Hour 3 - NFL Free Agency Big Spenders, Tonight's Bets

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2:18Final hour. Power hour. You bet or you bet on Westwood One Sports. Nick Costos are amazing crew. And you. The power hour and every hour here on you better you bet brought to you by BetMGM. Make it legendary by downloading the BetMGM app and visiting BetMGM.com. Got a lot to do this hour, final hour of the show. We will close the show by giving you our bets for conference tournaments in college basketball as the power conference tournaments gets at the start. Very much looking forward to that. Plus bets for individual games, both at college hoops and the NBA. That will close the show coming up about 45 minutes from now. Ton of NFL free agencies still to get to, including three teams that are picking

3:20in the top five of the draft. Spent like Drunken Sailors yesterday. I liked two teams, dislike the other approach. We'll get to that coming up in a little bit here. We still have to touch on the Carolina Panthers. We have to touch on the New York football giants. A lot to do in the final 60 minutes on this Tuesday. But the breaking news in the world of college basketball we've alluded to a couple times over the course of the last 45 minutes or so. Duke had coach John Shire announcing that starting point guard Caleb Foster has a fractured foot. Shire added that Foster could return. But Duke would have to make the final four in order for that to happen. Our friend Jeff Goodman of the field of 68 tweeted a little while ago that a source told him in the field of 68 that there is an outside chance that Caleb Foster could play if Duke makes the final four, but it's minimal. So I think for all intents and purposes, Caleb Foster is done for the year for Duke. The

4:25good news for the Duke Blue Devils is that stepping into play point guard will be Taden Booser, who's obviously, you know, cam's brother Carlos's son, which is actually true. Now Goodman added, and we think Jeff is one of the best in the business comes on the show all the time that Duke can still win the national championship without Caleb Foster at the point. And maybe that's true. I think it would be foolish for anyone to say Duke cannot win the national championship because Caleb Foster is out. Now if cam Booser got hurt, then certainly Duke can't win the national championship. But Caleb Foster being out for and he's a really good player, Australian for good college point guard. Caleb Foster being out does not mean that Duke can't win the title. But what it does mean, and we'll get some, we'll get some data on this in the ACC tournament. And obviously as the NCAA tournament progresses, when Duke gets to the final four, and when Duke has to do battle

5:31with the likes of Arizona, do battle with the likes of Michigan, do battle with the likes of Florida, will not having Caleb Foster batter. Then I'm also going to give you right now the teams that are projected. And I believe guys, this is CBS Sports Bracketology that we're going to use here. The projected two and three seeds right now in the NCAA tournament. This is from Bracket Matrix, which is I think a, like a compilation of all like the top Bracketology websites, right? The two seeds, Yukon, Houston, Michigan State, Illinois, the threes Iowa State, Nebraska, Purdue, Alabama. If you're a Duke fan, if you're someone that wants to bet due to make the final four, win the national championship, I think your hope in for Illinois to be the two seed. Illinois can obviously score the basketball with

6:36great a plumb, but their defense thinks that I think Duke easily beats them. If indeed that's the matchup in the elite eight. Yukon on a given night can absolutely beat Duke. I don't know that I pick them, but has they have the upside? Houston has the upside to beat Duke in a one game scenario. We saw it last year, unfortunately for us who bet Duke to internament. Michigan State, I also think, might have the upside in a one game scenario to beat Duke. And as far as the threes go, does Duke really want to see Iowa State? Just throwing it out there. Caleb Foster probably done for the year. We will have a Bracket on Sunday. I would still take Duke to the final four, but if that's something you want to do in your Bracket or with the bed, I think you're probably rooting for a specific series of events in Duke's Bracket. Last note here, I think it's setting up as a very

7:41interesting real life story line, where Cam Booser is going to win national player of the year in college basketball. He's been outstanding likely to be a top three pick in the NBA draft probably behind A.J. Dabonson, Darren Peterson in whatever order. His brother is obviously less celebrated. Caden Booser. And now, Caden's going to have an opportunity along with his brother, Cam. If Duke's going to make a big run to etch his name in Duke lore and might not have gotten that opportunity otherwise, the sense E. double A tournament is going to be absolutely amazing. And speaking of college basketball, Ben MGM players will receive a college basketball odds boost token to use the token and a college basketball wager to your bed slip and activate the token. If you win your wager that was made with the token, you'll receive extra winnings and unrestricted bonus dollars, make it legendary, download the Ben MGM app today, and please

8:44gamble responsibly. Okay, you better, you bet Westwood one sports, Nick Costos, and you back to NFL free agency. Three of the teams picking in the top five spent like, I keep saying, I guess it's curse like drunken sailors. What do they spend like like a like a like a housewife about to get divorced? I don't know, whatever, they spend lots of money. Like Nick Costos, when he has too much money and go shopping, I'll be honest, it's one of my vices. The team with the number one pick, the Las Vegas Raiders, Spending Spray. The team with the number two pick in the NFL draft, the New York Jets, Spending Spray, Spending Spray. And the team with the fourth pick in the draft, the Tennessee Titans, Spending Spray. We'll touch on the Giants with the fifth pick, and the team with the third pick just like signed Gardner Menshow. Just, I'd love to know what the Arizona Cardinals are doing. The Las Vegas Raiders, signed free agent center Tyler Linderbaum to what is not not by a close margin by far the richest steel that's ever been handed out to a center.

9:52Tyler Linderbaum's going to make $27 million a year. The second highest paid center in the NFL, Creed Humphrey makes 18. I think a lot of general managers are probably pretty pissed at John Spiteck and the Raiders, because now it means that the market is going to be raised. Think about this, like you're like an average left tackle, like for she Walker, like you're a left tackle, and Linderbaum just got $27 million. Teams go and have to pony up for these offensive linemen now. Like unintended consequence, I'm not saying the Raiders should care, but I think that's a little interesting. So Tyler Linderbaum will be the center. And I agree with what Danny Parkin sent earlier in the show when he joined us in our number one. That Linderbaum, yes, they overpaid for him, but he's an awesome center. You want to help Fernando Mendoza, assuming Mendoza is the number one pick. And Linderbaum, while Mendoza eases into the offense before he's ready to call the protections and really set things up, Linderbaum can do that. So I like that signing. They also signed two linebackers, Nicole B. Dean and Kueh Walker, wide receiver, Jalen Neller,

10:56retains Malcolm Coons and Eric Stokes, and brought in Quitte Pay from the Indianapolis cults. The Jets traded for Mink of its Patrick, and then a bunch on the defensive side of the ball. Demario Davis back for his third tour of duty as a jet, David O'Neumann on the defensive line, where him and Tavondre sweat are two monsters in that defensive line now for the Jets. Joseph Assai from the Cincinnati Bengals, Kingsley Enigbare from the Green Bay Packers, Pass Russia, and Dane Belton, another safety to go along with Mink of its Patrick. And the Tennessee Titans. That is like the Brian Dable, Robert Sala, like failed New Yorkers collection. Wondale Robinson on a big contract at receiver, John Franklin Myers on the defensive line, and a pair of corners, Cordell Flott, the former Giants, and a Lante Taylor from the New Orleans Saints. Generally, in NFL free agency, it has been viewed as a negative when you spend a ton of

11:59money and you bring in a ton of players. It has generally been considered to be something that bad teams do, and then they stay bad as a result, right, where you think draft and develop, retain your young players. Don't go out on spending space and free agency. It's not going to work. And there are outliers to everything, but generally, that has been the case in the NFL. And I am curious now, if the New England Patriots and what the Patriots accomplished last off season is now kind of bucking that trend, where the Patriots went wild in spending last off season. And we talked about it throughout their run to the Super Bowl, Milton Williams, your Carlton Davis, Stefan Diggs, others, like the Patriots killed it in free agency last year. It's one of the reasons why Mike Vrable won coach of the year in New England was your AFC champion. And with the salary cap exploding the way it has, and time will tell, I don't have to be right

13:02about this, but I don't think that we are in a place now in the NFL where just because you spend a ton of free agency, it has to go poorly. I don't think that's the case. I really like what the Raiders did. This one will be more controversial. I like what the Tennessee Titans did. We'll start with the Raiders. And think about what we've said recently about the Raiders, right? When we are viewing it through the Max Crosby Lens, the Raiders have basically no good players on the roster. Remember that exercise? We went through it, right? We went to the Raiders Dept chart. How many good players to the Raiders have? It's like Brock Bowers and then maybe Ashton Gentie. Is that it? Is that it? Every single player that the Raiders signed yesterday is better than whoever else they would have run out there. Like every single player I mentioned in Coons and Stokes, they've obviously retained. They're not bad players. They're not great, but they're decent players for the Raiders. Quitte Pay, Jalen Neller, Nikobe Dean, Quay Walker,

14:06Tyler Linderbaum are all immediate upgrades, immediate upgrades for a team that desperately needs good football players. I like it for the Raiders. Like Dean and Walker, I think, are fascinating signings at the linebacker position. You know, Quitte Pay has not lived up to the first ground pedigree that went out good. We thought he'd be when the culprits drafted him out of Michigan, but I like that for the Raiders. Again, they need more good players. Linderbaum's a stud. You want to help Fernando Mendoza? You forget about Mendoza? Like, how about help Ashton Gentie, who is running into brick walls last season? I don't think any of this means the Raiders are going to contend for like a wildcard birth. I'm not insinuating that. But man, like, the team's got to be respectable, and this helps them on the path to respectability. And you can say the same about the Tennessee Titans, right? A lot of Taylor and Cordell Flot are going to start at corner for Tennessee. Like, and like Jerry, you see, how do you not like this for the Tennessee Titans?

15:08How do you not like John Franklin Myers joining Germain Johnson now on this re-made Titans defense of front? And maybe with the fourth pick, we'll see what is it, Jeremiah Love? Is it Arvel Reese? Does David Bailey drop? Is it Rubin Bane? Like, they're going to have options at fourth overall. And I'll tell you, I was actually texting with some people last night, and I am a Giants fan. Like, people seem to think Wondale Robinson stinks. And I disagree with that. Like, you want to say 70 million too much for Wondale Robinson, like whatever, who cares? Not your money. It's not my money. Wondale Robinson is an excellent slot receiver, a great underneath receiver, who's going to be a security blanket for cam ward. Who, by the way, even at a diminutive size of five foot eight, can still win vertically at points. And we saw that last year for the Giants. That's an awesome signing for cam ward and awesome signing. It looks like they need help at receiver still. It can't be Chamary, DK, and Alec Iamanner, and Wondale Robinson. I don't think Calvin Ridley is going to be on the team,

16:09so you need like a real downfield threat. But I mean, you know, we're at the start of a rebuild for the Titans here. Cam Ward's going to be in a way better spot this year than he was last year. And if cam ward can take that step forward, can the Titans contend for a wild card birth? Like they can, right? Like I'm not going to say that about the Raiders. I think the Tennessee Titans can. And I think people are kind of missing the boat here on what the Titans did. Am I saying they're a Super Bowl team? No, I'm not saying that. But can the Titans go nine and eight, ten and seven if cam ward takes the next step? Absolutely. And are the Raiders way better today than they were yesterday at this time 24 hours ago? How can you argue against it? Now, as for the New York Jets, to be fair, I will answer, I will ask and answer the same question about the Jets that I just did about the Raiders. Are the Jets a better football team now

17:13than they were 24 hours ago? Absolutely. No question. The difference, though, between the Jets and the Raiders and the Titans is the Raiders are going to draft Fernando Mendoza. The Titans already have cam ward and the Jets are spending and not just spending. DiMario Davis is old. He's still good, but he old in his late 30s. David O'Neumata, not a spring chicken. The Jets are spending like a team that feels like it can contend in the AFC and they're not even close, not even close, not even in the ballpark of contending. And my fear for the Jets and Jets fans, and I talked about this last night with some people locally that are kind of like covered the team that are like in with the team, people that I think are really smart as a concern football. And it feels like this is like Aaron Glenn trying to save his

18:15job. And maybe GM Darren Moogies feeling the heat as well despite the fact he's amassed five first round picks in the next two NFL drafts. What else makes sense? Why are they building the team like this? Like they're clearly trying to be good this year. Why would they want that? Why would so Aaron Glenn can save his job? Like months after he fired his entire coaching staff, like if that's what it was going to be, they should have fired Aaron Glenn. And then you can talk yourself into this maybe, maybe. Best course of action for the Jets is to go two in 15, fire Aaron Glenn, hire a new coach and get archmaning or get Dante Moore or Julian Sayon or whomever it is. That's that's what's best for business for the New York Jets. This and let's just say it's Carson Wences the Jets quarterback. And I know you want to throw up in your mouth. That's been reported. Frank Reich's the OC of the Jets. They were together in Indianapolis, right? Let's say it's Carson Wences, which I hope it's not for Jets fans, but let's say it is. This team's going to go

19:18like six and 11. I think they've got some pretty good players on offense and defense. And you go six and 11. You're out of the archmaning sweepstakes. You're probably out of the Dante Moore sweepstakes. We'll see how the rest of the quarterbacks turn out. It feels like the Jets are going to waste this year. And it's going to be wasted on like ten Aaron Glenn save his job. Who cares? Who cares? The Jets need to be focused on who is the franchise quarterback. And it looks like we ain't getting the answer to that question until at least next year. And I feared the Jets are going to be too good for them to really answer that question at the top of the draft. And not bad enough to answer that question at the top of the draft. Other than that, Jets fans, it's awesome. Do you agree with me on the Raiders and the Titans? 3108404910 YouTube.com backslash ads, the Costos coming up next. More NFL free agency talk. And I'm going to tell everybody the team that's

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25:43deal with the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers will certainly hope Jalen Phillips is defensive player of the week. A couple times maybe even defensive player of the year. Defensive player of the week though sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union proudly serving all branches of the armed services, veterans and their families. Learn more at navyfederal.org. Navyfederal.org. Our members are the mission. The Carolina Panthers yesterday two huge signings on defense on legal tampering day. Defense event Jalen Phillips to a monster contract that will pay him 30 million dollars a year and Devon Lloyd the top off ball linebacker on the free agent market away from the from one expansion team to another away from the Jacksonville Jaguars and to the Carolina Panthers. And when I think about the Panthers I think about a team that just won the NFC South.

26:45Now did they back into the division championship? Yes also they won the division. Also they almost beat like do we we remember this was like two months ago. It wasn't that long ago. It was this calendar year that the Carolina Panthers almost beat the LA Rams on wild card weekends which is not to suggest that the Panthers are on the Rams level or the Seahawks level they are not but they're also not a curtain jerk in Gibroni horrendous team. They just won the NFC South right and they won it largely on the strength of offense and look they were under 500 so I make it was the greatest offense of all time but you have Bryce Young you have Rico Doudel walks to sign with the Steelers and I don't think we'll get to the Steelers this show but because there's a lot going on we'll hit everything that happens over the course of the week this week. So if you're listening or watching and like hey we haven't talked Steelers you haven't talked bangles for instance we're gonna make sure we get to all of it over the course of this week so don't you worry

27:47Rico Doudel walks but you're a hopper still there right you've got Jalen Coker a couple good tight ends what you need it obviously was some oomph on defense and Jalen Phillips and Devon Lloyd bring that to you so now Jalen Phillips along with Nick Scorton who the Panthers really like and Derek Brown in the middle of that defensive line Lloyd and linebacker a couple good corners like really good corners and JC Horn and Mike Jackson and a team that literally just won the division the Panthers right now at Bet MGM we touched on this with the whale capper Jardensik is at the bottom of the board right now to win the NFC South plus 380 the Panthers are the Saints and plus 360 and New Orleans with a splash yesterday in free agency Travis ETN away from the Jackson ville Jaguars which likely means the end of Alvin Camara in New Orleans and I'm sure he'll probably get picked up by somebody he's done great career like not quite a Hall of Fame career but like a

28:49really really nice career for Alvin Camara like he's likely done in New Orleans Travis ETN takes over his lead running back also signed guard David Edwards away from the Buffalo Bills and just low key the Saints are gonna have a pretty good offensive line this year like Tyler Schuck and have some protection if they can get a real number two receiver to pair with Chris Olave man I think the Saints could be pretty good this year not good like they're gonna win 11 games could they go nine and eight it's possible the Falcons are plus 350 with two and Michael Bench Jr. no thanks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who just lost Mike Evans plus 130 Todd Bowles back for another year Zach Robinson who's the new offensive coordinator I don't think anyone would confuse with like Bill Walsh with what he did last couple years in Atlanta with the Falcons make me bet that division right now I'll take the Carolina Panthers plus 380 and feel really really really really good about it touched on teams picking in the top five last segments didn't get to my New York football

29:57Giants the Giants did not did not spend recklessly yesterday which is why they were not grouped in with the Raiders the Titans and the Jets but the Giants did spend an added cornerback Greg Newsom this morning away from Cleveland I like that for the Giants who obviously lost a couple corners to start free agency so the Giants yesterday signed former Ravens tight end Isaiah likely who will rejoin John Harbaugh signed Stout the Ravens Punter which I think is a really low key awesome signing for the Giants signed Tremaine Edmonds away from the Chicago Bears and the Bears couldn't afford to pay Tremaine Edmonds they they signed Devon Bush instead and if I'm a I'm a Bears fan I don't know how I feel about that Tremaine Edmonds will now play off ball linebacker for the Giants and brought back right tackled Tremaine Illuminar which I think is low key a massive massive signing for the New York football Giants so I think what you'll see is Isaiah likely play tight end along with the O Johnson and the Giants will run more 12 personnel this year or two tight ends on the field

31:00who can both actually catch the football so I like that for the Giants I like the Tremaine Edmonds signing I think he's a good maybe not a great player but I think he's a good player and what I think the Tremaine Edmonds signing does is take the Giants out of the mix to draft Ohio State linebacker sunny styles with the fifth overall pick assuming styles is even on the board I also think bringing Illuminar back makes it less likely that the Giants will take an offensive lineman with the fifth overall pick so if that's true I think it leaves the Giants with two possible choices at five those choices are safety from Ohio State Caleb Downs or pick the wide receiver of your choice either USC's Mackay Lemon who did not exactly cover himself in glory with the way he dealt with the media at the combine not great stuff being whispered about Mackay Lemon I'm not saying he's like a bad person just that just saying what I've heard about Mackay Lemon from USC

32:00and it's not just like I'm saying that it's all over the place as it concerns Mackay pulled up in a lemon wait a minute Jordan Tyson of ASU or Cornell Tate from Ohio State as a Giants fan what I would like I was going to say how about this like you know people don't like when you bring up politics but your president trump is bringing up mega right and you can hate that or you can love it make make Iran great again here's what I would say moga make offense great again how about instead of moga how about mofa make offense fun again for the New York football Giants I'd love to see them draft carnell Tate with the fifth overall pick hear me out on this one now that wouldn't mean that the Giants in year one with John Harbock year two of Jackson Dart it would be dark at quarterback scatabo and Tracy in the back and I am sure and they brought

33:03back to heaven single Terry I wouldn't be shocked if they added a running back in the draft or sign one as well but let's just say it's scatabo assuming health right exciting young player likely in Johnson is the two tight ends and then your top two receivers would be carnell Tate and Malik neighbors does that get you excited does that get your juices flowing and and I'm of the opinion and time will tell because I've shared this opinion with Giants fans I thought it mattered on Instagram you should follow me there at the costos T H E K O S T O S and a lot of Giants fans say to me the defense stunk last year you've got to improve the defense now I said this during the year like yes the Giants defense stunk in yes it couldn't hold a lead to save its life Shane Bowen was a miserable defense of coordinator miserable I have to imagine that

34:03under Danard Wilson the Giants defense will be better coach than it was under Shane Bowen I don't think the Giants will win the NFC East I don't think the Giants are as good as the Eagles I don't think they're as good as the Cowboys you can make a case that the commanders bring back Laramie Tonsol they they they sign a Daffy O A probably too big of a contract but Jayden Daniels will be back you can make a case that the Giants are still the worst team in their own division you can make that case but I'll tell you what I don't think the Giants are going to be bad that if the Giants come in last it will be more of a function of this division being really good go get carnaltate go get carnaltate if you're the Giants with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft let's welcome to the show you better bet on Westwood one sports our executive producer Bill Zimmerman Bill has got some tweets to read us I tweeted out a series of questions at the costos as it concerns NFL free agency and then we will debut a new feature here on you better you

35:08bet Bill what are the real ones have to say on social media all right Nick here's when some of the real ones had to say about some of their favorite free agent signings at Ace DeCardano in terms of value how about Nicobie Dean he's incredibly violent smart and fast he's the prototypical linebacker in this era he would still be an eagle if jihad Campbell had not fallen in the draft obviously though he needs to stay healthy Brad the dad 10 says it's Mike Evans CMC Kiddle here's all now Evans that is a lot of weapons for Brock Purdy I'll give you one more here from at Chief Rock at 37 I think Dart is going to pepper Isaiah likely with tons of targets normal the more throwing its stone hands Theo or Theo Johnson catch and sprays there you go from the real ones pick yeah I think Theo Johnson's a little better than that the one thing I'll say about the idea that Isaiah likely is just going to like you know be like Mark Bavaro or Jeremy Shockey with the Giants now like Giants I think I said this with Danny when he was on in the first hour

36:12with us right like oh well he knows the John Harbol system great like you mean like when like he was not on the field that much for Baltimore when he was you're sharing duties and being the one beat of Mark Andrews is the one a Charlie Colors getting work as well with the New York football Giants so I'm a little I'm a little reticent to say Isaiah likely is going to be like this fantasy football monster I don't know if that's going to happen but I do like the real life implications of likely coming to the Giants because I think it means more multiple tight ends on the field which I think seems to be and I'm not claiming to be like the X's and Osgooroo of the NFL I'm not but it kind of seems like the next move that NFL teams are going to make to combat with defenses like the Seahawks are doing and you saw Sean McVay in the Rams do it last year with three tight ends at the same time I think the Giants will employ a lot of 12 personnel this season got some youtube comments as well youtube.com backslash at the costos our friend Nolan short so he's trusting Mike Evans hamstrings around the San Francisco electrical substation seems risky it does go noted that friend

37:16of the show Kendrick born it was with us Super Bowl week in the Bay area you signed to deal with the Arizona Cardinals yesterday which makes me sad because I love Kendrick born and the Cardinals are going to be terrible Kendrick born said to us on you better you bet and it made national news that he thinks there's something to the theory that the electrical substation in San Francisco and like the electromagnetic waves or whatever is helping to contribute to these injuries that the Niners seem to be suffering I don't know what the hell's going on but I'll tell you what if the Niners can stay healthy they're going to be a beast this season our buddy Mark says Kyle Shanahan has never won anything of substance yet has earned the benefit of the doubt question mark I don't know could have three Super Bowl championships Mark I think you're being a hater like coat of one Super Bowl 51 of things went slightly differently up by 10 points in the fourth quarter against the Chiefs and Super Bowl 54 late lead against the Chiefs and Super Bowl 58 had fourth and one against the Chiefs and overtime before I'm a home's eight yard scramble I think you're actually hating more than I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to Kyle Shanahan our buddy void

38:20Mike Evans is going to look great in the Niners IR slots giving it until week four do we have to put this evil out into the universe guys we we we don't need to do that youtube.com backslash at the costos a feature that I've been wanting to bring to you better you bet for quite some time we're going to do it today for the first time and the reason why we're going to debut it now as opposed to to start the final segment of the show is because we want you our listener listeners and viewers to think about the answer to today's trivia question so trivia will now be a daily staple of you better you bet I have no idea what the question is scouts honor to all of us that we will not look up the answer what fun is that and we will attempt to answer the question to start the final segment every day bills emberman what is the trivia question of the day all right here we go Nick tonight we have the west coast conference championship game between Gonzaga and Santa Clara now Gonzaga is attempting to win their 20 second conference tournament over the last 28 seasons

39:21the Saint Mary's has won four in that stretch as well so today's trivia question is name the last team other than Gonzaga and Saint Mary's that won the west coast conference tournament I love it cup only you really only be a couple teams but I love that question from our friend bills emberman we will answer that question on the other side and we encourage you youtube.com backslash at the costos you can tweet us at you better you bet you can tweet me at the costos you answer the question as well the last team in the west coast conference other than Gonzaga or Saint Mary's to win the conference tournament we'll attempt to answer that and we will give you our bets for tonight and for all the major conference tournaments to close the show right after this on a Tuesday on Westwood one sports this is Westwood one of the off seasons biggest dominoes has fallen max crossby created to the Baltimore Ravens cool the next star on the move B and where is he heading westwood one sports

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45:49now back to you better you bet with neck costos on westwood one sports all right let's attempt to answer the trivia question courtesy of our executive producer bill Zimmerman uh the question name the team in the west coast conference championship game kaisana clara upset win last night over same areas kanzaga or sense a clara will win this year's west coast conference tournament name the last team outside of kanzaga or saint marries to win the west coast conference tournament uh Kenny Henderson and Tyler Morales are with us here on the show huge college basketball fans would either have you gentlemen like to fathom a guess here i think i know what the answer is to would either of you guys like to answer the question my guess would be santa clara just because i know they had Steve Nash i know it's probably not back that far but my guess would be santa clara i don't i don't think i have another guess though they would probably only be santa clara i can't really i don't have the list of teams in front of me are we allowed to do that uh you can look

46:50though i looked at the list say it steve steve Nash was a long ass time ago i don't think steve Nash is the right answer to the question Tyler would you like to attempt answer this question i couldn't think of anyone specifically maybe like pepper die maybe did they steal tournament bid like fifteen years ago pepper die will be my guess by generally have no idea so i think it's one of two so Tyler you're i can you might be good with this also Tyler you're really good with this didn't like i don't have to be like fifteen years ago didn't pacific like play in the first round of the tournament like didn't that happen at some point that might have been before this time didn't you maybe pacific actually might be the answer that's actually a good poll i think it's i think it's one of the two p's i think it's pacific or pepper dine i'm reasonably certain that pacific played pit in the first round and see tournament game in this century i will say it's pacific bill Zimmerman what is the answer to the today's trivia

47:51question all right guys you are all for free because in two thousand eight the three seated San Diego terraros saint marys in the semifinals and Gonzaga in the championship game they earned the thirteen seat in the tournament then went on to beat four seated Yukon seventy to sixty nine on an overtime buzzer beat her by Dejon Jackson lost to western Kentucky in the next round so San Diego in two thousand eight the last team other than Gonzaga and saint marys to win this tournament let's see so Dejon Jackson if so i will Venmo one of you guys if you can name one other player on this team all Venmo you a hundred dollars without looking if you can name a player on this team i don't remember any of them zero i guess that means no one can do i'm googling as we speak well let's see if we can have the stats here so the leading scorer was uh was Brandon johnson i don't even know who that is seventeen points per game gino pomare average fifteen points per

48:54game Brandon johnson i don't it didn't play in the mba i don't think at least wow good question from bill when did pacific pacific played pit i want to say in the nc double eight tournament when the pacific make the turn yep two thousand five pacific beat pit and you know what's funny is how i remember that i definitely bet pit in that game in an eight nine matchup so there you go San Diego like a michael olo a condi team or something but no that's not well michael olo a yeah but holol condi was the first pick in what ninety eight west coast conference tournament champions let's see if we're we're even close to being right with some of our guesses so let's see uh San Diego one and oh eight San Diego also one and oh three San Francisco and night Santa Clara one and ninety three was Steve Nash Kenny so just uh just a couple years yeah just a couple years all right great job great job with the trivia question for today all right thank yous and then we'll get to all the bets for tonight Danny parkins was not standing on the show today as was the whale capper judensick as our guests our seconder producer Bill Zimmerman

49:57tactical director back from Puerto Rico and not feeling himself Tyler Morales our engineer Kenny Henderson our video producers the tag team of downtown mic brown and dan the man turner let's get to the bets for tonight and conference tournaments Kenny please drop the dope s beat there is no better place to be during march matchups than Las Vegas and this year college basketball fans can win a VIP trip to the court of legends event featuring the calvinder twins simply place sports bets and your position on the leaderboard will determine if you win one of the twenty five grand prize packages just sign into your ben mgm account opt into the promotion what i'm thinking about right now i remember all these college basketball like tournament games that i remember are all games i've lost money on to sign into your ben mgm account opt into the promotion then star placing sports bets of at least ten dollars to climb the leaderboard make this march one to remember join the court of legends leaderboard so you can make it legendary Tyler Morales what do

50:59you have for us either tonight in college basketball today in college basketball or in conference tournaments yeah this one's ugly tonight i like can't just stay plus ten and a half against BYU like ever since they fired Jerome Tang like can't just they still not good but they've been a little better and i don't think BYU is going to blow out anybody the way they're currently construction slots they can't just stay plus ten and a half here's a long shot bet to win the ACC tournament i really like Miami Miami is going to avoid Duke if they make the national make make the final Miami's twenty to one will probably play Virginia in the second in the next round if they be if they win the first one we don't know who they're going to play yet so Miami vs Virginia would be one of the rounds i'm going to be curious about and also Miami's never played Duke before this season so i think without gumbo and Kayla foster they could catch them off guard here and this is also like a Miami team with just like guys that have been around the block they you're like five year players guys that have played in tournament games before so i like Miami twenty to one to win the ACC tournament as a long shot i haven't really seen anybody give out so far i'll tell you what though Miami Louisville i think in the next round before Miami plays Virginia would be a tough one for the hurricane so all right so Tyler giving you a bet for tonight i'll tell him on Kansas state

52:00and Miami to win the ACC Kenny what do you have for us as far as conference tournaments are concerned i am with Tyler i'm taking twenty to one with Miami i think they meet Duke in the title game and with the gong bun foster injury i'm willing to take a shot i'm taking Bama to win the SEC tourney at plus seven fifty i think it's Florida Bama and the SEC title game and i like Bama's guard play a lot more than Florida's then my biggest shot Wisconsin forty to one to win the big ten i know they'd probably have to be Illinois Michigan and probably Michigan state but good news is they beat all those teams already this season i love boyden black well the guard play that they have so forty to one i'm taking the badgers to win the big ten i was talking to a couple better is last night just about the final four and like will there be any long shots and we don't have the bracket yet obviously right and and i was making the case like who's beating Duke who's beating Arizona who's beating Michigan who's beating Florida and one of the teams that got thrown out to me and look like the price is going to reflect it they're not going to be favored or close to it was Wisconsin as a team that maybe has the upside to win four games in the NCAA tournament

53:01so Kenny taking a shot on Wisconsin to win the big ten okay bets for me today in college basketball in the NBA and then i'll give you some conference tournament plays as well bobby hurley not like his brother in terms of coaching you're gonna get fired by Arizona state does anyone want to take the points with Arizona state this game against baler starting in a little bit here i yeah baler you know what i baler just got been up to five and a half i'm gonna be on the outside if you know what if you're gonna bet that game i actually think it's baler Arizona state beat pants this and then feel and then they got blown out by Arizona no play for me on that game i will lay the two and a half of Virginia tech against wake in the ACC and i'll have a small bet on Gonzaga tonight laying six and a half against Santa Clara to win the west coast conference tournament NBA bets for me tonight so i tease this earlier when we did game of the night i'm going to take the points with the Celtics Celtics the number has to be three and a half Boston plus three and a half on the road the spurs i did take the spurs over Boston in the draft

54:02that drew dnsick and i did NBA title draft but if i'm going to get more than three here i'll take you with the Celtics Celtics plus three and a half and i love the spot tonight for the Houston Rockets because we may not think Houston is great but Houston's i think is a very good team and what do we know about the Toronto Raptors they beat up on bad teams they lose to good teams we took the temperables last week against Toronto for that reason i think this number is gonna come down to five give me the Houston Rockets laying it tonight against the Raptors so rockets laying it taking it with the Celtics i'll lay it with Gonzaga and i will lay it with Virginia tech and i'll join Tyler and take the points with Kansas state all small bets as far as some conference tournament plays i can't quit Purdue i did place a small bet on Purdue to win the big time and this one will make you sick i like Houston to win the big 12

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58:10and coverage match limited by state law have you or a family member been diagnosed with early stage non small cell lung cancer that can be removed by surgery consider talking to an oncologist about your treatment options why because knowing your options before you have surgery can help your care team develop a treatment plan that's right for you learn about a potential treatment plan before and after surgery and ask before surgery dot com that's ask before surgery dot com and talk to an oncologist before your surgery i'm done carrying around bulky drinks and i'm definitely done cleaning melted candy out of my pockets so yeah i traded them both in for fruity rainbow five hour energy shots these little guys are as pocket sized as any candy but instead of a sugar crash you get a zero sugar caffeine boost candy can't even compare at this point fruity rainbow five hour energy shots treat your taste buds to an explosion of fruity flavor with a tasty caffeine

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