One final March debrief before the NCAA Tournament madness begins... | Sleepers Pod 3-19-26

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1:08Hello and welcome to another episode of the Sleepers Podcast. As you are listening to this, it is officially the start of March Manus Thursday March 19th. Sir, how are you doing on this first day of games? I'm doing good. I express something to you in between short recordings. I got birds that are like trying to get into my home, I think. So they've like found a crevice in between like, I don't know something. They found a crevice in between something, and they're now trying to get into my crib, and they pack a lot. They do a lot of packing. I've now begun to hear them flying inside of the crevice. Reach out to the HOA. They told me, in California, you legally can't remove birds between March and September. I want to let the state know, y'all got till April. I'm going to start doing some stuff illegally around here, because I can't sleep at the moment. I can't do this until September.

2:12That's got to be a made-up fact there, too, by the way. Got to be. They said they're going to fly away on their own. They're going to like go south or whatever. Go south. This is the thing. I have no idea about California weather. Like, how cold does it get that where you're at? Not that. I mean, for you, not that cold. For me, very cold. It gets to like 50s. Y'all got some soft ass birds then. 50? That's why it's south. Well, then what I do in April won't take long, then, if they're soft, because we don't got to worry about, like, they're going to fly south early. I ain't got time for September. What kind of birds are there? I don't know. I haven't been able to find them yet. Whatever I go outside, because I go outside and I wait, dawg. Like, I post up. Like, I wait. They don't come outside when they see me outside. So you know what you need to do? You need to buy like, there's got to be like bird determiners, like bird distractors, and just like put it, or you could just shoot them.

3:13Well, so yeah, well, listen, April, but post on or four, I'm on it. Oh, but we, I think I think I'm fine back after the game. Listen, they'll still be celebrating. They'll still be doing their parades by the time these birds are calling. They got to the offseason. They got to the offseason. But I got, so I got pest control. So I called them too. I said, hey, man, I thought we sprayed a crib. They said birds aren't pests. I said, so can we, well, how do we make them pests? Do you have a bird department, a bird branch that could, that could assist? Let me speak to somebody because I thought we sprayed a crib. I got birds, man. Like, let me, let me speak to somebody. It's crazy. I've, I, oh, Dion saw, y'all, I've seen this when he gets on the phone. Shout out to me. And he co-switches. Got to, let me speak to your manager. Yeah, I handle stuff. Are you a Karen? So I don't, so I'm too lazy to be a full-on Karen to be completely honest with you. So I like

4:14gee, witness me do this at Bub City. I push for the stuff I want. The moment they push back, I say, that's okay. That's fine. Just give me what you have. Yep. Make sense. I'm just too lazy. I don't, I don't have that extra energy. I definitely am not pulling out my phone to leave a review. Way too much work. What I do is I just abolish establishments from me being there. So I don't never need to go back. So your presence is just, it's, you're out of there. Yeah, just remove my presence from wherever it is. Like, like, when I'm done with these birds, whatever type of bird it is, I'm good off them. Good off them. Yeah, I'm not. Birds scare me because they scare me ever since, uh, actually think the movie was cool. You ever seen the scary movie that was called Birds? It's like, it's like possessed crows that just go on a killing spree across the country. Yeah, I was watching when I was young too. Wait, I gotta look at something now. I think it was the older movie. Hold on a second now. Birds. I just made a scary movie about birds. Oh,

5:21thought it was, it's called Birds from 1963. The bird Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock. Yeah, Alfred Hitchcock. I thought I knew I wasn't making it. From 1963, Alfred, the year Jeff Goodman was like 27. Um, scary, scary movie. Uh, you need to happen. It's a horror film. Yeah, I'm scared of birds too for what it's worth. Um, one of my, I call, I don't count like the stupid jobs you had in high school. It's college's jobs. So like, I consider this my first job, but like my first job, I worked in a city hall. Um, a lot of people say the kid like they all got much pull. Office was next to the mayor. Uh, I'm just saying that anyway, um, thank you. Office was next to the mayor. Me and me used to talk all the time as I used to call them. Uh, but our offices were next to a zoo. And they let the peacocks just roam. Mm-hmm. And they said, oh, no, where the peacocks are harmless. Peacock simply flew at me constantly. All they did was take

6:26off after me. Um, and I kept telling the zoo, I did it. Like, yo, this is a problem. They're like, don't worry. They won't harm you. I'm like, but they're trying to. Like, you're saying that, but like a peak, a peacock is, you can never trust animals that people are like, yeah, that animal won't harm you when they have the physical ability to harm you. Like, if a peacock snapped, it could kill you. That's, it's like when people say my dog doesn't bite. I always cut them up. Your dog hasn't bit yet. Yeah. It's very clear. If your dog, it eats, it clearly bites. It has teeth, doesn't it? Yeah. And it's a dog. All dogs bite. And all dogs bite. And all dogs go to heaven. Word up. Uh, all right. That's enough banter today. Let's get to the full episode. Deon, do you have a YouTube comment today for us? I do. It's from Fireblade R-R-R-S-P. Ah, it's great. Everyone is sleeping on Yukon, brother. The only people sleeping on Yukon are the players. They've been sleep all year. Listen, I still believe in Yukon. I still believe in Hurley.

7:33But I mean, look, Demri might have a little bit, be a little bit banged up. Rob Donser, he's the biggest Yukon fan. I know he has doubts about Yukon. If he's having doubts, I have a rule of thumb. One of the rules of thumb is not talk with objects in my hands. I'm going to put this down. If Rob Donser is concerned about Yukon, I'm concerned about Yukon. So I'm going to just take it. I'm going to take it that way. I just want to say this. I, uh, I'm very close to picking UCLA over Yukon. And then you're going to have UCLA and the Elite A, aren't you? I'm very close to UCLA and the Elite A. Me and UCLA have some powers together. Do you? We do. I'm thinking about like, I haven't committed to it, but I'm thinking we might make a run. I would love to see UCLA again. We'll actually love it. We'll absolutely love it. Let's get to the discord. Discord is 999 a month. Please join the discord. Great place to be in. Great time to join the discord.

8:35And all the funds from that go directly to support us. Also, if you hear this early enough, you can get on these. We've got March games. March games that are run through the discord. We are partnering with stakeholder to do so. Stakeholder is the stock market of Kyle's Best. Well, really, really fun act. Create a portfolio, buy low sell high, do all that and stuff. They are sponsoring all the games through the discord. You got three different games in there. Bracket, Survivor and then a specific stakeholder challenge that I'm really, really excited to participate in. So make sure you guys join in that. And then also if you are part of the discord, get your comments right every single day on the show. We will start today with Eric and Jay Boiler. What is this thing that you're doing on the March Madness app? So from my reading of this, the March Madness app, we will be streaming live from that app during the late game schedule on Thursday and Friday. So I believe it's like a four game pod

9:37that's going to be on, that's going to be airing during that time. And we're going to be running like a NFL red zone style look around to all four of the games that are going on. And it'll take place in a March Madness app. I think everyone knows like the March Madness app you download it when March Madness drops, right? If you can see the bracket, you can get live streams. In that app, you're basically going to see, I think it's called March Madness Fast Break, which is like the red zone version of it. And we will be on that during the last window of the day for games. Really excited by this should be really cool via L.A. doing this at the Cosm. Haven't been there before but heard good things about it. Have you been there before? Never been there. I don't. So the me and G were joking about this. I just never go to L.A. Because he was like, I've got, because I was like, it's crazy that I will have seen G four times in like a month span. And the one time you guys are in my state is like the time I won't see you guys, but L.A. so far.

10:37Cosm looks sick. I forgot that didn't I? Yeah. But I will say this, if we didn't need to keep the channel moving forward, I was planning to go to like support. Yeah. Shout to you guys, keep it moving forward seven up big time. So what is the last window? Like is it like the last four games? Last four games. That's sick. Yeah. That's going to be pretty fire. And we got in. I'm not going to ruin it, but like it's going to be running a little bit like the red couch where we're going to guess coming in fire. Yes. That's it. Mario's Chalmers, right? Relax, man. Did you guys set it on the full episode yesterday? Oh, we did. Yeah. There's literally a comment. There's a comment on that you could go look at. There's a comment on the full episode. Yesterday, I was going to read where the guy goes, if I know anything about Mario Chalmers, you won't be there. Now, if it wasn't said, producer JK, let's test your production abilities, cut all this, cut all this, but also try the nachos. I've heard they're amazing.

11:40All right. I'm going to tap it. Definitely going to tap it with that. I'm also starving right now. Jay Meister, are you surprised that there are zero errors on a Wildcats on the APO American list? And as a follow up, does this mean that Tommy is a lock for culture of the year for winning so many games with all these quote-unquote bums? Sure. I like that spinning. Yeah. I think they're very balanced. You know, I think Jay and Bradley or Braden Burr is definitely going to find their way onto, onto an all-american, probably a 13-mile American team, but I mean, it shows you guys are so balanced. The Maps app that came with your phone? It's fine. If you enjoy waiting and guessing and inefficient routes, or you could use MapQuest. MapQuest is back with live directions, real-time traffic and faster routes. It moves when you move. Best of all, no prints are needed. No paper. No more misterrads. Just you and the app. Get there fast with MapQuest. Download the MapQuest app on the app store or visit mapquest.com. MapQuest. Still getting you there.

12:46That's really what it is. You are a victim of ballots. It's what I would call it, but I want to say Tommy Lois cooks a bunch of bums. Jay Meister, even though I see what you're trying to do there. Purdue Fox, Howard Burr's Michigan, Winter Claims, Nogel Eastern, as they're a lump. Who says no? He went to Howard? I don't even know who that is. Yeah, it's no one was explaining. Just an acke. The fact that school bull didn't play is so soft. Not my picture. Yeah, I'm with you. Play this game during all, play the tournament during the All Star Break. That's my pitch. I think the tournament's sick. Let's play during the All Star Break. Let's extend the All Star Break to 10 days and let's play the tournament right after the All Star Game. Yeah, but you don't want to, they probably don't want like pictures and stuff like put miles on a midseason. But they're physically incapable of putting miles on before the season. No. I have a pretty valid point. So it's like, like I'm on the side of school bull's

13:49soft, but also, I mean, he said himself, I would have missed opening day if I pitched. Yeah, you know what? You know, I mean, like if you're if you're tasked with a choice like that, I feel like it's a bad. It's like there's got to be a different work around for all this. Should I be sad? We got packed up by Venezuela. I was honestly. So I was going to text you in G like, you know, Venezuela money line. I was going to, but then I didn't bet it. I went to the Kings game and said, Wendy, really tall. I was really tall. Um, but I, I was rooting for all the Latin American teams. So much more swag than us. Yeah. Uh, honestly, I was kind of hoping the Dominican team won. Yeah. I know. I was big Dominican. Especially after I saw Austin Wells was on the roster. Yeah. Like honestly, that might be my next side quest. I want to play for the Dominican Republican, the world based one class. I was going to say, if you play for them in hoop, you could be teammates with, uh, who's the dude that was on Illinois and then he, like,

14:51translate a curbella. Yeah. The curbella will be special. He might not be Dominican actually. Yeah. I think, no, he's Puerto Rican. Puerto Rican. Hey, never mind. Hey, one of the two. Shout out to Carlos Arroyo. Yeah. He could. He could be special, special business player, special two gay player. Last one today. G.S.G says, Xavier fans driving to Dayton to church, Sean Miller only to watch Texas win is loser behavior. Maybe invest more energy into questioning why your team finished the last and a bad big east. Uh, I just, I disagree with this whole heartily. I think this is if you're going to be a hater, do it to the best of your ability. And I think this is being a hater to the best of your ability. And yeah, you are last in the biggie. So you've got nothing to live for or give. Go be a hater. I respect this move. Um, I think it's hilarious. The old man was waving the kid over to him. Like, dude, that's a child. That's a child. Horns down, by the way.

15:54There is no horns down. What's up? Texas money line was bad last night, by the way. I was on with Mayback, Willie. I'm talking about Corolla, Willie. Mayback, Willie, man. Yeah, yeah, really. We're on the way next year. We got to build. We got to build. Yeah. Good luck with that. Anywho, that doesn't for the comments today. Shout out to everyone for the discord comments. March is here. March is here, man. I'm excited about it. Game start today. Tune in. Get your multi screen set up. Get your snacks and beverages in order. Clear your schedule. Get everything that you are needed in line because you need to be locked in on the madness. Just like we will be let's get to the show. Topic number one today, Dion. I want to go through each seed line and I want to pick one team who is our favorite team on that seed line. Now, does that have to be the same? You can pick your favorite on the one seed line. I can pick my favorite, but I want to get to the end of this and I want each of us to have our favorite team from each seed line. Sound good?

16:55It does. When we get to 13, I want to give everybody a disclaimer. My picks will be based off swag and vibes. That's it. Come on. If you think I also, me and Oxford Club both thought Queens was in New York until a couple of days ago. No, did you? Yeah. That's that. That's what I did. All right. What is your favorite one seed? In the one seed, we have Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida, Arizona. Just because I think Casey's injury plays a bigger role in all this than we once realized. Arizona for me as well. How many do you think we'll have the same? I think probably in the first four, a good amount and then after that, probably nine. All right. Yeah, we'll get a little bit silly once we get to that point. Two seeds. Houston, UConn. Iowa State and Purdue. Three units. Produce my favorite. That's big 10 champions.

17:55Big 10 champions. All right. Purdue, it is for you. I'm going to go with Houston. I can't, this team is just, Samson's too good, too consistent of a coach. I think that if they get a manual sharp going, I will feel a lot better about that team and I think that he's a gamer and he's showed up in March before and he will do it again. So give me Houston on the two seed line. Three seeds. Michigan State, Illinois, Gonzaga, and Virginia. None. None. MSU for me. It's Michigan State for me, too. Yeah, I know. The other three. Hey, Gonzaga's about to get belt from BYU, too. You know, I Virginia at all. No, what's all this old dude? Mr. Rear. Okay. It went to do four seeds. Nebraska, Alabama, Kansas, Arkansas. I like Arkansas the most. This is tough to me, but I like Kansas's path the most. So I'm going to go with Kansas. So I'm going to go with Nebraska. Cause I like Nebraska's path.

19:00I think Nebraska has a great path to make a sweet 16. The fact that Arkansas would have to play Wisconsin, possibly in the next game to get to the sweet 16. And then Kansas would have to beat St. John's to get to the sweet 16. That's, that's a tough one for me. So I'm going to go into Nebraska. Yeah, I like Kansas and St. John's more than I listened with all the respect in Nebraska. They better get past Troy. Watch it. Foxy Vanderbilt, St. John's Texas Tech, Wisconsin. Vandy. Why they get Nebraska in the second round and then they get the team they just smoked in the sweet 16. I like Vandy a lot. Honorable mentioned on Nick Boyd. I love Nick Boyd. He's my favorite player in the country. Yeah. I'm going to go say John's here. I like the St. John's team. I think that the maps app that came with your phone. It's fine. If you enjoy waiting and guessing and inefficient routes, or you could use map quest. Map quest is back with live directions. Real time traffic and faster

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21:08Louisville, BYU. BYU, I love their path. I love AJ. I listen three units. I'm all over Purdue. Don't get me wrong, but I will. I feel my bracket out. And I mean, I mean, this AJ, CJ Cox, like that's what we're coming with for AJ. If AJ gets to the sweet 16, that might be one of the worst matches for Purdue in this tournament. Yeah, I'm not mad at that at all. I'm going to BYU as well. I think AJ is up for a legendary run and someone asked him to. So I think you'll do it. Seven seats here. We have Kentucky St. Mary's Miami and UCLA. St. Mary's. I love St. Mary's. Honestly, I love St. Mary's guy. Yeah, I went to the sister school for St. Mary's college, actually in high school. Uncle Ted. What? I figured the sister school was to have St. Mary was. Oh, no, we were just called St. Mary's. Oh, you went to another

22:14St. Mary's? I went to the St. Mary's college prep. So the idea was we then go to the St. Mary's college didn't get in. Don't prep fail? Yeah, I wasn't prepped. Oh, okay, understood. I wasn't prepped. But I do love St. Mary's. I used to go to games all the time. I think this seems sick. McKeever, seven, three, Tuggler's like six eight. Tuggler don't want to see McKeever in the second round. Paulias, I don't know how to say your name, but he's a bugger and Mikey Lewis is so fun. Yeah, they are a lot. Oh, man. Man, man, man, man, man, man, man. I'm going to go with I'll go with UCL. No. Yeah, go UCL. They're healthy. I'll go UCL. I feel good about them. 8C Clemson, Villanova, Ohio State, Georgia. I think all these teams don't make it past the

23:15second game. Honestly, I think I have every last one of these teams losing in the first round. I do. Ah, I do. I will go with Georgia then just because Canon Catchings is fun. But I have every single one of them. I will go with Ohio State. I'll go to Ohio State. I think Clemson's beat up and I think that maybe Bruce Thornton and John Moby got a run in them who really knows. I don't know. 9 seats Utah State, TCU, St. Louis, Iowa. Utah State, Villanova Stinks. Villanova Stinks. Right, the Cade, Louis. I'll probably the Cade and he's going to transfer. Oh, we're doing that. Yeah. This is going to catch you by surprise here. I'm going to Iowa. Okay. I just think that Ben McCollum might have some tournament juice and he'll use the last

24:21bit of Ben at starts he has to fake his way to some type of run. That will all fall for until he's bad next year. 10C Santa Clara, UCF, Missouri, Texas. Santa Clara, that's the only 10C that winning actually. I'm going to go Texas and Emma Bucky ball. I think that they I think that they could get their first round matchup. I don't know what happened around too, but I like them in the first round there. So I will go with Texas and you took Santa Clara? Yes. Santa Clara, yeah. Santa Clara. 11 seats NC. So a couple of things NC states out currently. SMU and Miami played a night. VCU South Florida. South Florida. South Florida. Bulls. Yep.

25:21I'm going to VCU. I got VCU winning that first game and I think they could possibly win another game. They advanced to play on Illinois or Penn. So give me VCU. 12 seats. McNeese, Akron, Northern Iowa and Highpoint. Akron for me. Highpoint. That highpoint in that first round matchup with Wisconsin. I think I actually am going back forward. I might have Highpoint winning that game. I think Highpoint is the only one that has a shot. I think it's more likely Nick Boyd gives them 30 while letting them know that I all play at a mid-major in our broke and his NIL bags fatter than theirs, but I think the only one that has a shot. Yeah, that's a pair of that. 13 seats. We have Cal Baptist, Hofstra, Troy and Hawaii. Troy. Troy? Troy. Nebraska's the weakest four seats. Time out. Time out. Time out. 30. Give me Hofstra. I forgot you know how to play. Give me Hofstra.

26:22I'm going Hofstra as well. I like their guards. I like Davis and obviously BAM was got some things going on right now. So yeah, give me them. 14 seats. North Dakota, Penn, Wright State, Kennesaw State. North Dakota State for me. Penn. Shut up, friend. I want to beat the bus 14 seats. 15 seats. Tennessee State Idaho, Furman, Queens. I think none of these teams win, but it's Idaho for me. I like Furman. I think they got some good guys. Furman. Furman? Yeah, you gone struggling. All right, 16 seats. Sienna, Howard, Lehigh, and then we have another playing game going on in the first four. Finns. Oh, pins up. Long time. I'm going, Howard, man, since you want to be anti-blat. But the thin thing is hard. It is hard. I would be shook. If I was another team,

27:26you got a dog with like a shark thing on them that has NIL. I wouldn't know what to do. All right. So our favorite C. Dionne's favorite one through 16. Arizona, Purdue, Michigan State, Kansas, Vandy, BYU, St. Mary's, Georgia, Utah State, Santa Clara, South Florida, High Point, Hofstra, Penn, Furman, L.I.U. Finns up. My favorites, one through 16. Arizona, Houston, Michigan State, Nebraska, St. John's, BYU, UCLA, Ohio State, Iowa, Texas and NBCU, Akron, Hofstra, North Dakota State, Idaho, and Howard. A lot of big 10 bias from me. I need to be a little bit better. I'm sorry. Topic number two today, the thing that makes March madness, March madness is the upsets, the underdogs. Who's the underdog, David or Goliath? David. David's in this case,

28:28taking on Goliath. Goliath is overblown, but that's for the conversation for another day. Dionne, what I want to do is I want to get our favorite upset pick at each seed pod. So 11 over 6, 12 over 5, basically any upset here. I want to keep it double. Let's start at, let's start at 11. 10 over 7. Let's start at 11, seed or higher, your favorite upset pick, starting with 11, seed over 6. Are we going all the way to 16? Let's go all the way to 16. Okay. 11, I got VCU. I think VCU, V tonight, Fairlining. Yeah, that's the one I like the most too. I think that I talked about how VCU has really good guards and just straight up, like, I don't, they, North Carolina just is not the same team without Kayla Wilson, like, Kayla Wilson is a second team all American. You know what? To give a different answer so people get to, I thought South Florida was a 12. Give me South Florida. No, Michael. I think

29:32the maps app that came with your phone, it's fine. If you enjoy waiting and guessing and inefficient routes or you could use MapQuest, MapQuest is back with live directions, real-time traffic and faster routes. It moves when you move. Best of all, no prints are needed, no paper, no more misturns, just you and the app. Get there fast with MapQuest. Download the MapQuest app on the app store or visit MapQuest.com. MapQuest, still getting you there. South Florida is really good. They're hot coming into this tournament. No one was close to them in their conference tournament. Give me, give me South Florida. That's what that's good one. All right, shift into the 12 over five. So the option you have, Northern Iowa, St. John's, High Point and Wisconsin, Texas Tech and Akron, and then Vanderbilt and McNeese. I think I just said High Point in the last video, and I'm ready to switch it already. It's people are going to be like, all of the young just

30:34contradicted and stuff. A lot can change in two and a half minutes. I'm going with Texas Tech Akron because no topping. Texas Techno. Okay, that's fair to say. That's the popular one. I like that one. Just a different trade. Another one I like. I know you said, look, I've watched a lot of Wisconsin this year. This team can be up and down, man. This team can be up and down. I like High Point style of basketball. I'm a big camera on Fletcher guy. They have some guys on that basketball team. I think everyone is very high on Wisconsin right now and they should be for good reason. Nick Boyd and John Blackwell are dogs. 100%. I can see them losing that game. I'm going to go High Point over Wisconsin as my favorite upset pick. Can't wait for that one to come back to bite me. All right, moving on 13 over four. You have Cal Baptist and Kansas. You have Arkansas, Hawaii. Then you have Hofstra, Alabama, and then Penn, Illinois. I think everyone in country has the same one right now. Which one do you have? Hofstra. Yeah, me too. It's got

31:36me. I mean, the, the BAMMIT issues also just Hofstra's fun. Guards. Cruz Davis, dog, like speedy clasps in really great coach. Alabama, like speedy clasps in coaches, Hofstra. Yeah, speedy clasps in coaches, Hofstra. Money life. Yeah, well, money life is crazy. But also, yeah, I like that a lot. No, I think very fun up a style basketball. Alabama is going to be shorthanded without Aiden Holloway. It's Julio, but they are good at basketball. Yes, that's my dog. That's my dog too, but like he doesn't do anything. Well, we got to free my dog, though. Okay, well, he's going to be free. So we'll see what happens. Aiden Holloway is also kind of free, but not free enough. Moving on, four, I'm sorry. Yeah, 14 seeds over three seeds gets a little picking in this range. Candace, I don't think in Zach is good. That's, I think that's what I want to go with as well. I think in Zach, it loses in the first weekend. So I'll go ahead and go with that. 15 over twos is it ferment over Yukon for you? For the same reason, I also think Yukon loses in the first

32:39weekend. Shout out to UCLA. I just think that Yukon with all the respect is the weakest of the two seeds currently. And Furman's probably one of the tougher opponents of the 15 seeds. So I'll go with that. And then, I mean, no reason to do this, but 116, what's your favorite? Yeah, Arizona's going to beat them by 50, but still a fun exercise. What is your, to wrap this though, out of all those, like, what's the one you're stamping? Like, this is going to happen, this upsets going to happen. Oh, South Florida. And like, by the way, yeah, they want that with Michigan State too. Interesting. Oh, you know what? I'm going all in on it. I think high point, I think high point gets Wisconsin. And I can't wait for Wisconsin win by 29. But something in me, I'm going to keep on, I'm going to keep on looking. I'm just saying they're up in time. They're volatile. I agree with you, but I don't want to say it because that costs us a cuff

33:40void. And we need a cuff void. Do need a cuff void. I'm sorry. I picked that. But it's what I believe. And I just got to believe what I believe. I'm sorry. It's what it is. Topic number three today, Dionne, ask people, listen to this. Your brackets should be submitted. Your brackets should be in. This is it. The final countdown. I need your official day of the tournament. Final four picks. You have gone back and forth all year. You have had 18s in your final four. You have had two teams in your final four. You've had upwards of 12 teams in your final four. I need four teams on Dionne's official bracket that will make the final four. Yeah, listen, I have to admit my issues. But my final four, all chopped by the way, Duke Florida, Arizona Michigan. Got real crazy with it. I will say this. I don't feel incredibly confident about the Florida pick. I could see them losing the vanity in the sweet 16. But the reason I

34:42feel confident in it is I think they got the weakest. Well, I don't think they got the weakest 2C. But I think they got the best matchup to see for them in Houston. That Houston front court's weak to me. I think Sinac would get bullied. Tuggler will likely be in foul trouble against Florida. I think Florida is going to get a million offensive rebounds. Kind of dominate the paint. Now, had Florida been in a bracket with like at Purdue or even Iowa State. I don't think I'd have them in the final four. But because they got Houston out of them in the final four, also 3C to Illinois doesn't really move me a ton either. Okay, that's fair. Who do you, I guess with that final four, who do you have one in the matchups and who do you have one at all? So I got Duke Arizona in the final and then I got Arizona. Oh, excuse me, I have Florida Arizona in the final. Same reasons I felt about Florida beating Houston can apply to Duke. You're telling me they get a banged up pat, big pat, they get Malik Brown, they get Can Boos or I respectfully to Can Boos or I think that front court's able to dominate that matchup. I do think Dom A causes AV and lease

35:47some problems. But I mean, this respectfully, everybody does. So Florida can just play basketball and not worry about Dom A saw her causing Xavier and Lee problems, which is great. Boogie, Boogie's going to love that one. And then I think you get Florida Arizona matched up, Arizona rolls. Like Florida, for the first time, I'll turn them in faces a front court that's legit. I think they lose by 20. Honestly, I booked my national, I booked my flights for the final four. I'm leaving before tip off because because of how I booked every like how I my final four came out. This year, I'll need to go. I don't need to go to the Nadi. That's insane. You're going to be there. Why not go? I can watch it on the plane. Arizona is going to win by 20. Crazy statement. All right, my final four. I have Michigan State. I have Florida. I have Arizona. And then I have Michigan. I have Arizona beating Michigan. I have Florida beating Michigan State. Florida, Arizona in the national title game.

36:51They don't blow them out, but Arizona wins. Arizona wins the national title. How did you get the Michigan State in the final four? Listen, man, I like the draw. I like the draw. And I want Duke again without two other starters. No, they'll probably have a big pat back, but I want Duke without a starter. I can't wait for Michigan State to lose and you to talk about how they got a bad draw. It's going to be special. If it comes, if it comes, it will be doing that. But as of right now, we're good. We're fine. Great job before the games tip. I love it. Thanks. Great job. That's our official final four picks. Hold us to those. Okay. Hold us to those. One big thing presented by Tinker Coffee. Shout out to great folks over at Tinker Coffee. Use promo code sweepers. Get 15% off your first order. Then use it again to get 25% off when you set up a recurring order Dion, a floor is yours. One big thing tired. Tired. Just a mentality. It's not real. You can do whatever you want. Tell yourself you're not keep pushing forward. Test your body to limits. You didn't think you could take it.

37:54This is real contact. You have a little time. Yeah, I think we all are. Mental though. Just mental. Yeah, I think we all are. So let's not act like we're not. My one big thing. What is my one big thing today? Usually I come with one repair, but I didn't get one today. Oh, I'll do this as a one big thing. So I feel like it's prevalent right now. So this is another march where we had a lot of travel plans, right? And we've been going a lot of places. And I found myself having to leave the family. And it sucks doing so because I feel like you get, you know, you miss things that happen. But I'm forever grateful that we do get these opportunities. And that like one day, I'm going to be chopping it up with Leon. He's going to be able to tell like, yeah, my pops is at this final four. Yeah, my pops is at Bubb City with it. You know, you don't even know what bugs it. My pops, my uncle Dion and my uncle Greg. Yeah, they went in the sweep to the big time

38:54tournament game with Guinness reps. Like that. It's cool things like that that make it all worth it. But yeah, I just want to say shots of my family shots of my wife holding it down during March as I travel a lot. So enjoy the madness, everyone. It's going to be a great time. Dion, good luck to you. Good luck to your bracket. And I'll see you in Indy, sir. You guys have fun in LA. And I do want to say this. I love us. Leon's going to be so unimpressed by the stuff we're doing as he makes millions in the NBA or NFL. It's ridiculous. Can't wait for him to pull up. Yeah, my dad won't shit. Good son. Good. Very good. We'll catch y'all. Oh, no full episode tomorrow. We'll be back. Rago's got a programming one day. But enjoy the troops. Enjoy the madness. The maps app that came with your phone. It's fine. If you enjoy waiting and guessing and inefficient routes or you could use MapQuest. MapQuest is back with live directions, real-time traffic and faster routes. It moves when

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