Sweet 16 Preview and UNC's Coaching Search | The Ringer Gambling Show

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1:00What a time to be alive. I asked you for big excitement last week as the field was set, and we were on the eve of March Madness getting started. And you said, House, I'm going to take it easy, because I'm a little nervous about my North Carolina team. And lo and behold, your caution was rewarded, and not only that, but maybe silver lining. I'll ask you, there's apparently going to be a new coach for the North Carolina program. The Wringer Gambling Show is brought to you by Fandall. Things are really heating up on the court, and Fandall is the best place to bet on all the epic matchups during the NBA season. Build a same game, Parley, for a shot at a bigger payout or try live betting and jump into the action after tip off. And don't forget, with Fandall, you get paid instantly when you win, download the Fandall Sportsbook app now, and play your game. Must be 21 or older in select states, 18 and older in DC, Kentucky or Wyoming. Gambling problem called 1-800-Gamber,

2:01call 1-88-7-8-9-7-777, or visit ccpg.org-slashchat in Connecticut. Yeah, we're moving forward. No Hubert Davis, five years of Hubert Davis. Look, if you told me at the beginning of the year in North Carolina would be Kansas, Kentucky, and Duke, Caleb Wilson would lock in as a top five pick, and there'd be a new head coach at the end of the season. I think I'd take that deal, Joe House, so, you know. Not a bad deal. Not a bad deal. Speaking of not a bad deal, let me hear your list of candidates. I've heard some of the names. I've heard the Billy Donovan. I've heard Brad Stevens, which seems bananas to me. What's the true list from a college basketball insider? And then who do you want? Well, they hired a firm, so they have put a list together. They do plan to swing big, and that is sort of the big talking point. And Hubert Davis obviously was told on Tuesday, before the incidental internament that, you know, basically all signs were pointing to, they couldn't draw up the money for next season. There wasn't a lot of excitement within the program,

3:03so it did not feel like he was going to be the coach of the future, and that was, you know, kind of a sour taste for everybody involved. It did take a few days, as you know, with, you know, corporations and all the structures involved, board of trustees, everybody. Big business. Yeah, big business. They find in a public school, by the way. So you got public influence and money, so it makes things a little bit slower. But Hubert Davis is out. I think as they move forward, Billy Donovan is obviously the NBA name that is being thrown out. Billy Donovan also seems to be in a trajectory where maybe he doesn't want to be with the Chicago Bulls anymore, despite signing an extension. I still think that would be a little bit out left field. You know what I mean? If they ended up going for Billy Donovan, because people forget this, Joe House. Roy Williams, Billy Donovan, not the best of friends. Yeah. There's a little bit of attention between those two. That would be a bit strange. But again, you're still trying to fire a higher coach that is going to, you know, fire up this program and getting them running in the right direction. So Billy Donovan, but then for college coaches, that'll be in the mix, Tommy Lloyd at Arizona.

4:03Now Tommy Lloyd decided to go to Arizona, because that was his dream job. He was a big loot Olsen guy. So for him to leave Arizona and go to North Carolina, I think that would be a little bit of a strange situation. We've seen it happen before, blue blood to blue blood. But that was Roy Williams, who was a North Carolina grad, so not the same type of situation. He does talk a lot, a lot like Dean Smith, though. I mean, I met him a few years ago and I was like, man, you sound like Coach Smith. So I think that would play into the fan base a little bit. Dusty May at Michigan is another name that I know that they've backchanted a little bit with to get some idea of what the interest is. His buyouts around seven and a half million. He'll be in the mix. TJ Ozzelberger at Iowa State. Now he's got a lot of connections to Ames, Iowa, from his wife and then obviously being there for so long. So I think that would be interesting to see if you would entertain the idea. So those are kind of the big three that they're going to go after in college basketball, throw in Billy Donovan. That's your big four right now. And it'll be interesting to see if any of those four bite. If they don't, I think it gets down to the next tier of coaches,

5:04which will be fascinating. The in the family higher that will be thrown out is Jerry Stackhouse. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, I love Stackhouse. I think Stackhouse is a much better coach than Hubert Davis. But again, I think a lot of people want a swing outside of the family. So North Carolina is an interesting spot. You don't want to be too public with the names, especially if the names are saying no, because we saw what happened with Kentucky with their situation, right? They were going hard after Billy Donovan. They end up with Mark Pope. So you don't want to be sitting in that spot as well. But yeah, a fascinating time. And the first time they'll go outside the family since Frank McGuire in 1953. So 70 years of Carolina in the family basketball house. So it's going to be a new day. And I'm excited to see the looks. And let's say higher Stack, just higher Stack. That's the one that makes the most sense to me. He really does have chops. And he's done it at all levels. I mean, the G League stuff is no joke. And for the moment, the moment that College Basketball is in, I want a guy who understands that talent development thing. Because the North Carolina problem,

6:04the challenge for any new coach coming in there is how you can get the money to the table to get the best players. You can't let Duke keep getting the best players. They're right down the street from you. They got the money. The money's on the table. And they get it every single year. North Carolina should not be second to Duke in that department. And I don't know what has happened to the program to land in that place. But that is precisely the reason from my humble perspective as an outsider with nothing at all to gain from this. What would Billy Donovan want to do with going and recruiting and NIL and all that nonsense? The NBA is fine. And his giant contract with the Bulls is fine. Because he can win 38 games every year with the Bulls. And nobody's got a bat and I. And he can find it gratifying developing the players, the young players on the Bulls for a play in goal, which seems to be the perpetual goal for the Bulls. But I think that North Carolina situation is very weird. And I feel like Sticks staying inside the family

7:06makes sense to me. Yeah, that's the classic thing that they would do in the past. But I think there's been such pushback with how things have played out. And honestly, I mean, they've gotten some talent that have come in, but just in-game tactician-wise, Hubert Davis just was not there. And I think if you watch a lot of those games against top teams, against top coaches, last year against Chris Beer to the Ole Miss game, NATO, it's a couple of years ago. It's just like every single time the Carolina win against a coach that was at a different level, you could see the difference right there in front of you. And it's one thing to be a cheerleader and a good person, it's another thing to be able to coach a basketball game and find a way to win. So we'll be fascinating. I'm excited to see how the process plays out. Also, there's some rumblings will wait, could be leaving NC State to go back to LSU. That's going to shock the triangle as well. You have Bill Self. He said he's not going to be leaving Kansas, but obviously health is involved there. So maybe there's a chance that Carolina and Kansas are open up on the market. So there's going to be an arms race for a lot of these coaches, Joe Howe. So I know we should be talking about March Madness, but of course, we're talking about coaching.

8:07We kind of are, there's a coach involved in these sweet 16 games that I think is a true candidate that should be appealing to the North Carolina folks. All you have to do is watch how Iowa closed out that game against Florida, that last two minutes, the last three minutes, the way that they stayed in that and the superior end of game play by Iowa, really all season long. Ben McCown, I think that boy knows what he's doing, take Frazier. Yeah, famously beat Coach Kay and Duke in an exhibition game back when he was at a D2 in Northwestern state. So that was the first time he kind of got on the radar. Yeah, really good coach. And Iowa was incredibly coached in that game and kind of had more physicality against Florida and Todd Golden's another name that will be thrown out there. I think Todd Golden is more inclined to go to somewhere like Kansas. So if that job opens up, I'd watch out for Golden there. Nate Oates was the flavor of the day, a couple of years ago from North Carolina. Obviously the Brandon Miller stuff, you got this year with Holloway, I think that has sort of taken him off the board,

9:07but another name that you could throw out there. Let's get into it. A Mulligan, you and I love golf, so we can talk about a Mulligan from the NCAA tournament. We made some picks, we made a couple big swings, but is there one regret that you have as you look at your bracket right now, House? I mean, it is Florida. I had Florida in the Final Four. I didn't do a pure chalk Final Four, but I did think Florida had a great path. They still have a great path, but all they had to do was not lose time. Well, it'd be in a great position to get right back to the Final Four. And you know, look like they should be defending their national championship, but they could not close out that game against Iowa, and it is a combination of the toughness of Iowa, the physicality of Iowa. And honestly, I think Bancala Mow coached Golden. I really do. The defensive play, the Golden call at the end of the game, and whatever his stated intention was with an intentional foul, that's all Malarkey. Just go defend the three. There's only one way you can lose this basketball game.

10:10And he, he by by darn golly, let that Iowa team come right down the man standing wide open in the corner. I mean, that was a shoot around practice three that my, my guy, Ferraris. Ferraris, that's it. Talk down. So yeah, I regret Florida. Yeah, and that was great scouting, because McCallum knew that they were gonna try to foul, so he got, you know, Bennett's starts turning up the court, so he got momentum to get away from Boogie Flann. And then another piece of scouting that had a nice coach point out to me. He's like, hey, McCallum knew that they're long tall. We need bounce passes, make them bend down. So Bennett's thirds made a great bounce pass to the corner there. So a little small detail that ends up helping them win the game. So like you said, that is really good coaching. And also next year, House, as we get to March Madness, maybe we fade the champs in the second round, especially if they're a one seed that has been, I mean, we saw Dayton back to Villanova versus Wisconsin with Nigel Hayes with the MJ move,

11:11where he shimmyed back along the baseline and got it. It's like every single year, we had the champs in the second round, Baylor in 2022 against North Carolina in eight seed. It does feel like that's the time when they fall. So we'll just put that in the back of our minds for next year. Maybe we run that back. I'm gonna go with Gonzaga. I got some bad intel house. I was told that Brady and Huff would be back and Brady and Huff was not back. So he was the second best player. Who's beating you bad intel? You're the college basketball guy. Well, you know, I just think there was a little bit of names, little too much optimism coming out of Spokane, I guess, but they believe that if they made it to the sweet 16, they would have Brady and Huff back. Now we did not get to the sweet 16 because they played a Texas team that has just kind of turned into a miracle run, a Cinderella run, which is ironic to say the least because they're Texas, but yeah, Gonzaga cannot make a shot in that game. They do not make it further and they are not gonna be in the final four, which was my big swing. And now they are not there. So that's a Mulligan I would like to take. Let's get to the sweet 16 and let's look at these games.

12:12Let's run through them. Let's start with the first one. Texas, the team we just talked about, Purdue, Purdue minus six and a half, over under set at 148 and a half. How are you gonna try to handicap this game? I like Purdue. I feel like this is the end of the road for Texas. Great job by Texas. You know, really, you know, showing out and validating the season, it points upwards their trajectory, going forward from this point, but this Purdue team is entirely different animal than the ones that Texas has faced thus far. Gonzaga without half of the Gonzaga without the shooting, not up to the same standard. This is a different class altogether. I'm laying the points with Purdue minus six and a half. I think Texas is gonna have a hard time getting to 70 points and I don't, I think, produce efficient offense. So I haven't had something like 80 to 65 this game. Yeah, typically a team like Texas kind of turns on the defensive pressure and becomes a different defensive team once we get to the tournament. And they have not done that.

13:13They just found a way to win these games. Mark at a game winner gets NC State. Like we said, Gonzaga just could not throw it in the ocean. So I like Purdue as well. Texas does not talk on defense. Purdue runs great sets. I think they're gonna get them in a blender and I would trust Braden Smith and Trick Off and ridden this game. So I'll take Purdue points as well. Next up, we're gonna go to Houston, Nebraska versus Iowa and Nebraska minus one and a half in this game. I think that's because of the crowd. They expect a lot of Nebraska fans to travel down to Houston over under set at one 32 and a half. Who do you like in this one house? This one to me is the most fascinating of all of the matchups because this is the only game where there, we have an in conference matchup where the teams played them each other twice and we got a split. The first one was a rock fight that Iowa won at home. Low possessions, very low scoring. The second game in Nebraska. Nebraska was up 10 points halfway through the second half and then Iowa came all the way back and pushed that game into overtime. Ultimately Nebraska prevailed at home

14:15because Iowa kept turning the gosh darn ball over, 19 turnovers from Iowa. They were really sloppy. But I kind of like Iowa. I really feel like there's something going on there with their on offense especially. We haven't gotten a starts game yet. He's really been like, you know, what's the polite way to say it? Bad? Stinky. He was open nine from three, ended up with 13 points in that Florida game. So that to me is like, oh, this Iowa team kind of has a lot of different options and it was cool starts playing the straw that stures the drink roll was effective. But what if he gets loose a little bit? I think I'm playing Iowa on the money line and grabbing the points as well. I like it. Nebraska, you got Hoyberg there who hates Iowa. Iowa State coach obviously back in the day. So a little rivalry game for them. I do think Iowa sets the terms of the pace in this game and I think they learned their lesson by kind of getting caught in a fast pace game

15:17against Nebraska on the road. Iowa, the late shot clock assassins. They run it down to four, three seconds before they get a shot up. I think they do the same thing and kind of suffocate Nebraska in this game. And also Nebraska never want to turn a big game makes it to the sweet 16 for the first time. It's a great story. But I'm with you. I think Iowa ends up winning this game. So I would take the Hawkeyes as well. Next up Arizona, Arkansas. This is the Bill Simmons game. He will watch this game because of Darius Haguev. Arizona minus eight and a half here. Over under said at 166 and a half. How's who do you like here? I mean, it's disrespectful. Did only mention one of the freshman involved in this game. If we're going to talk about tantalizing prospects, it got to include buries and Pete, right? I mean, those kids deserve some look in the other guard for Arizona. Jaden, what's his lesson? Bradley. Yeah, come on. We've got a bunch of chippers here. This game, it's funny. The lines moving a little bit. Folks are grabbing some Arkansas.

16:18They went from eight and a half down to seven and a half. Oh, wow. I think this is a tough matchup for Arkansas because this is a kind of game where Arizona is perfectly comfortable just trying to outscore Arkansas. And they are one of the few teams in the country that just they'll just run with them. And they have the ability to outscore them. Arkansas, very mediocre, two point defense this season, I think. And they're just, they don't have the depth, ultimately, to keep up with Arizona. So I don't mind laying seven and a half, eight and a half started to feel a little rich for my blood. I'm glad I've never moved back down. But I like Arizona in some kind of marijuana line capacity as well. I don't really have a feel for the total at 166 and a half. It feels like it should be over. Maybe play the Arizona team total over 88 and a half. That could be a way to do it. Arizona getting to 90 certainly feels comfortable. But I'm leaning heavily in the direction of Arizona. Yeah, like Arizona over points there. I think that's a really good call.

17:19This is going to be a battle of the back courts as we mentioned all those guards in this game. That'll be really good. But I think the difference is the front court, Brazil, more of a finesse big for Arkansas. Pringle going to have to do a lot of dirty work down there. And if you really look at what Arizona has with Crevas, a walka who's one of the best rebounders in the country. And then of course, co-oped, as you mentioned, which is a lottery talent. I just think they have too much firepower in the front court. So I feel good about Arizona in this game. A lot of points and a cuff is a special player. Maybe he makes his mark in the in the March madness run here. But I still think Arizona handles business and wins this game. Next up, this is arguably the best game that we will see. Houston, Illinois, Houston, minus three and a half in this game over under set at one thirty nine and a half. Keaton Walker, one of my favorite players in the country for Illinois, Kingston Fleming's a lottery pick there for Houston, two great guards in this game. This is going to be a lot of fun house. Yeah, are you finally excited? I mean, the North Carolina thing is in our rearview mirror. These games are sick. Like these are incredible matchups. It's actually a relief. I try to explain that to people, you know what I mean? Like when it's done and you don't have to worry about your team.

18:22Like for me, you get to enjoy the ball. You're going to be with the cousin Sal and like a whole host of ringer. And for him, I think he's on the way right now, right? The bundle. Well, yeah, where he has to get, he lives in Vegas, but he has to to get himself through the TSA line, which is probably possibly an issue. But let's get hyped. This Houston, Illinois game. I still don't understand why it's in Houston. Somebody's going to have to explain that to me. Houston, not the number one overall seed in the tournament, but gets to play their way into the final four by playing home games. OK, sure. Whatever, man, the line that was three and a half, it's now two and a half. I think, directionally, that is correct in terms of it moving with some Illinois interest coming in. I kind of like Illinois here. I think that the, this is a classic top five defense team against a top five offense team. They may even be top two.

19:23I don't know. I haven't checked the Kenpom this morning. But this classic offense versus defense kind of mode. And I've been really impressed with the way that Illinois, they have a diversity of attack. And I think that they can keep up with Houston. The totals low, so you're looking, you know, offense is going to come at a premium. And so I'll take, I have a slight lean towards Illinois. OK, I like it. We're going to finally go opposite directions here. I'm going to take Houston in this game. Physically, Houston's going to impose their defensive will. Ball pressure has been a problem for Wogler. I think Boswell's going to end up having to do a lot of the duty there. And that's going to end up taking away one of their superpowers in Wogler. So I just kind of feel like Houston in this game going to have the fans behind him. No, Brad Underwood said he doesn't care where they play. It doesn't matter that it's in Houston. But this Illinois team, I hope, because I've enjoyed Washington that they can, you know, kind of shock the world and make a run here. But I just feel like inevitably,

20:23Houston's going to find a way to win this game. So we'll split there. Next up, Bama Michigan, Michigan minus nine and a half in this game over under set at 174 and a half. Bama made every shot they looked at in the last round. I don't know if that carries over. I think they emptied the clip in that one. But how, what do you like in this game? Totally agree with you. That is the handicap for me. I'm going big on Michigan. I'm totally fine with laying the points. I think it's a double digit win for Michigan. The way that they closed out kind of the second half of the second half in their win coming into this game, you know, real like validation and confirmation of what they're capable of. And Bama, this is where missing the player that has the issues with the crew. Yeah. And now the Bama catches up with them. You, you can't have any kind of deficit death wise against this Michigan team. I like Michigan getting it done by double digits. I'm right there with you. I think they were all big.

21:23And I think this is a message game for Dusty May and the Wolverines. Let's get to DC. Boy, you're going to be incredible though. Outrageous. Are you going to go to these games house? I'm waiting for somebody to give me the invite. I mean, the tickets are unbelievable. Like the, you know, just getting in the building number is like 600 bucks right now. I don't, I mean, you know, the, the ringer is really successful. But that, that's a lot of money for college basketball. That's a lot of moving to two college basketball. Yeah, you can get a new driver for that kind of money. That's exactly right. We got Michigan State, UConn, UConn minus one and a half, over under 135 and a half. We got Hurley versus Izzo. Hurley said Izzo is the one coach he does respect in college basketball, which I think is fascinating. But what do you like in this game house? I want to know what the heck is going on with the UConn kids solo ball. If I knew I was going on there, then I might lean in the direction of UConn, but I just feel like Michigan State, they're, they're playing to their strengths.

22:25Like this is what you want to see come turn them in time. And it's such a classic Izzo where you like the, you know, the team has a little bit of an identity kind of issue over the course of the season that they know who they are. And they play, it's both inside and outside for them. They have the size. And I like them. I'm going to go ahead and lay it with Michigan State. I'm going to take Sparty as well. I just think Jeremy fears just playing some great basketball right now. And Colin Carr has been a nice, you know, he's always been a highlight reel, but he's playing some really solid basketball on both sides of the court right now. And I think Tom Ezzo has sort of found his perfect kind of fitting with this group as to who does what. And like you said, the roles are defined. And I do think Dan Hurley has a little bit of a, you know, a man crush on Tom Ezzo. And I think he's going to be, you know, not a notice. Yeah, he's not going to be on his game. He's going to be respecting Tom Ezzo also going out to the officials. And, you know, I think it's going to lead to a situation kind of like what happened with Mick Cronin and Dan Hurley. Like Cronin was enjoying Dan Hurley's reaction to the officials and then it's side-tracked

23:27him in that game. They got down by double digits and then the game was over. Yeah. Technical foul for sarcastically clapping. That was nice. Mick Cronin, one of the best. So this will be a fun game. Next up, Tennessee, Iowa State, Iowa State, minus four and a half, over under set one thirty eight and a half. Rick Barnes back in the sweet 16, four straight seasons. Do you believe in the volunteers? Do you like the cyclones in this game? We might have to rewrite. Maybe you're, you, it's already been rewritten for Rick Barnes. But, you know, I grew up with the Rick Barnes that was a classic underperformer. The four straight trips to the, to the sweet 16 is absolutely legit and, you know, tip of the cap, kudos to coach Barnes. I think it ends here for them. I do like their, their back court. I do like, I do like what they've shown us offensively. They took out my, my preferred team. I really thought that Virginia was going to go on a run here and, and they did it in a

24:27way that, um, was like they, they went right at Virginia strength and, and Virginia didn't really have an answer at the end of the game. Uh, I've been impressed by Iowa State, um, I've been impressed with them all season long. They're quad one, um, performances, you know, up and down, but lots of them. So that's the thing that I like, right? And, and Tennessee and the SEC, I don't like the SEC this year. Look at, look at the performance of the, the conference thus far in the tournament. Give me the Iowa State guys. Yeah, Iowa State's defense. I don't think Tennessee, the, the SEC do not have defenses like what Iowa State's going to throw at this team. And we also saw them just play an SEC team in Kentucky, get down big and then respond and end up winning big. So I think that's a, a nice precursor. Hopefully, Josh Jefferson is back in this game. He's their best player, um, but if he's not, he'll be there for the elite eight. He's got an ankle. That's a little bit sore right now. So we'll see what happens. Last game, probably the biggest game for the casual fans, Rick Patino and the Johnny's taking on the Duke Blue Devils Duke minus six and a half over under set at one forty

25:28one and a half house. Your thoughts, do you believe in Patino or is this the end of the road? Tremendous. What a match up. I don't have a lean one way or the other in this game. The only thing that I feel really confident about is that it is an under under one forty one and a half this, this game plays. This is going to be every possession is precious, uh, kind of approach. I, I mean, Saint John's, uh, defense is at the absolute elite level and I think they can replicate some of the defenses that Duke has encountered that's given them trouble. They can, they can definitely throw the size. They had the athleticism, um, but I do think ultimately it's going to look like that Duke Michigan game that was in Washington, DC here, uh, you know, about five weeks ago. I like Duke getting it done. I don't think they're going to cover the six and a half, but the thing I'm, I feel most confident about is that it's going to be a low scoring game. Yeah, Duke money line feels like the safe play here.

26:28I don't know about the points one way or the other because like you said, points are going to be at a premium. They're going to turn that dial down on the tempo. Defense is going to be the thing that really decides this game. I'm excited to see how they decide to guard Cam Booser. I'm sure Patino will be picking him up 94 feet with a guy like Dylan Mitchell. So I think that's going to be a big part of this game. And also Kate and Booser is probably going to need his twin brother Cam to bring the ball up sometimes just because of the ball pressure that Patino is going to put on them. So St. John's should be a fun game. I still think Duke finds a way to win and also house a little note here. Duke and they win national championships. They beat St. John's along the way. So if Duke wins this game, a nice precursor to them winning it all. We're going to take a quick break when we come back. We're going to give you a final four update. Also give you our national championship picks. And then we'll give you our best bets for the day. And we'll see you on the other side of the break. Snoring, gasping during sleep, feeling fatigued. Wake up to Zeppbound, Terzepetite. The first and only FDA approved prescription medicine for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, and adults with obesity. Zeppbound is an injectable prescription medicine that may help adults

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29:41Just three grams of sugar, 40% less than the leading coffee creamers. Two good creamers are available in sweet cream, roasted vanilla and lavender. So which one are you trying first? Find two good creamers at your local retailer in the creamer aisle. Welcome back to the rigour gambling show. I'm your host, Tade Frazier here with Joe House. Now we ran through all the games and the sweet 16. But we're going to track to the future here. Look at where we stand with our final four picks. House, you had Michigan State, Arizona, Michigan, and Florida. I had Duke, Houston, Gonzaga and Michigan. Zags are out, the gators are out. So we are three for four right now, 75%. But how do you feel about your final four? And then do you have a replacement team that you like to take the spot of the gators? Yeah, I still feel pretty good because I think that St. John's is a super live dog here going up against Duke. And that was the thesis for why I wanted Michigan State coming out of the east. I like Michigan State handling their business against Yukon. And then Michigan State possibly going up against St. John's because I thought that say that Duke.

30:46Really just because of the injury situation in Gamba and the guard Caleb Foster. Caleb, yes, exactly. So I'm still pretty happy with Michigan State. No qualms whatsoever about Arizona or Michigan. And my replacement for Florida, it comes down. I think it's going to be whoever wins the Illinois Houston game. And since I think Illinois is going to win that basketball game, it is the Alina. There you go, Brad Underwood in the Alina. I get to the final four. So says Joe House. So that's nice. I'm going to replace Gonzaga with the simple answer. I'm going to take Arizona and the Wildcats. I thought that I thought we're going to have a Mark few Tommy Lloyd, you know, you're still second to me kind of game. And obviously Sean Miller decided to ruin all the fun. So I'll make it simple. I'm going to have three one seeds and a two seed in Houston national championship looking at the futures here. House, you had Arizona, the Wildcats. You still feel good about them. Yeah, I do. Nothing has changed my mind. And if they come out and kick Arkansas, but the way that I expect them to,

31:46this number, you know, it's going to be training heavily down towards even. Yeah, I think you got it at a good number for the, you know, for where they're going to be once people see this. And I think a lot of people are going to start buying in more and more as Arizona continues on. They're just a really good deep team. I'm going to stick with Duke for now. I just don't, I mean, they're going to win close games. They've been scared in both games, but they found a way to win. Shout out to the officials and the free throws. But, you know, that's tough to beat house, you know, when you have that in your back pocket, you can get to the promise line. Yeah, so I think that's a big thing. So yeah, we're going to stick Duke with my one seed picked to win it all. You got the Wildcats as a once you doing it all. I know people don't like chalk, but they're two of the best teams all season long. So I think it's fair. At this point, let's get to our best bets. Raheem was not able to send in his best bet. We send him, you know, our thoughts and prayers. As he makes it to the Jimmy Kimmel comedy club, but House best bets on the board for Thursday night. What do you like? Yeah, I have one for Thursday, one for Friday. I'm going to go ahead and ride Purdue.

32:47I mean, we talk through how this feels like the end of the road for Texas. I think Purdue gets up by double digits in the first half. Extends that lead up into like the 20 range in the second half and then just cruises home and wins by 12 to 15 like an 80 to 65 kind of game. No issue whatsoever with Texas. I like that call and they don't Friday. What do you like? I have the under and that Duke saying John's game. I think it's just going to be a classic rock fight kind of situation. Every possession contested shot clock going all the way to the end. No team getting a huge advantage on offensive rebounds. Just fight, fight, fight for every loose ball under 141 and a half. Because I think the possessions are going to be in the low 60s. Yeah, and that's going to be by design probably by both sides to be honest. I know the St. John's will want to get out and transition when they can. But they're going to be specific about when they do. So I like that column Friday. I'm going to go with Iowa money line over Nebraska. We both like this call for Bimicollum. You can get that at plus 105. So you can get some plus money there on the hall guys.

33:48The battle for corn. Apparently, Iowa produces more corn than Nebraska. So you know, a lot of people upset about the cornhouse. Connect name there down in Iowa City. So fascinating, wrinkle their house. Any thoughts, any parting shots for the people before we get out of here, House? I mean, we're rooting for Tiger. We're looking at Tiger. Tiger Woods played in TGL this week. The golf swing didn't look incredible. But if he decides to lace them up for the Masters, let's root for Tiger to make the cut. Yeah, I'm right there with you. We need it. I need something to believe in. I watched that HBO doc. I know he wasn't a part of that doc. But just going back to, I mean, whatever I'm downhouse, I just will put on either 2005 or 2019 Masters highlights and just, you know, go down memory lane. And I don't know what it is. It just tickles my heart every single time. All the fields. All the fields take the best. It's the best, man, 2019. What a time that was. Can't believe it was seven years ago. But hopefully we get Tiger back in the fold. Missed a short putt. That wasn't encouraging. Hit a great bunker shot, though, House. That got me a little fired up.

34:49I know. Sure game. Sure game was still he is. He's still, you know, the modern goat. Yeah, he's still Tiger Woods. That's what we got to remember sometimes. We appreciate everybody tuning in to the Ringer gambling show. Shout out to Rahim and shout out to everybody that's going to come join us the Jimmy Kimmel comedy club. We're going to have a lot of fun. Shout out to cousin South for making it happen. Thanks to everybody for watching. And we will see you tomorrow. You must be 21 or older in present in select states for Kansas in affiliation with Kansas, star casino or 18 or older in present in DC, Kentucky or Wyoming. If you have a gambling problem, call 1-800-Gambler or 1-800-Myreset. Call 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org slash chat in Connecticut or visit mdgamblinghelp.org in Maryland. Hope is here. Visit gamblinghelplinema.org or call 800-327-5050 for 24-7 support in Massachusetts or call 1-877-8 hope slash N-Y

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