and even possibly for Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Anything they want, any games. Hey, I'll tell you. Here's

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what I got. Here's what I got. Yeah, I'll share

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real quickly, an I, here's what I made. I made Dayton.

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I don't know what the I'm not even looking what

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the line is, but I can tell you what our

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number is, Dayton minus four and one forty one and

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a half. And then in the second game Nevada minus

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eight and a half, nine closer to nine and one eight.

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So I don't know if those lines give you any

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kind of value there. I can also tell you I

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did get down on Arkansas minus eleven because I made

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that line fourteen based on my power ratings. What else

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I can tell you is Michigan. All the public's wan

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Saint louis like crazy, and I'm trying. I want to

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find reasons to bet Michigan because the scientific schedule is

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just so off and they have so many advantages offensively defensively.

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But I can't get there because my power rating has

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Michigan minors eleven and the line's like twelve, so it

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would be my opinion. It would be me thinking because

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of how the market looks, because of how the line moves,

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and me wanting to bet Michigan, but I don't have

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line value. That's where I'm stuck with some of these

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where I like the side, but I just don't have

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the line value to fire bet. So that's why in

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the steam Room, I'm going to share every opinion I have.

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That's why I'm doing it at ten am one pm Eastern,

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So I'll give you my opinion on side in total

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for every one of these games based on my power ratings,

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so you could use it as you wish, But that's

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where a couple of my lines are are accurate what

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the market has, which isn't surprising. Line should be tight

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this late all right?

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Speaker 1: Steam room is just for subscribers today, correct? Real quick?

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Speaker 3: VERR?

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Speaker 1: Did you hear me? The steam Room is just for

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subscribers today? Is that correct?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Gay, They're they're there for the guys that are

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partner or not will be for the year. Yeah that

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was okay? Anything anybody to navigate. We're up for the

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year nicely. Sitting number two in podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead, all right, No, I just was curious if

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there was anything else you had to share.

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Speaker 2: I have the March Madness package today, the Daily for Saturday.

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I'm gonna fly. All my stuff is in there, and

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the UFC packages up as well. If I find a

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piece of gold, I'll put that over at Sports Memo

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as well for seven dollars for you guys today. I

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love that madness.

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Speaker 1: Love that the gold is going over to the Sports

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Memo marketplace. Guys, head over there. Everything seven bucks. It's

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absolutely amazing. VR. Thank you for hanging out with us

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here on this beautiful.

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Speaker 2: Damage.

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Speaker 1: I'll see everybody down there at the Westgate super Book

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before I go to Luke. If I have a voice left,

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shout out to VR. Make sure you guys check out

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his steam room right here on the wager Talk YouTube channel.

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I just saw Dan Alexander, our producer, pop in. He

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must not trust me. He probably doesn't know I am

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a good little wager Talk worker and I went to

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bed last night. Come on, Dan, we're gonna bring in

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Ralph Michaels. Welcome in, Ralph. Good morning, Ralph. Sat by

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the pool this week there in Florida. I'm very jealous.

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I got to go to the pool for a little

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bit yesterday with our good friend Jeff Petch, the Mad Russian.

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We played some blackjack, We yelled at some college basketball

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dogs that just collapsed in the second half. Fun was

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had by all. Ralph, I wanted you to pop on today,

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not only because we don't have Rob Veno, but because

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I feel like I've been missing some of this TNA.

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I get on the wager Talk YouTube channel and all

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of a sudden, like, how did I miss this? How

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did I miss this? On social media? You have put

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out some amazing nuggets. Round by round today starts the

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round of thirty two. What do you have for us?

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Speaker 4: Well, first, Kelly, let's look at what happened round one.

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First off, we shouldn't be surprised at favorites anymore. Four

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years ago, the favorites in round one covered fifty six percent.

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In twenty twenty three, they covered fifty six percent. Last

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year they covered fifty nine point four percent. This year

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they went eighteen and fourteen sixty two percent. So favorites

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the last four year in round one and now fifty

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seven percent. So get that out of your mind. That

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five twelve scenarios are gone. Those nine eight scenarios are gone,

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and we see you know, the Nines beat eight's all

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four Nines won this year. That's the first time that's

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ever happened in March Madness. But all of those lines

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were within two points, so those aren't really upsets. It's

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just the seting is bad from the committee. So don't

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fall into the trap that just because the committee, who

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knows nothing about betting, made a team that is a

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higher seed should be a pick. Look at the lines

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and don't look at the seeds. Over unders the last

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three years have been significant unders, to the tune of

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thirty four percent over fifty six percent under this year

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Round one, nineteen and seventeen, they actually did have more

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games go over day. So let's look since twenty twenty two,

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what's happened In Round two? Kelly favorites have gone forty

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nine point four percent, basically the Mendoza line, but over

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unders in round two forty five and thirty four fifty

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seven percent to the over. Why does that make sense? Well,

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in round one, how many double digit favorites have we had?

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Those coaches know they are going to play a much

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better team in two days. So when they get to

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the second half, they start pooling their starters. Now, the

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better coaching staff takes over, they're better to implement a

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game plan with only one day of rest, and there's

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no need to rest starters because you're not playing again

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to next Thursday or Friday. So again, it makes total

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sense that Round two games have gone over the total.

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But how about this tidbit, Kelly, when we look in

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an round two games with a total over one forty three,

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so we're eliminating the low totals the over under twenty

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eight and thirteen sixty eight percent to the over. Since

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twenty twenty in round two, if we have a round

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two game with a total under one thirty four, those

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games have gone seventeen and twenty one forty five percent

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to the over, So fifty four percent to the over.

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So what do we take out of it? Favorites, dogs,

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do as you wish. Round two totals over one forty

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three sixty eight percent to the over, Round two totals

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under one forty three only forty five percent to the over.

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Makes sense to you, Kelly?

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Speaker 1: Nothing makes sense to me right now, Ralph, nothing.

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Speaker 4: Nothing.

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Speaker 1: I'm over here putting in some arts plays and right

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as I put in that duke over one thirty eight

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and a half, which is, by the way, is one

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thirty nine and a half one forty. So if you

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guys want to get it in, you're sitting here telling

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me I need to be looking at maybe the under listen.

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I feel a little defeated after yesterday, Ralph. I had

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a really great Thursday. I had so much fun, and

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then yesterday it just seemed like outside of cal Baptist,

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which was great, that was my best bet on bet

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on it, that was my biggest play yesterday. I was

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very happy with their second half performance. Maszoo collapse in

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the second half, Hofstra collapse in the second half. It

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was just kind of one of those days. We were

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just like, hey, is another dog ever gonna win a

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game again? It just feels like that sin You know,

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I tweeted, Cinderella isn't dead, but she's on live support.

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Am I overreacting? You know?

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Speaker 4: Again? I agree a lot with what VR is, But remember,

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you know these seeds that are now lower seeds with

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the transfer portal in the anill, they're much closer. The

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one in sixteens aren't like the one in swell. The

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one in sixteens are because the SWACK and the MEAC

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teams from fifteen and above. It's a whole different scenario.

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So you know. And by the way, Kelly, that play

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on cal Baptist, that was my five percent winter last

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night off of three and oh sweep. So I was

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looking at halftime and I was ill, So, oh yeah,

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I took my gummy, I went to sleep and what

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a nice shock waking up a few hours learning. But

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I'll tell you what, when you have guard play like

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they have, you know, Dominique is amazing and a lot

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of times I like taking a bigger dog that doesn't

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shoot a lot of threes. If you have a point

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and offensive point guard in the second half against a

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big favorite, you get a lot of backdoor action. The

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defenses are playing backups. They don't have the same cohesiveness.

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They let the guys drive. They get to the fall

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line a lot. So I like the dogs, the big

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dogs early on that have those dynamic like cal Baptist has.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was that was wonderful. I did enjoy that.

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I made the restaurant put the game on the TV.

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Of course I did. I looked at the score and

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I saw them only down seven, and I was like, okay, great,

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well we gotta sweat this now because you're right just

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like at you at half, I was like, all right,

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I am done for the day. Ralph, What else do

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you got going on over at wager Talk? Do you

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have something for today up at sports Memo?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Let me hear a few more things that I have

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real quick. Top three seeds in round two. Top three

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seeds have been great in round one. In round two,

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they've gone twenty seven and twenty seven against the spread.

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But Kelly, you talked about the duke over in the

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last four years. Round in round two, number one seeded

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teams fifteen and four in the over runners seventy nine percent.

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They might have been challenged in game one, but they

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took off in round two. How about teams off of

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win as an underdog. Teams that won as a dog

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in round one are thirty eight fifty forty three percent

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against the spread in round two, and if that team

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is off a win as a dog of five or more,

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only one team applies. That's high point. Those teams are

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only thirteen and twenty two against the spread thirty seven

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point one percent ats and a few more things I

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want to share. If you in round one allowed under

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fifty nine points and now you're a dog of six

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or more like Texas A and m IS, those teams

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have gone twenty seven and seven seventy nine percent against

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the spread. And if you have a big favorite that

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one but did not cover in round one, like Vanderbilt

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Gonzaga Duke in Michigan, those teams have gone twenty four

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and fourteen sixty three percent against the spread. And if

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they're a favored in round two, those teams again Vanderbilt, Gonzaga,

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Duke and Michigan have gone twenty one ten sixty eight

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percent against the spread. I only have one March Madness

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play today, Kelly. I'm not going to force action. It's

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a strong four star again. I started March Madness two

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and oh on Tuesday and Wednesday. Full disclosure, I went

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oh to three round on Thursday. Yes, people were pissed

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they signed up for the March Madness Special, but it's

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a long tournament. Guys. We rebounded yesterday going three and

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oh including a five percent win. Don't miss my big

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four percent today, just twenty five dollars or the March

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Madness Special still available wt Dot buzz backslash r M.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the March Madness Special is still available over at

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through the national Championship. And if you're like me and

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you're all over the place, you should definitely check out

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flex Fix because then you can change your handicaper, figure

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out who's hot, and you ride the hot hand. That's

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what I personally for Ralph Michaels, you are the best.

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Thank you for hanging out with us. Get back to

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the pool, work on your tan. For me, I'm so jealous.

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I can't wait to get back to the beautiful free

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state of Florida at Cala Sports LV. If you guys

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are looking for some stuff for Ralph, If you guys

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haven't seen some of his shorts on the wager Talk

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YouTube channel, he provides a ton of great info. I

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think his other one just got ten thousand views.

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Speaker 3: Yesterday.

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Speaker 1: I was like, how come Ralph is the TikTok King

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and I am not Adam Trigger. He's trying to be

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the TikTok King. He's not yet, but he's working on it.

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Speaker 3: Maybe he goes my Duke.

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Speaker 5: My Duke videos got like one hundred and fifteen thousand views.

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Speaker 3: Is that good? I think that's right.

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Speaker 1: That's pretty good. That's pretty good. I think we can

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I think we can agree. That's pretty good. No, Rob

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Vino today, he is out here in Las Vegas. Somehow

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he got to take the show off where I the

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person with no voice, didn't get to go to Tiesta

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last night and is here bright interly just for you guys.

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So can you give me a thumbs up? Can you

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give me a like? Can you tell me how much

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you hate me in the comments section? It'll be like,

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That'll be perfect, Trig. How is your March madness going

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so far? I mentioned Thursday was great. I was a

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beneficiary of some really good luck on BCU. I was

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a beneficiary of some good luck with some other teams.

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Late Friday was basically the opposite. Outside of cal Baptist

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everything I had went to shit, and it went to

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shit early and often talk to me about how your

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week's going so far.

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Speaker 5: So I can't complain about UCLA yesterday because I won

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South Florida the exact same way on Thursday.

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Speaker 3: So I'm not gonna do it.

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Speaker 5: I'm not gonna complain about the Ucla minus five and

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a half lost because I had the same exact win

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with South Florida on Thursday, Kelly, I went ten and

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one to finish out last week. So the fact that

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I'm like seven and seven this week so far, I

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can live with coming off of a week like that

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I was.

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Speaker 3: You know, obviously you don't want to give it back.

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Speaker 5: I think That's where I'm at right now for this week,

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seven and seven, first round of sixty four, the last

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two days four and four, so.

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Speaker 3: Kind of a wash.

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Speaker 5: But I love I love this weekend slate, especially the

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NI games we get the next two days, so hop

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in with Rob and I. I haven't checked in on

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how Rob is doing, but he's having a fantastic season.

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And there you can still get both of our plays

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for three days at a very low rate. It's the

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double the Firepower CBV package that we've promoted all year,

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and it's a great bang for your buck in terms

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of like volume of plays. I've already got two four

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percenters for today, and who knows, maybe I'll even share

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one on the show. Probably gonna add something else. So yeah,

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I'm looking forward to the weekend.

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 1: Lots of love in the comment section. No, I'm in

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my hotel room and that is the air conditioner. It's

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one hundred degrees out here. I sweat, it's hot. I

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got on sixty seven. Of course I do so. No,

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it's not the shower anyway. You guys are funny. Yeah,

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I cook it with Crisco this morning. Put some chriscal

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so I can work on my tan. Maybe I'm gonna

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go out by the pool. No, I h trigg. I

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was just yesterday. It was just one of those days

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where I was like, nothing is going right. I should

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just stop gambling. And you get those moments in Vegas too,

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because you spend the whole day in the sportsbook and

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it's dark and it's gloomy, and you have a great day,

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but you're still lacking some new vital nutrients to help

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with your your your dopamine receptors. Let's get into some

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of these games. You're welcome, David, you are very welcome.

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I'm here for you, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Maybe

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some bags under into my eyes. That being said, we're

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gonna have a great show. We're gonna get into all

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of your questions Saturday or Sunday, because we are not

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gonna be here tomorrow, so let's get right into some

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of these that I need to have starred. Right off

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the top, we're going nine am, nine to fifteen Pacific, trig.

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Let's talk about the Saint Louis Michigan game. I know

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that VR said Saint louisis square, and I understand why

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the sharp guy's playing the other side. But in the

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round of thirty two, Michigan hasn't covered six straight games.

476
00:25:01,759 --> 00:25:07,359
Michigan limped into the Big Dance as a one seed

477
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,440
against the spread. That is, they were free falling ats right.

478
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,480
Nobody wanted to touch this team. We look at their

479
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,839
final score from the other day because I believe they

480
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,599
did not cover. Correct, they did not cover against Howard.

481
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,960
I bet Michigan second half. So what I told VR

482
00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:27,079
before we came on was we were sitting in the

483
00:25:27,079 --> 00:25:30,160
clubhouse and I was like, every single favorite bet them,

484
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,559
a huge favorite. One, two, three seeds bet them in

485
00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:35,400
the second half. The lone exception was I had Sienna,

486
00:25:35,759 --> 00:25:38,200
but I bet at first. My buddy waited until Duke

487
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,480
went to minus four and a half and you could

488
00:25:39,519 --> 00:25:42,599
have actually middled that second half. Also, shout out to

489
00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:44,880
you for Cena that they helped me make a little

490
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,200
bit of coin in my Calcutta because they did cover

491
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,119
the spread. But back to Michigan not covering against Howard

492
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,119
unless you bet them in the second half, I don't

493
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,839
know if I trust this team. So as square dog

494
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,559
as Saint Louis might be, do we trust Michigan here

495
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:00,680
laying digits?

496
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 5: I mean, listen, Michigan's an outstanding team. They're They're probably

497
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,640
gonna be in the mix in this tournament. It's somewhat

498
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,880
hard to see them losing this game, Kelly, but asking

499
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,720
them to cover twelve and a half when this team

500
00:26:15,759 --> 00:26:18,400
really hasn't covered big spreads all year in a game

501
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,559
that's really not a great matchup for them. I'm on

502
00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:24,200
the other side. I leaned toward the dog in this matchup.

503
00:26:24,279 --> 00:26:27,759
So Saint Louis through playing through robbi Avilla is similar

504
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:30,599
to how Nebraska likes to attack. You go back to

505
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,039
the Michigan Nebraska game from earlier this year. Nebraska showed

506
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,000
up without two of their best players, as specifically, rink

507
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:38,920
Mass was one of the players that did not play

508
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,400
in that game. So rink Mast would be the would

509
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,039
be a better version of Robbie Avila in terms of

510
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:51,000
like playing that that hub dribble handoff type offense. Nebraska

511
00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:53,680
went into an arbor nearly won that game. They were

512
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,400
actually a similar underdog on the road. I think they

513
00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,559
were maybe catching eleven points there, and they led for

514
00:27:00,599 --> 00:27:03,160
a long stretch in that game till Michigan ended up

515
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,440
taking over at the end, but but didn't win by

516
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,640
double digits, and they were down their two best players.

517
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,759
Arguably not only their two best players, but specifically masked

518
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,960
the most sort of integral to play that style.

519
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 3: Saint Louis.

520
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,799
Speaker 5: I was at Saint Louis's regular season finale Fairfax Virginia

521
00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:24,839
against George Mason Kelly. This team just looked uninterested. It

522
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,680
looked like they were gassed from the regular season. They

523
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,799
lost by thirty and even last week in the A

524
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,440
ten tournament, losing to date, and I don't think that

525
00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:34,839
was a bad loss. Dayton's a very good team, but

526
00:27:35,319 --> 00:27:40,119
still they really look like they were just tired. Against

527
00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:42,079
Georgia on Thursday night, that was the best they've.

528
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:42,559
Speaker 3: Played all year.

529
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 5: And I was at the Dayton game in Saint Louis

530
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,039
where they crushed them, and I think that was one

531
00:27:47,079 --> 00:27:50,319
of their most impressive performances of the year. Saint Louis

532
00:27:50,319 --> 00:27:52,960
looks re energized. They look like the team that we

533
00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:55,960
all thought was elite in early January and going into

534
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,799
a ten play, and they played like Nebraska, a team

535
00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:01,799
that gave Michigan trouble. So so I have I don't

536
00:28:01,799 --> 00:28:03,519
know why you'd want to lay twelve and a half

537
00:28:03,559 --> 00:28:06,000
here with Michigan unless you're just like, well, they're due

538
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,839
to cover at some point. But if you look at

539
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,480
what Michigan's done all year, Kelly, that hasn't been been

540
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,440
a great way to approach them, because there was a

541
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,880
stretch during conference play where they failed to cover in

542
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,359
seven or eight games. Very good team, way inflated by

543
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,039
the market. So it's twelve and a half with the

544
00:28:20,039 --> 00:28:22,240
Billikens are past yeah.

545
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: Down to eleven STLF here on the Odds logic screen.

546
00:28:24,799 --> 00:28:28,079
So you snooze, you lose here on Saturday morning on

547
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,519
the West Coast. Now, you guys know why I love

548
00:28:29,559 --> 00:28:31,440
the East Coast time zone so much because I actually

549
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,319
am an early bird there here I feel like I'm

550
00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:36,160
like late to the party. Let's keep it going with

551
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,240
some of the square plays. According to VR, Louisville is

552
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,480
five and a half, yeah, five and a half. Pretty

553
00:28:43,519 --> 00:28:47,119
much on the odd screen to Michigan State, VR said,

554
00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:50,119
it's all Michigan State. Michigan State, I guess spread Michigan

555
00:28:50,119 --> 00:28:53,519
State money line. This is a Louisville team that I

556
00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:55,000
was kind of kicking myself. I know, you said you

557
00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:57,839
liked USF, and when USF came out we did selection Sunday,

558
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:00,440
I said, Okay, I'm gonna bet it, and then I didn't,

559
00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:03,400
and then the line kept dropping. And then on Thursday

560
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,440
I said, okay, I got a bet Louisville. Now I

561
00:29:05,519 --> 00:29:07,880
have to yeah, and then Louisville's up huge in the

562
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,160
first half and I'm going, all right, well, can't bet

563
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,559
Louisville now. And so I kind of missed out on

564
00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:14,519
what could have been a really nice middle for me

565
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,880
in that game. But Louisville's second half play kind of

566
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,480
had me a little like, oh, what are we missing here?

567
00:29:21,519 --> 00:29:24,200
You know, we spoke about ACC teams and how I

568
00:29:24,279 --> 00:29:28,000
was looking to fade them. Kind of thoughts on the

569
00:29:28,039 --> 00:29:32,359
ACC outside of, of course, last night with Miami because

570
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,599
I needed Mazoo for Mike Alcutta. Outside of Miami one

571
00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:39,920
in seven against the spread, the ACC is in this tournament.

572
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 5: I don't like doing the conference thing. You know, Listen,

573
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,079
there was a couple of years ago, Kelly. One of

574
00:29:48,079 --> 00:29:50,480
the first years, I think we were in Vegas when

575
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,400
everyone hated on the PAC twelve and then you had

576
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,519
like Oregon State making it to the Elite eight.

577
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 3: USC made a run.

578
00:29:58,279 --> 00:30:00,839
Speaker 5: Like the point is, it's in a bad year for

579
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:05,279
the ACC and like some of these teams aren't very good.

580
00:30:05,319 --> 00:30:08,599
I talked about it earlier this week on wager Talk programming.

581
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 3: I thought SMU was.

582
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,759
Speaker 5: Terrible and would get beat and they did, but but

583
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:14,920
you still got to go matchup by matchup, So I'm

584
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,079
not I don't like to go that angle where it's

585
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,960
like some other ACC teams lost. So we're just gonna

586
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,079
say that all of a sudden, Duke is no good,

587
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,160
or we're gonna say that Louisville can't win a game

588
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,519
just because they're like affiliated with that conference. Reality is, Kelly,

589
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,319
a lot of them have had matchups that that haven't

590
00:30:30,319 --> 00:30:32,799
been ideal for them so far in this tournament, and

591
00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:35,680
this would be another one where the matchup is not ideal.

592
00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:38,160
So you said, Okay, well, Louisville they played good in

593
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,119
the first half, not in the second half. I don't

594
00:30:40,119 --> 00:30:43,480
think they played differently in either half. The problem was

595
00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:47,000
South Florida went five of thirty three from three. Okay,

596
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,960
this is a rim three South Florida team. Brian Hodgson

597
00:30:50,279 --> 00:30:53,319
plays very much like Natoates. That's that's it comes from

598
00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:55,960
the NATOATS coaching tree, and that is the way they play.

599
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,359
They want to take open threes and they straight up

600
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,960
just could not hit one of them. They just could

601
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,480
not buy one in the first half. Not to mention

602
00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:06,359
they also missed four or five easy looks at the rim.

603
00:31:07,079 --> 00:31:09,119
And even with the five of thirty three from three

604
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,319
and playing as bad as they did maybe all year,

605
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,119
one of their worst games in a while for that

606
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,960
USF team, they still came all the way back and

607
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,119
only lost. You know, we're able to cover the five

608
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,160
and a half. I think they lost by four. So

609
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:22,799
if you, yeah, if you had three and a half

610
00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:25,640
with Louisville, you would have had a nice middle. Louisville

611
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,559
hit thirteen threes in that game, Kelly, So they shot

612
00:31:28,599 --> 00:31:30,720
the ball. That that's what Louisville wants to do. So

613
00:31:30,759 --> 00:31:33,240
what can Louisville do here to win? They could do

614
00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:35,559
what they did and go thirteen for twenty five from three,

615
00:31:35,559 --> 00:31:37,759
they'll be in the game. But the problem is here,

616
00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:39,839
they're gonna have to face in Michigan State front court

617
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,480
that likely wears them down even more than South Florida did.

618
00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:45,920
So I don't think this Louisville team is very good

619
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,359
in the final thing here. Kel The reason everyone's like,

620
00:31:49,359 --> 00:31:50,880
oh Tom Izzo and March.

621
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:51,559
Speaker 3: Tom is O in March.

622
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 5: That's a common thing you hear. It's because he's really

623
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:58,000
good at preparing on one day rest. So Izzo's been

624
00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:00,559
great at the prep off of the win, and now

625
00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:02,640
you've got forty eight hours to prepare for your opponent.

626
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,079
Pat Kelsey has not been good at that, And actually

627
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,160
I think Pat Kelsey has been a little outclassed since

628
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,279
he's come to the ACC.

629
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 3: So I gotta side with the Spartans here.

630
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,279
Speaker 5: I just think that there's so many more advantages for

631
00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:16,160
them in this matchup.

632
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: All right, let's keep it going here, treg we only

633
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,440
got thirty minutes. We've got lots of games to get to. Texas.

634
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:24,640
Gonzaga is the next game. I'm gonna skip over Tcuduke.

635
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,599
We already talked about Duke being played as well as

636
00:32:27,759 --> 00:32:31,240
the over being played and if you guys really want,

637
00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:32,640
we can go over at text A and M Houston.

638
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,279
I don't really care about that game, but Texas Gonzaga

639
00:32:35,319 --> 00:32:38,039
is really interesting. Ariel Epstein is texting me from the

640
00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:40,960
other room saying I'm being too loud, and I said, yeah,

641
00:32:41,079 --> 00:32:44,319
like you were at two thirty this morning. But anyway,

642
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,359
she said she's gonna use Gonzaga in her Splash Sports

643
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,960
Survivor Madness and I don't hate that. I think that

644
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,480
might be a good spot to use the Zags. I've

645
00:32:56,519 --> 00:32:59,400
got four entries left. I think maybe I might put

646
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,640
the Zags in one of Texas getting a lot of

647
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:06,440
love here. Bre mentioned Square Dog. Everybody's betting them. Our

648
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,200
guy Trent, he's on him. The musch that I love

649
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,000
to fade, he's on him. Guess what. I think it's

650
00:33:12,119 --> 00:33:15,880
enough Arts list Art said Sharp Group Gonzaga. I think

651
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,519
it's like it's like the trifecta to bet against Texas here.

652
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is uh.

653
00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 5: It kind of feels like where Texas runs out of gas,

654
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,599
like maybe literally and figured typically like they came in

655
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,279
they played in the in the first force, so they

656
00:33:32,319 --> 00:33:35,240
had to win the game on Tuesday beat NC State.

657
00:33:35,319 --> 00:33:37,559
They fall into like what ended up being a really

658
00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:40,200
good matchup for them. I made the mistake of thinking

659
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,839
BYU might show up Kelly and be like a very

660
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,400
energized like version of like themselves from earlier in the season.

661
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,359
In the tournament, they just weren't. I mean, I'll give

662
00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:53,400
credit where credit is due. I thought Texas had a

663
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,680
great game plan, they played a great game, but but

664
00:33:55,799 --> 00:33:58,720
ultimately that b YU team just got worse and worse

665
00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:00,839
all year, and then Richie Saunders went down and they

666
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,480
just weren't very good. So you know, Texas has to

667
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,400
turn around here. Now they're playing their third game in

668
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,239
the span of six days, and that's a real concern

669
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,599
for me. This Texas team does not have elite depth

670
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,960
in the front court. Outside of a Vocatitis, they are

671
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,840
pretty thin up there, and you really don't want to

672
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,119
get caught with their backup bigs against like grahamy K

673
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,719
and the and the Gonzaga front court, and Vocatitis has

674
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,800
really struggled to stay out of foul trouble at times

675
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,199
this year.

676
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,519
Speaker 3: So that's my concern for Texas here.

677
00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 5: E K is going to be able to draw fouls

678
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:35,440
As will the the you know, Gonzaga what they're gonna

679
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,960
throw it at Texas, you know, in the front court,

680
00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:43,239
and if Vogatitis ends up in foul trouble, which theoretically

681
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,599
should happen when you're playing your third game in six days,

682
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,800
I think they could be at a pretty big disadvantage.

683
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,960
So Gonzaga probably wins a lot of the ISO matchups.

684
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,639
Here Texas, I think they kind of wear down. So

685
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,559
just the general theme of this game, Kelly, Texas is

686
00:34:58,559 --> 00:35:00,480
gonna wear down. If they get in fil trouble, which

687
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,960
has been a problem for them this year, Gonzaga probably

688
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,280
pulls away. I made Gonzaga minus seven point eight. I may,

689
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,039
I may lay it.

690
00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:09,039
Speaker 3: I haven't decided yet, but I'm there already.

691
00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:11,559
Speaker 1: I played Zags yesterday. I saw a sharp group play it.

692
00:35:11,639 --> 00:35:14,239
I joined in. I may add just a little bit

693
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,199
more today. All right, let's go to two games that

694
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,280
I care about. Because the chat is just they're chatting

695
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,239
themselves up. They're like, this is the best chat.

696
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,079
Speaker 3: Someone's like someone's like, Trad needs to hit the gym.

697
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,079
I'm done with that. Man.

698
00:35:26,119 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 5: I ruined my body doing CrossFit for fifteen years.

699
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,599
Speaker 3: I don't know what that would look like.

700
00:35:31,599 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 5: Now, I'm just gonna sit in my front of my

701
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,920
computer screen and try to find winners for you guys.

702
00:35:35,079 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: How about Okay, there you go, all right, Kelly needs

703
00:35:38,519 --> 00:35:42,360
to also hit the gym after after this week, I

704
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,960
will do so. Okay, let's go to a couple of

705
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,840
games that I care about. Because you guys aren't dropping

706
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,239
anything in the chat. Will you bet my future ex wife?

707
00:35:50,559 --> 00:35:53,599
It depends on your net worth? I mean, otherwise, what's

708
00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:55,360
the point of what's the point of being an ex wife? Like?

709
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,039
If you're not gonna get a take half? Oh bad jokes. Okay,

710
00:35:58,119 --> 00:36:01,039
VCU Illinois. I got VCU and a calc cut. I

711
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:05,199
got very very very very lucky to have VCU in

712
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,119
that game in advance and make us a little bit

713
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:09,320
of coin for that. I need VCU to make a

714
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,519
run here because I'm afraid High Point is going to

715
00:36:11,519 --> 00:36:14,440
get absolutely smoked today by Arkansas. We'll get into that

716
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,199
game here in a minute. Talk to me about this

717
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,599
VCU Illinois matchup trick. If you remember on selection Sunday,

718
00:36:19,639 --> 00:36:21,639
a lot of us were saying, well, I would say

719
00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:23,000
it was half of us. We're saying that we weren't

720
00:36:23,039 --> 00:36:27,440
that high on Illinois. Illinois looked pretty good on Thursday.

721
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, you know, they did look good, but I

722
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,039
think some of that had to do with Penn not

723
00:36:35,079 --> 00:36:39,920
having Ethan Roberts TJ power being sick like its big

724
00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:40,559
Yale win.

725
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,679
Speaker 3: Coming off the Big Yale when yeah, ivy badness.

726
00:36:43,679 --> 00:36:46,280
Speaker 5: Two games in two days, and they were like two

727
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,440
sort of like barn Burner type games for Penn. So yeah,

728
00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:52,000
I mean, you know, Illinois did look good in that game,

729
00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:52,280
but I.

730
00:36:52,199 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 3: Think it was a pretty pretty favorable matchup for them.

731
00:36:55,559 --> 00:36:57,639
Speaker 5: This one's tough for me, Kelly, because I make the

732
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,800
number eight and a half, so my number shows a

733
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:05,280
little value to VCU. But my handicap says Illinois probably

734
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,679
destroys them. Probably looks something like the North Carolina game

735
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,760
before the comeback, without the comeback. Right, So VCU is

736
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:16,559
down nineteen North Carolina. You can blame you know, some

737
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,679
coaching whatever, whatever it may be. I think North Carolina

738
00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:21,239
should have been able to find a way to hold

739
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,840
a nineteen point lead, But tip the cap to VCU.

740
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,880
They came back, made plays, got back in the game,

741
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,679
got it to overtime, won the game. If they fall behind,

742
00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:30,599
the Illinois I just I just don't think that's going

743
00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:33,039
to be the case because when push comes to shove,

744
00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:35,400
Illinois they have a lead.

745
00:37:35,599 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 3: VCU's making a run.

746
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,679
Speaker 5: I just think there's too many, like one v one

747
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,599
good options here for Illinois to score points and just

748
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:47,320
sort of like keep them at arm's length. So could

749
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,400
you cover ten and a half with VCU? Of course,

750
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,639
like that's I think the books. This is a scenario

751
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,519
where I think the books are really making you pay

752
00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:57,400
a tax to back Illinois, because again my number comes

753
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,119
out eight and a half, and you know, I think

754
00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:02,639
ten and a half is big, but I kind of

755
00:38:02,639 --> 00:38:05,679
think it's big for a reason, so that I don't

756
00:38:05,679 --> 00:38:08,440
really have like a great way to you know, I

757
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,679
think I used Illinois and some Survivor.

758
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:12,639
Speaker 3: I think that's what I'll say about this one.

759
00:38:12,639 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 5: I think it's a good spot to use Illinois in

760
00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:17,440
Survivor because you're getting like a ten and a half

761
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,559
point favor. I don't know how much value Illinois has

762
00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,519
in later rounds in this tournament, but like as far

763
00:38:23,519 --> 00:38:25,719
as an outright up sept for VSU, I don't see it.

764
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,000
Could I see them covering yeah, because I think the

765
00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:30,960
spread is about two points off. But if you forced

766
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:32,480
a lean out of me here, I think I'd say

767
00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:33,880
Illinois just kind of dominates.

768
00:38:34,519 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about another game. Art said that

769
00:38:38,039 --> 00:38:42,800
a sharp group or two played in Nebraska. Everybody loves Nebraska, trig,

770
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:47,000
and that is a concern for me. Again, when everybody

771
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,920
loves a dog, it's kind of just one of those

772
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,440
things where you're like, all right, this isn't a great spot.

773
00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:55,920
I hate this for me, it is what it is.

774
00:38:56,199 --> 00:38:59,159
I actually have no real opinion on this game. I

775
00:38:59,199 --> 00:39:03,280
thought Nebraska looked rather impressive, right, I know everybody liked Troy,

776
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,440
and I'm sitting there at the clubhouse, me, Sammy pe

777
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,000
Bunch of the Wager Talk guys Sean Higgs from Picks

778
00:39:09,039 --> 00:39:13,199
and Parlays, and I look over and I'm like, seventeen seventeen, Damn,

779
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,480
Troy's hanging tough because you know, you got the big setups, right,

780
00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:19,000
bunch of different TVs. And I was very focused on

781
00:39:19,039 --> 00:39:21,239
a different game at that point in time. I was

782
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,920
focused on High Point and I look back over and

783
00:39:24,039 --> 00:39:28,519
Nebraska is just kicking their asses like out of nowhere.

784
00:39:28,559 --> 00:39:31,639
That game shifted. So I apologize for not knowing why,

785
00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:35,239
but I don't know if Troy just couldn't hang outside

786
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,719
of that first ten minutes or what that was, or

787
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,159
if this Nebraska team's a real deal. I mean back

788
00:39:40,159 --> 00:39:42,679
in November when they beat my Kansas State Wildscats, I said, Wow,

789
00:39:42,679 --> 00:39:45,039
this is a really good Nebraska team. And then we

790
00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:48,239
saw how Kseate ended up and I thought, eh, maybe

791
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,800
that win was not as prevalent as I once thought.

792
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, like you know that was.

793
00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 5: I think we talked about Troy Nebraska on the selection

794
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,840
show in the when the pairings first came out, and

795
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,079
for me, I kind of like shied away from that one.

796
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,480
As the week went on, looked like Nebraska would get

797
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,800
the shots they wanted off against Troy's defense, And that's

798
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,280
ultimately what I think happened was Nebraska just generated so

799
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,119
many good looks over forty minutes that Troy couldn't keep up.

800
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,440
This is to me one of the more interesting games

801
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,000
of today in terms of like, I really think there's

802
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,440
a way to make a case for both sides here. Listen,

803
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,920
you've got Nebraska Kelly playing in Oklahoma City.

804
00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:30,280
Speaker 3: They showed up with a ton of fans in the

805
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:30,840
first round.

806
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,519
Speaker 5: It's probably gonna be a pro Nebraska crowd here for

807
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:37,119
this game, gonna have a lot of Nebraska fans in

808
00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:41,000
the building, But like, I don't know that this is

809
00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:41,440
like the.

810
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,119
Speaker 3: Best matchup for them.

811
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 5: Vandy's got two guards Duke Miles and Tyler Tanner that

812
00:40:47,199 --> 00:40:50,440
are absolutely able to win one on one matchups against

813
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,159
Nebraska's guards. Get in the paint, make plays, get to

814
00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:56,960
the rims. So it's like I really had a tough

815
00:40:57,199 --> 00:41:01,599
time with like I actually my number. So the betting

816
00:41:01,639 --> 00:41:03,960
market in this one has played this a couple different ways.

817
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,840
They bet Nebraska at one point, and this is like

818
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,679
where I wish we'd still had Gianni on the show

819
00:41:09,679 --> 00:41:11,679
because he would be able to really like tell you

820
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,920
exactly what happened. But they bet Nebraska down to like

821
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000
minus one and a half. It came back the other way.

822
00:41:18,119 --> 00:41:20,360
Vandy took some money now up to two and a half.

823
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,599
I kind of agree with the Vanderbilt money kel you know,

824
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,840
getting bet down now bet up to two and a half.

825
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 3: I made the number Vandy minus three.

826
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 5: Point one, And I guess it comes down to how

827
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,000
much stock you're gonna put into a little bit of

828
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,880
home court at the Paycom Center for Nebraska. Yes, they're

829
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,320
gonna have a lot of fans in attendance, But I

830
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,480
don't know that I put like too many points on

831
00:41:42,599 --> 00:41:44,960
the number for that for them, and maybe.

832
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,039
Speaker 3: I'm wrong about that. I don't know. That's not one.

833
00:41:47,079 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 5: I mean, I remember Syracuse getting to play in Albany

834
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:51,760
back in two thousand and three, and it was a

835
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,880
home court advantage for sure, Like without a doubt it

836
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,679
was all Q's fans. So maybe I should put more

837
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,440
stock into the fact that it's gonna be very pro

838
00:42:00,559 --> 00:42:03,760
Nebraska crowd. But man, I love that backcourt for Vandy,

839
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,519
and I think Miles and Tanner could be a real

840
00:42:05,559 --> 00:42:06,079
issue here.

841
00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:08,639
Speaker 3: So one of the tougher ones of the day for me.

842
00:42:09,039 --> 00:42:10,079
That's all I look in.

843
00:42:10,519 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: I'm looking. I know you were looking for VR to

844
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,320
ask what he was seeing, So I did look up,

845
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,559
John Ewing, Ninety three percent of the tickets are on

846
00:42:18,639 --> 00:42:21,440
Michigan State, ninety one percent on Duke, eighty seven percent

847
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,239
on Houston, eighty one percent on Arkansas, seventy one percent

848
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,039
on Texas. Texas is the lone dog, sixty six percent

849
00:42:28,519 --> 00:42:31,039
on Illinois. Those are the most popular bets over at

850
00:42:31,039 --> 00:42:33,760
bet MGM, according to John Ewing, shout out to him

851
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:35,599
for putting those kinds of things out because I do

852
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,159
find it intriguing. Right, I get some insight from the

853
00:42:39,199 --> 00:42:41,760
super book from Circa and free others, so to see

854
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,599
what MGM has. We know that that is a square book.

855
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,360
That's why I like to have it on my Odds

856
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,440
Logic screen up in present because I want to know

857
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,079
who's betting what. I can't believe it I should after

858
00:42:53,159 --> 00:42:56,400
yesterday's chockfest. Of course everybody is betting those guys. BR

859
00:42:56,519 --> 00:42:59,920
mentioned there's gonna be a bunch of moneyline parlays with three,

860
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,880
four or five of those teams. Let's talk about my

861
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,199
other Calcutta team because I need some positivity this morning.

862
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:13,840
Trig High Point. Arkansas High Point just absolutely played their

863
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,840
hearts out right. You could just tell they wanted it

864
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,519
more than Wisconsin. I watched that game start to finish.

865
00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:22,840
They were so much fun that I called my Calcutta

866
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,280
partners after to Margaritas on FaceTime and neither one of

867
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,199
the mansered. Shocking, but it was just an awesome way

868
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,000
to start the tournament. To cash that, to get that

869
00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:35,880
team on the money line was amazing. Arkansas, though, was

870
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,880
the team on selection Sunday. You said at sixty to one,

871
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,159
I think there's some value for them to win the

872
00:43:40,159 --> 00:43:42,679
whole thing. Talk to me about this game.

873
00:43:44,039 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I dressed to talk about this game.

874
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,679
Speaker 5: I showed up in my high Point zip up that

875
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,119
I got when I was down at the Cubane Center

876
00:43:51,199 --> 00:43:51,760
last year.

877
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,199
Speaker 3: I have to rep the you know, I saw your

878
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:55,079
tweet earlier.

879
00:43:55,559 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 5: You know there's only a couple of mid majors left,

880
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,519
and as a mid major guy, I gotta you know,

881
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,360
this might be the last weekend of mid majors if

882
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,960
a high Point or a VCU or someone doesn't win.

883
00:44:05,039 --> 00:44:08,760
But Kelly, listen, high Points not in a horrible spot here,

884
00:44:09,159 --> 00:44:12,800
and this game is gonna be super high variants.

885
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 3: You have a total of one sixty nine and a

886
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,639
half and you're probably gonna see points.

887
00:44:17,079 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 5: And there are ways like they're like, if you want

888
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,039
to just do a quick comparison, I think there's more

889
00:44:22,079 --> 00:44:24,400
of a path to victory here for high Point than

890
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,760
there is for VCU. Why is that, Well, high Point

891
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,119
is gonna They're just gonna chuck for a lot of

892
00:44:30,119 --> 00:44:30,400
this game.

893
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,679
Speaker 3: They're gonna take a lot of threes and.

894
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 5: They can make them so again, you look at you

895
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,360
look at a game with a total of one sixty nine,

896
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,280
I kind of think it goes over even though that

897
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,440
number is big and and it could be a high

898
00:44:43,559 --> 00:44:47,119
variance type game. Kind of think like Arkansas All Miss

899
00:44:47,159 --> 00:44:49,559
from the uh you know, from the SEC tournament. I

900
00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:52,039
was on Ole Miss in a similar spread range and

901
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,440
they just kind of went bombs away. They just got

902
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,800
as many shots up as they could and they ended

903
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,719
up hanging around with Arkansas in that game. You talk

904
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,400
about Arkansas and me said, you know, I pointed out, Yeah,

905
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:04,920
I think there's value at sixty to one.

906
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 3: There absolutely is.

907
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 5: But Kelly, like, this is not the team that I

908
00:45:09,559 --> 00:45:11,800
want to be laying eleven or twelve points with on

909
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,599
a quick turnaround. John Caliperry, for as good of a

910
00:45:14,639 --> 00:45:17,320
coach as he is, is not the best prep coach.

911
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,639
He's not the best on turning around and preparing for

912
00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:23,760
an opponent, especially when he's not super familiar with on

913
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,119
forty eight hours rest. And that's what Arkansas is gonna

914
00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:28,199
have to do here. Combine that with the fact that

915
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:30,079
there is some youth on this team, they're a little

916
00:45:30,079 --> 00:45:33,320
bit young, that that could be an issue in this

917
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:38,039
quick turnaround. Now, what Arkansas is as opposed to Wisconsin,

918
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:40,840
the team that High Point just beat is super athletic.

919
00:45:41,039 --> 00:45:44,519
Arkansas is so much more athletic than Wisconsin is.

920
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 3: Could that bother high Point? Yeah? Probably could.

921
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 5: But again I think High Point's going to be trying

922
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,920
to get into their offense, shoot threes and then forrest turnovers.

923
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,239
So you know, Arkansas. I love Darius Akoff, He's an

924
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:02,239
electric guard. But like if Arkansas is not fully ready, here,

925
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,519
cal and high Point can force some turnovers, which they

926
00:46:05,519 --> 00:46:08,480
are as good as anyone in the mid major, any

927
00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:12,079
mid major forcing turnovers and turning it in the offense.

928
00:46:12,119 --> 00:46:14,719
On the other end, they can hang around here, and

929
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,039
I think for a pick in this game, I'll say

930
00:46:17,079 --> 00:46:18,960
over one sixty nine and a half because I think

931
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,800
you're gonna have a lot of points.

932
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,679
Speaker 3: Arkansas might get to the rim at will here.

933
00:46:23,159 --> 00:46:25,519
Speaker 5: You think you're gonna have a lot of points both ways,

934
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,239
but don't count high Point out.

935
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 3: They could be the story this year.

936
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 5: This is not the worst matchup for them, and they

937
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,679
can score, So I be this might be your your

938
00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:34,400
ticket right here.

939
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:36,639
Speaker 1: I don't know, Hi, I just looked at some of

940
00:46:36,639 --> 00:46:39,000
the calculations. I hope that the chat's right, that maybe

941
00:46:39,039 --> 00:46:41,440
Illinois does have the flu. I don't know. I didn't

942
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,920
see anything on social media, but boy, would that be

943
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,519
a nice bailout for your girl. Rob Bino just text us,

944
00:46:47,639 --> 00:46:49,480
he said, if you guys are given out a parlay,

945
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,519
I like Dandy minus one and a half. Well, I

946
00:46:52,519 --> 00:46:55,880
didn't know we're giving out of parlaying out parlay.

947
00:46:56,199 --> 00:46:58,840
Speaker 3: I know, no, that's listen. I'm glad Rob.

948
00:46:59,199 --> 00:47:02,320
Speaker 5: I'm glad Rob chimed in there because we just talked

949
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:03,320
Nebraska Vandy.

950
00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:06,880
Speaker 3: I feel like we didn't really have a strong game

951
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:07,800
on that game.

952
00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 5: Now we'll use the money line for the parlay. That's

953
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,440
all right, all right, I'm actually glad. I'm glad Rob

954
00:47:14,559 --> 00:47:16,199
chimed in with that. I don't know if that'll like

955
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,840
make my card or anything, but I certainly I guess

956
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:20,880
I lean with him.

957
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,079
Speaker 3: I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.

958
00:47:22,119 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 5: I said my number was Vandy minus three point one,

959
00:47:25,199 --> 00:47:26,840
so I can get down with that.

960
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,679
Speaker 3: We'll use Vandy for the parlay for rob.

961
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, go ahead and give yours out? And uh,

962
00:47:32,559 --> 00:47:34,079
do I have to use a Saturday game or can

963
00:47:34,119 --> 00:47:35,000
I use a Sunday game.

964
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 3: I guess you could use a Sunday game if you want, I.

965
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: Might use a Sunday game.

966
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 3: All right, all right, I will you want me to

967
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:43,800
go first?

968
00:47:44,159 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 5: Yes, okay, So I'm gonna go to one of the

969
00:47:48,559 --> 00:47:50,960
n I T games tonight that I'm interested in. I

970
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:54,280
heard Gianni bring it up that he makes the number

971
00:47:54,519 --> 00:47:58,480
Dayton minus four in that game, and I'm really hoping that, uh,

972
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,280
maybe it gets to minus because I like UNC Wilmington here,

973
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,960
but four would be kind of like the point I

974
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,960
would play it. So for our parlay, we'll use threes

975
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,599
because the threes are popping out, but maybe it will

976
00:48:11,639 --> 00:48:12,920
get to four to four and a half and I'll

977
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,199
add it for clients. So why do I like Wilmington here, Kelly, Well,

978
00:48:16,199 --> 00:48:18,800
first of all, they're the home team, Dayton is the

979
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,880
higher seed. But of course the play and round being

980
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,199
at Dayton displaced Dayton for being able to host games

981
00:48:25,519 --> 00:48:28,239
in the NIT. So what that means for them is

982
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,159
they had to go out to Bradley Peoria, Illinois play

983
00:48:31,159 --> 00:48:33,679
a midweek game, and now they've got to stay on

984
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:37,199
the road and go to Wilmington, North Carolina Trass Coliseum.

985
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:40,039
I was just there where Wilmington is fifty two and

986
00:48:40,159 --> 00:48:43,480
thirteen straight up the last five years at Trass Coliseum.

987
00:48:43,559 --> 00:48:48,400
It is an electric venue, great home atmosphere. I was

988
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:53,119
at the season finale when they lost to Charleston and Siddle.

989
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,880
Their head coach got on the mic, thanked all the

990
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,519
fans who basically stayed around to listen to what he

991
00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:01,559
had to say, and said, you know what, don't worry

992
00:49:01,559 --> 00:49:03,280
about it. We're going to go and win the CAA

993
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,239
tournament and we're gonna get back to the NCAA Tournament.

994
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,079
And that ultimately didn't happen. Okay, we know that Wilmington

995
00:49:10,159 --> 00:49:13,280
ended up getting upset in their conference tournament. I don't

996
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:15,840
think they wanted to be in the NIT. Obviously, no

997
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,280
one does when you're but when you're in a one

998
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,280
big league, when you're a team like Wilmington, you kind

999
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,400
of accept the fact that, hey, if it doesn't work

1000
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:26,639
out in our conference tournament, we're not gonna go and

1001
00:49:26,679 --> 00:49:29,119
we're gonna have to go to the NIT. They look

1002
00:49:29,159 --> 00:49:31,960
fired up to play earlier this week. They go into

1003
00:49:32,039 --> 00:49:35,000
Yale get a great upset win. I think Wilmington really

1004
00:49:35,039 --> 00:49:38,599
cares about this tournament, whereas like Dayton. They were one

1005
00:49:38,599 --> 00:49:41,159
win away from the NCAA Tournament and lost to VCU,

1006
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,880
so it's not that they don't care, but Bradley wasn't

1007
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,280
really ready to play earlier this week, so they kind

1008
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,320
of just walked through that game. They're gonna get a

1009
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,559
Wilmington team that is absolutely ready to play tonight, that's

1010
00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:54,480
gonna probably have a pretty close to sold out crowd

1011
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,719
in the fifty five hundred seat Trash Coliseum, that has

1012
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,960
a really good front line that's gonna put a lot

1013
00:50:00,119 --> 00:50:02,760
pressure on their bigs. And that's fifty two and thirteen

1014
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,719
straight up at home the last five years, So I

1015
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:09,480
think Wilmington probably should be closer to pick. Now that

1016
00:50:09,559 --> 00:50:12,159
it's three, it's caught my attention. Get me to four,

1017
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:15,639
it's probably a client play, so I'll throw Wilmington plus

1018
00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:16,559
three in the parlay.

1019
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,400
Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna start us off on the Sunday games.

1020
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,079
If you guys have a question about a Sunday game,

1021
00:50:21,159 --> 00:50:23,719
drop it in the chat and trigger and I'll get

1022
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,840
to We got ten minutes. I got another live show

1023
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:27,920
at nine am, so we got about nine and a

1024
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,079
half minutes left, So I'll go quick. Iowa State minus

1025
00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:32,760
five and a half for me tomorrow. This is a

1026
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,280
Kentucky team that I sat right there yesterday morning in

1027
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,519
the super Book Santa Clara plus three in pocket with

1028
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,360
my guys from South Carolina watching the early game before

1029
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:43,079
we headed over to the wind to see the mad Rush,

1030
00:50:43,119 --> 00:50:47,800
and boy was that insane. Kentucky needed every bit of

1031
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,920
that miracle. Even with the minute left Santa Clara up one,

1032
00:50:51,519 --> 00:50:54,960
that final result was not actually indicative of how that

1033
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,320
game was played out. So I am fading the Kentucky Wildcats.

1034
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:02,199
I am taking my national champion, the Iowa S eight Cyclones,

1035
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,639
with that top five rated defense, that three point shooting

1036
00:51:07,199 --> 00:51:13,320
firepower to just absolutely wax this Kentucky Wildcats team late.

1037
00:51:13,639 --> 00:51:16,599
The five and a half still available right now all

1038
00:51:16,639 --> 00:51:20,679
across the Odds launch screen, Odds Logic screen. Excuse me

1039
00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:22,920
this morning. I think this one's gonna go to six

1040
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,239
here shortly, and it's probably gonna only go one way,

1041
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,039
because everybody's gonna agree with me that Kentucky probably didn't

1042
00:51:28,039 --> 00:51:30,480
deserve to win that basketball game, all right? Any thoughts

1043
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,840
on Saint John's Kansas Craig wants to know here. This

1044
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,599
is another one I looked at. I bet against Kansas yesterday.

1045
00:51:36,599 --> 00:51:39,719
Cal Baptist was my lone bright spot. Great second half

1046
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:42,519
by them. I didn't know anything about cal Baptists. If

1047
00:51:42,519 --> 00:51:44,960
you remember Trigg, we talked about it on Selection Sunday

1048
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:47,400
and I immediately said, this is a lot of points

1049
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,920
for a Kansas team that has not been impressive to me.

1050
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,760
And Rob said, hey, cal be careful. Darren Peterson's gonna

1051
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:56,199
have to show out to get that number one overall pick.

1052
00:51:56,199 --> 00:51:58,800
And I said, Nah, that guy hasn't played basketball all year.

1053
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,119
Speaker 5: Yeah, listen, Saint John's really impressed me yesterday. They were

1054
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:06,519
you know, that was a matchup that I didn't think

1055
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,280
was great for them when the pairings were announced, I

1056
00:52:10,039 --> 00:52:12,400
thought Northern Iowa could could give them trouble in the

1057
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,559
respect that it's like just not the game they really

1058
00:52:14,599 --> 00:52:17,719
wanted to play. But man, Saint John's came right out

1059
00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:21,400
of the gate, tons of energy, built up a lead

1060
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,559
and never really gave it back. And I think that's

1061
00:52:23,559 --> 00:52:26,119
so key for like how you're evaluating Saint John's, Because

1062
00:52:26,119 --> 00:52:29,519
when Saint John's, when their defense is plays the way

1063
00:52:29,519 --> 00:52:32,480
they did yesterday, they're flying all the floor, tons of

1064
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,559
ball pressure and they're creating turnovers. That team's gonna be

1065
00:52:35,559 --> 00:52:39,079
a tough out. And I just like, if they show

1066
00:52:39,159 --> 00:52:42,800
up like that tomorrow, they'll beat Kansas. If they show

1067
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:45,559
up like that Kelly in the sweet sixteen, they'll beat Duke.

1068
00:52:45,679 --> 00:52:49,400
So it's like, I'm kind of like, I don't really

1069
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:52,239
want to bet against Saint John's right now because what

1070
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,199
we've now seen the last two times they've stepped on

1071
00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:58,159
the floor bigiest Championship game where they just bludgeoned Yukon,

1072
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,480
And that's now the second time they done that to

1073
00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:03,199
Yukon this year. The first time was at the Garden

1074
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:05,639
earlier this year where they pressured the heck out of

1075
00:53:05,679 --> 00:53:07,960
Yukon's guards and they really couldn't get into their offense.

1076
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:10,440
They do it again in the biggiest championship game, come

1077
00:53:10,519 --> 00:53:12,840
right back out last night. Northern Iowa had no chance,

1078
00:53:13,079 --> 00:53:16,840
Like from the tip off ten thirteen nothing, Saint John's,

1079
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,760
Northern Iowa had no chance.

1080
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:19,800
Speaker 3: And it's all goes.

1081
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: Chances And I was on that no chance and it all.

1082
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:26,519
Speaker 5: It all goes back to their ball, pressure, their defense,

1083
00:53:26,559 --> 00:53:28,360
and then their defense creating the offense.

1084
00:53:28,639 --> 00:53:29,800
Speaker 3: Can they do that against Kansas?

1085
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:30,039
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1086
00:53:30,039 --> 00:53:31,599
Speaker 3: I don't see why not Kansas.

1087
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:35,039
Speaker 5: Kansas started to struggle with cal Baptist, who has a

1088
00:53:35,079 --> 00:53:38,320
great sort of defensive game plan as well. That's sort

1089
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,480
of how they go into that game, and they got

1090
00:53:40,519 --> 00:53:41,519
it going in the second half.

1091
00:53:41,559 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 3: So yeah, I Kansas is probably vulnerable there.

1092
00:53:44,079 --> 00:53:46,760
Speaker 1: All right, lots of guys are asking about Texas Tech Bama.

1093
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:48,360
I want to get through as many of these as

1094
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,920
we can trick, So give me some rapid fire thoughts

1095
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:54,239
on this one current line. Excuse me, this is the

1096
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,480
late game tomorrow. Texas Tech is a one and a

1097
00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:01,719
half point favorite. WHOA that one is getting a lot

1098
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:04,239
of Texas Tech love. I got Texas Tech fifty to one,

1099
00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:05,920
two in the whole thing, they're not going to I know.

1100
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:07,440
I screwed up on the Kelly Murgy Show. I said

1101
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:13,920
Obi Toppin Trigg blonde moment, tired moment, JT Toppin gets hurt,

1102
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,760
and I knew that fifty to one was dead on arrival,

1103
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,519
not gonna lie. Yesterday, I was like, wait a minute,

1104
00:54:19,679 --> 00:54:22,039
Ariel and I have Texas Tech fifty to one, and

1105
00:54:22,199 --> 00:54:26,159
bocket should I should I go ahead and hamper those expectations.

1106
00:54:27,039 --> 00:54:27,199
Speaker 3: No?

1107
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,199
Speaker 5: And you know what's funny, Like you know I know

1108
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,760
Iowa State picked up a tough injury to yesterday with

1109
00:54:32,039 --> 00:54:35,280
Jefferson getting hurt, But like just to talk about the

1110
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:37,880
Big Twelve in general for a minute, because this was

1111
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:41,440
something I brought up earlier this week. I think because

1112
00:54:41,559 --> 00:54:44,480
if you watched Big twelve basketball this year and had

1113
00:54:44,519 --> 00:54:47,559
every team sort of go through the Big Twelve gauntlet

1114
00:54:47,559 --> 00:54:51,360
that they went through, I think there's three teams right

1115
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:52,880
now out of the Big twelve that I think are

1116
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:55,840
are very underrated in terms of like they could all

1117
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:58,280
end up in a Final four. And those three teams

1118
00:54:58,280 --> 00:54:59,920
are Iowa State, which I would have liked the lit

1119
00:55:00,159 --> 00:55:04,840
more prior to to Jefferson getting hurt, Texas Tech in Houston,

1120
00:55:05,519 --> 00:55:08,360
Kansas gets love for being Kansas, and they're the one

1121
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,880
I would throw out, And of course Arizona is the one.

1122
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,039
Speaker 3: That everyone's putting in the final for.

1123
00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:15,280
Speaker 5: But man, Texas, like they do lack size, so that's

1124
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:18,239
the thing top and being out kills some of their size.

1125
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:24,760
But I mean the guards they have are outstanding. They

1126
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,639
you know, they they still have a great scoring back court.

1127
00:55:27,679 --> 00:55:29,599
Now Bam is going to go to the rim that

1128
00:55:29,639 --> 00:55:32,840
could that could give them some trouble. I suppose, but

1129
00:55:33,519 --> 00:55:35,039
Bam is also going to take a lot of three

1130
00:55:35,079 --> 00:55:37,400
point shots, and it's like this is still a winnable

1131
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,960
game for them. And I wouldn't count Texas tech out

1132
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:41,760
in any game they play the rest of the way.

1133
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:43,280
I guess that's the point I was trying to make

1134
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:47,239
Kelly for the Sunday games. Like right now, I see

1135
00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:49,280
a lot of people asking about n I T stuff

1136
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,840
in the chat. I feel like, if you if you

1137
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,559
want me to go rapid fire, I can probably answer

1138
00:55:54,599 --> 00:55:57,400
about five of their questions real quick, because like that,

1139
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,239
that's where a lot of questions you trig.

1140
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,920
Speaker 1: You got there. For the next three minutes and fifty seconds.

1141
00:56:03,559 --> 00:56:05,880
Speaker 5: That's plenty of time to get through the the NIT

1142
00:56:06,119 --> 00:56:07,760
for today and tomorrow. So here's the deal with the

1143
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:10,480
n I T first round. We talked about it on

1144
00:56:10,559 --> 00:56:13,920
Full Court Press. It's almost like bowl season for football.

1145
00:56:14,039 --> 00:56:17,280
You got to know who's playing who's not, And we

1146
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,079
track this on our show. Sure enough, a lot of

1147
00:56:20,119 --> 00:56:23,119
the teams that advanced were teams that were at full

1148
00:56:23,159 --> 00:56:25,519
strength taking it seriously. A lot of the teams that

1149
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:29,800
lost had guys out or you know, would just for

1150
00:56:30,159 --> 00:56:32,920
one reason or another, were in tough travel and they

1151
00:56:33,039 --> 00:56:35,199
ended up losing the game. So I already pointed out

1152
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:37,760
a tough travel spot for you with Dayton going from

1153
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:42,159
Peoria to Wilmington. The other one tonight. That there's one

1154
00:56:42,199 --> 00:56:44,400
tonight and we'll go to the Sunday games. Liberty Nevada

1155
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:47,440
tonight is interesting because because Methanie is out for Liberty

1156
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:51,239
is their best player. He didn't matter against George Mason,

1157
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,079
who also didn't seem to be taking this tournament seriously.

1158
00:56:54,679 --> 00:56:56,079
Speaker 3: But now they've got to go all the way out

1159
00:56:56,119 --> 00:56:56,480
to Reno.

1160
00:56:56,599 --> 00:56:59,280
Speaker 5: He might matter a little bit here in Nevada certainly

1161
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:02,199
seems to be taking this tournament seriously. I saw Nevada

1162
00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:04,960
take a little bit of money this morning. However, that's

1163
00:57:05,039 --> 00:57:06,639
now up to like eight and a half or nine

1164
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:09,079
that there's a point where I think you could punch

1165
00:57:09,159 --> 00:57:11,239
back at that with Liberty. I think that point would

1166
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:14,079
be ten tomorrow's game. So I saw someone in the

1167
00:57:14,159 --> 00:57:15,639
chat ask about Wichita State.

1168
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:18,039
Speaker 3: They were one.

1169
00:57:18,159 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 5: So they showed up full strength and they certainly were

1170
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:24,039
there to win their game, and they did. But I

1171
00:57:24,159 --> 00:57:26,639
need to know the status of will Burg for that game.

1172
00:57:27,199 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 3: He left with an injury.

1173
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 5: Now they're going to play an Oklahoma State team that

1174
00:57:31,519 --> 00:57:34,440
had guys out for discipline. Oklahoma State was without four

1175
00:57:34,599 --> 00:57:38,239
starters against Davidson. Now, one of them we know was Parsifala,

1176
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:40,280
he's done for the year, he blew out his knees,

1177
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,880
done for the year. But Anthony Roy not playing, and

1178
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:46,599
then two of their other starters of Victorious Miller and

1179
00:57:46,719 --> 00:57:47,920
the other name is escaping me.

1180
00:57:48,199 --> 00:57:51,199
Speaker 3: We're disciplinary reasons. So what I'd be looking for with.

1181
00:57:51,239 --> 00:57:55,599
Speaker 5: Oklahoma State is are those guys back? My gut says yes.

1182
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:58,840
And then of course the status of Wilburg for Wichita State.

1183
00:57:59,039 --> 00:58:01,599
I think that really you have to know those things

1184
00:58:02,239 --> 00:58:04,599
before you know what to do with Wichita State Oklahoma State.

1185
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:07,960
So that's one to look at for tomorrow. What I'm

1186
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,840
interested in tomorrow Tulsa UNLV. David Green did not play

1187
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:15,199
for Tulsa earlier this week. David Green is Tulsa's best player.

1188
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:20,480
He is their main sort of like physical presence in

1189
00:58:20,599 --> 00:58:22,800
the paint and he's just there all around best player

1190
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,960
by a wide margin. They snuck by Steven F. Austin

1191
00:58:26,079 --> 00:58:29,320
earlier this week. Without him, they are now going to

1192
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:30,800
be a four and a half point favorite against a

1193
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:31,960
UNLB team that A.

1194
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:33,119
Speaker 3: They all showed up.

1195
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,480
Speaker 5: Josh Pastor had his whole team there, and b Pasner

1196
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:40,320
did an interview after they lost and was pretty excited

1197
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:43,519
about getting his team to play in this tournament. And

1198
00:58:44,119 --> 00:58:46,920
I was just hoping UNLV would have everyone there. They

1199
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,000
did against Irvine. They went on the road and be

1200
00:58:49,159 --> 00:58:51,360
a good Irvine team. I don't know that they should

1201
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:53,559
be a four and a half point dog if Tulsa

1202
00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:57,280
shows up without David Green, which again is probably likely.

1203
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 3: He's not going to play if he didn't play the

1204
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:00,920
other day. So those are some thoughts.

1205
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:03,840
Speaker 5: The final one I'll leave you with Saint Joe's looked

1206
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,679
really good against Colorado State. They're a six point dog

1207
00:59:06,719 --> 00:59:10,079
tomorrow against California. I would not I would not be

1208
00:59:10,239 --> 00:59:12,800
surprised if they won that game out right, all.

1209
00:59:12,719 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 1: Right, the chat has been really funny. I was reading

1210
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:16,400
the chat while you were talking about an IT because

1211
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I don't care about the n IT unless.

1212
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 5: Of course that's but if you care about making money,

1213
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:21,360
those are the games you probably want to bet.

1214
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:27,119
Speaker 1: Ah, you're probably correct. You're probably correct. I'm just teasing Trig.

1215
00:59:27,519 --> 00:59:29,800
We all know that that's part of the whole show.

1216
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:31,719
Stitch shout out to all of you guys for hanging

1217
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:37,719
out with us here on last call. Trig Iowa State, Vanderbilt.

1218
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 2: And you and C.

1219
00:59:38,719 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: Wilmington is our parlay.

1220
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:41,719
Speaker 3: That's our parlay.

1221
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:44,039
Speaker 5: Vandy will go money line Iowa State minus five and

1222
00:59:44,079 --> 00:59:45,480
a half, Wilmington plus three.

1223
00:59:46,199 --> 00:59:49,519
Speaker 1: All right, good luck to us, Good out to all

1224
00:59:49,559 --> 00:59:51,679
of you guys. Thank you guys again for hanging out

1225
00:59:51,679 --> 00:59:55,119
with us here on last call. Adam Trigger, hope you

1226
00:59:55,159 --> 00:59:57,920
have a wonderful day. I plan to do the same.

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Speaker 4: Two