The Sweet 16 Picture

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Quick Opener And Shoutouts

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What a game! Yeah, what a day.

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All the teams in Florida go down, Miami, Florida, South Florida, UCF. Bye. But the biggest surprise is the top seated gators. Were defeated by my Iowa Hawkey's. Last time a nine seed beat a one seed was Florida State 2018 over Xavier. It happened again in Tampa.

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That's rough. In Tampa.

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Yeah. I got like that's what I said. I I said you can't rely on their guards. And at the end of the day, they had the they had a shot, and the guy didn't even take it. The guard, but I mean, not to mention you let him. The only thing that beat you is a three, and you let them get a wide open three. They tried to go for a steal. It was a great inbound pass. And the guy kind of undercut it going for the interception and allowed Iowa to have numbers. And then there was no hesitation on the shot. Well, it was just he went for the ball and he kicked it out. And he bam. Bottom. Onions. Yep. And that one's kind of staying for the gators. Good.

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Remember their first title? And they're like a three C, but they got the whole first weekend was in Jacksonville. Yeah. It was like everything set up perfectly for them.

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Well, I mean, it's. You gotta go in and play the game. And uh it was a good team, but it wasn't the same because they didn't have Clayton. That was the guy who won it, right? Right.

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So that other guard wasn't bad either, man.

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The other guard they lost three NBA players. Yeah, and they replaced them with yeah, I mean, it's not a bad season. No, it's not. I think they probably over out they probably did better than they could have done, but the transfer portal, they you know, you can pick up guys, but they got by on beating teams up all season.

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Right. And then they finally went up against a team that plays the exact same kind of physical basketball. Right. And they got outbeat. Well, yeah, they just it's gonna if it comes down to a shot, you can lose. Right. Well, Iowa was not afraid of of any of their bits. No. Not Hawk, not hanglodden, not that Oichi Wanoo guy. I don't know his last name. All the dirty shit they do in the paint. Yeah, like Iowa was right there for it. Um yeah.

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It yeah.

Big Ten Strength And Sweet 16

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That's what I I I said I'm I'm picking Iowa. I mean, even it was uh going to my heart, that's where my part of my family's from Iowa, but geez, it was good to see that. And then uh Miami goes down to Purdue. Purdue looks like a solid team.

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Yeah, that renewed guy, man. He had he had a rough game. Well rough opening half.

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The Big Ten, man. The Big Ten is big winners. Six teams out of the 16 out of one conference. Yeah. I mean And it's all the same style. It's you got Iowa versus Nebraska. Nebraska was able to outlast Vanderbilt. And that's what I I liked either one of those teams to beat Florida if Florida got by, which they could have done. Yeah. I didn't think it was gonna go past the sweet 16.

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I mean, Hoyberg's got him got him.

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I had I had Florida losing to Nebraska in my bracket, but I'm happy to that the Hawkeyes came through. Um bitches home. Yeah. Um Michigan State is gonna play Yukon. That's gonna be a good matchup. You got Duke versus St. John's. Yeah, that's all in one read. That's in the East right there. Talk about it. That's that's gonna be Danny Hurley and Tom Islands. Yeah, yeah. And then it's gonna be a cry fest. Yep. You got John Shire and Rick Petino. Yeah. So I mean, dude, they the young versus uh the old St. John's is tough, man. Oh, I know. It's gonna be. I mean, you talk about that game against Kansas, how'd they win that? I mean, if you look at all the numbers, Kansas should have won. Yeah. But Rick Patino, man, he just uh grown men, dude. He goes he's not recruiting high school kids anymore. Yeah. Regardless of what, you know, all that. But when it comes to him and I would say people that I hear some people giving Izzo crap about only having one, but it's like, dude, he's gone to eight Final Fours. Yeah. I mean, get out of here with that. And he's been in the tournament every single year.

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You know, Patino had to he had to go to a couple different spots.

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Well, yeah, that those guys are quite unquestionable. And you look at it now with the NIL, it's probably better for them. So it's now they just can worry about coaching. You know, you know, you gotta have your GMs now and the money, and you talk to the kids, but you know, you're not even gonna like talk to them until every all that money stuff's straight. Right. So then you it's a lot easier, I think.

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And in the Midwest, man, the the high school talent, like there's high schools that are tied into universities for for decades.

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Well, that's the thing. Uh in basketball, it's all about I mean, you can have great players, but you gotta have a good team. And even like Kelvin Sampson would say, he he's not gonna take a bunch of five he might take one. Right. But he's looking for the fit. He wants a guy that's gonna do his job.

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Yeah.

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That's another man, it's and and they're on, they're on to that they're in the south, they're gonna be playing. Um what is it, Tennessee? No.

Coaching Legends And Tournament Pressure

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I don't know. Yeah, you do. Who's got Arkansas? Because that's the team that I'm watching. Darius A. Cuff Jr. Right. Like everybody talks about Cam Boozer, the kid for Arizona.

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No, Houston's playing Illinois. That's gonna be a hell of a game. Yeah, it is gonna be a hell of a Illinois's got a pretty much like a European squad. Yeah, it's the Balkans. Yeah, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro. That game's gonna be great. I mean, you talk about that's like an Olympic battle right there. It's like two countries, pretty much. It's like the B squad. Yeah, it that's it's gonna be a shh. That's gonna be a great game. And then uh Nebraska and Iowa. That's probably the least look forward to uh sweet. It's gonna be a slug fest. Yeah, I know. It is. Um Arizona, Arkansas. Yeah. That's gonna be a hell of a game, though.

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Yep. You got probably the two best guards in basketball going against each other. The kid for for Arizona and then Acuff.

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Purdue is getting Texas. I mean that that's gonna be interesting. As an 11th seed, it's it reminds me of I mean it's right. It's the closest thing you got now to I mean they got talent. Yeah. So that don't be fooled by the 11th seed. You know, I watched them handle the lat the in the last round. The Michigan, Alabama. I mean, they they took care of Gonzaga pretty. I mean, yeah, yeah. I thought Gonzaga was a little overrated myself. Well, yeah, that's true. Um Tennessee is playing Iowa State. Iowa State lost their big player, but they were able to rally. They turned it on. Yeah, they got a really good one. They were down a little bit at the beginning to Kentucky, and then they just Yeah, they got a really good coach. Yeah, he's intense. One to watch for UNC. Have they fired Huber Davis yet? They haven't officially done it, but they'll probably let him. He's not gonna return. Right, one of those deals. Um, so Michigan, Yukon, Duke, St. John's, and the east, then Houston, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, and the south, Arizona, Arkansas, Purdue, Texas in the West, and um Michigan, Alabama. Uh yeah. Tennessee, Iowa State, and the Midwest.

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So there's interesting to see if Alabama gets their guard back Holloway.

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But Michigan looks or Allen, whatever his name is. That's yeah, I don't think if Alabama, how are they gonna stop Michigan?

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Right. They're just gonna have to score 120 points. That'll be a funny. But that's that's that's what Alabama does, though. Yeah.

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It's and um Rick Barnes still doing it. Still doing it against Iowa State. Um there you go. Sweet 16. Rick Barnes. Duke Duke got a scare out of Sienna.

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I th I think of of the the one seed left, I think Duke's got the the biggest chance of losing.

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Yeah. I mean that credit to them, you know. They really toughed out some sweakers. Yeah.

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And they've been Well Boozer gets all a lot of the headlines, and then his brother gets some.

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He had to see he's had to step up, and he has. That Evans kid. Yeah, they got him back. They got the other big guy back. So that'll help. I mean, they have the talent. That'll be an interesting matchup against St. John's.

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Right. Bunch of bunch of young kids at Duke. Skilled but young against grown men at St. John's. Right.

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I just think Duke. I think they got the scare, and watch out. I mean, they can it almost like you should have got 'em already.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I feel like they're gonna take St. John's and take Michigan State or Yukon. I think they're just gonna they're just better. Now we'll see. Um as far as Illinois, Houston, and I don't know, man, Illinois. Yeah. I I think there there's something about the just being They got a squad, man. And if that freshman guard, if he I might I know I got Houston coming out of the South, but I think the winner of that game is coming out. And then, you know, they're gonna play Nebraska or Iowa, but in the West, man, it's gonna be, I mean, in the yeah, Purdue, can Purdue do it. You know, they they should be able to get by Texas, and then they'll have to face Arkansas or Arizona.

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And that they the winner of that game is my pick to win the title.

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Arkansas, Arizona?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

NIL And The New College Game

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As much as I don't like Calapar, like I I like dude, that ACUF kid, yeah, when he is on, I there he's unstoppable. Talking about player of the year, assist leader, scoring leader.

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I mean, I he doesn't play defense, but whatever. I will say, I I think college basketball is actually for me, I I enjoyed it much more than college football. Yeah. I mean, I think the NIL is making it better because you had this window where the G League, you know, no one now that you don't even need that. Right. You just go to college. Well, I'm seeing boot the boozer kids on commercials, on everywhere.

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So if there is one deals, you're gonna get exposure. I do see ke people complaining about the fact that the days of the the powerful mid-major teams look like they're done. You know, that's true. A team like you're gonna get all those kids are gonna go get paid. Right. So, but as a fan of of a power conference team that isn't one of the blue bloods of that conference, I I shall fun.

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It's fun, even if you well, I don't have a team in the in the in it, and I've been watching it, and it seems like better basketball. But you you look at you know, it's like it's semi-pro, it's it's better basketball.

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Yeah, and you look at the the some of the mid-majors that did make the tournament, some of their best players, that big Serbian kid for VCU that that Florida State is is gonna throw money at to try to get to come here. I it you know again, if if you're a fan of a school that's not a traditional powerhouse in your conference, it's all different, yeah.

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But the tournament itself, I think the the the games will be better because the teams will be better. Yeah. Oh yeah. And it's and I think there and then when you talk about people saying they don't want to extend it, well they are because they're gonna make more money. Right, that yeah, and that runs everything. But there's just gonna be a lot more teams that can play. Yeah, and you're getting kids that are that are sticking around as long as they can. And there's a lot of teams. And I think there's as much as you you say don't extend it, it's still gonna there's still be there'll still be a bubble. There'll still be people on the outside.

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There's hundreds of teams. It's it's and football is just football is is dead sports.

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We're gonna extend that.

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Great. I mean, so uh so instead of not being one of the twelve teams, we can not be one of the twenty-four teams. Right.

Florida State Baseball Survives NC State

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Well basketball, March Madness, Sweet 16 coming up with Elite Eight, and it's gonna be a big weekend. Yeah, we'll have our final four probably next time we can talk to you. And but baseball, man.

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Baseball! Baseball.

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The Knolls played a big series at home against a really good North Carolina State Wolfpack team who came out and won the opener.

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Yeah, man. They you you said it, dude. They're just a really scrappy. Yeah.

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I mean they put hits, they put hits the ball. You gotta beat them. And Florida State did come back and win the last two. And they battled in the you know, NC State was a better team in the the first game. But Miles Bailey kept him in it. Yeah, he's he's just and he crushed the ball all weekend. But you know, what stood out to me was the freshman. Yeah, Paulino. He he continues to hit. Yeah, and he finally got a bomb. Yeah. But you keep coming through. I think there was multiple guys coming through, and you're gonna need that when you have such a big guy that's it looked like there, he was the only one. Sunday they got rolling.

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They refused to pitch to him on Sunday. Right. They walked him intentionally four times. And you 10 run ruled him. Right, because he scored you want. He scored every time you walked him. That's the guys behind him.

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I think that's great. As a team, you want that. It's like, all right, great, you're gonna give us a base runner. Right. I mean, that's that's that's great. And I think uh it's it's only gonna give everybody else a chance. They're gonna have to pitch to him. You know you're gonna have to step up.

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Yeah, and and the the pitching for Florida State was not bad. It was not as dominant as it was. No, the defense was bad. The defense was bad. In the middle infield is is a liability. There was some really bad defense. Although in Putnam's defense, I will say, like, what they didn't say before the game on Saturday is he got hit in the eye by a baseball.

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Okay, that makes sense.

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And hit that shit was swollen almost swollen. Yeah.

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But Cloud Fisher's playing out of position. Hopefully he can he's pressing big time. Well, you know, that's what I'm you know, just fight through it and hopefully he can get all the time. Yeah, I'd think you do. And you take the take the pressure off of him. Yep. Because you he still can hit, and he he came through after he didn't get the bunt down, he came through with a couple big hits. You need his bat. You're gonna need it.

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Well, you know, he's voted captain by the teammates. You're gonna need that. You're gonna keep he's gonna be in the lineup, so yeah. Got a big one tonight playing Florida in Jacksonville.

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Although it's a midweek game, so yeah, I know.

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It just it it's so the gators.

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Yeah, it is.

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But you know, you're not you're throwing guys that that are, you know, they're not even really relief pitchers. Um so we'll see. Duke this weekend.

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Let's go do it.

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Let's go do go do go do hey Duke's Duke's not bad. No, they're not in uh baseball or football anymore.

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No, they're not. They they they took a series from Miami earlier, so ACC's one of the best conferences in baseball.

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It's right up there with the SEC. Yeah. I mean, it's pretty much the same. Yeah. I mean, you look through it, and there's teams every like every there's teams, all the teams.

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Those two conferences make up about twenty of the the top twenty-five. Right. Well.

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What? We had to go. Shuttle.

NBA Standings And Seeding Watch

Wrap Up And North Florida Sign-Off

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Well, gotta get on out of here. No shuttle. Before we go, how about some NBA standings? Huh? Alright. Orlando Magic, the closest team here, have lost five straight. Oh right. Yeah. And once looked like straight. Definitely gonna be in the playing game, it looks like. They still got uh that that one's the Hawks are on a roll. Alright. Yeah, they look good. And uh that's they got the coaches. For the Hawks? Yeah, the guy who was at the Jazz used to be persistent for Duke, looks like a Bond villain. Are you talking about Quinn Snyder? Yeah. He's an NBA coach. Dude, he's been an NBA coach. He's a good NBA coach. I remember when he coached Missouri. He's good. Yeah. Yeah, he's a good coach in the NBA. I mean, his teams are solid. I mean, when the Jazz, he when he coached the Jazz, they they actually were in the playoffs every like Quinn Snyder. Yeah. Well, he's got the Hawks all the way up to the sixth seed now. In the East, the Pistons are the one-seed Celtics, the two, Knicks, the three, only half a game behind the Celtics for that two-seed. Cabs coming in at the four. Raptors at the five, Scotty Barnes, uh, the Hawks at the six, uh and then uh the Magic, uh, the Magic or the Eight. Is there they'll be behind the 76ers? The half team. Is anybody the Heat or Nine and the Hornets? So all those teams, it looks like you have the 10 teams that are gonna be in, because the Bucks are eight games behind that. So we'll see as far as where those teams seven through ten are separated by a game and a half, and uh five through ten are separated by three games. So we'll see, you know. We're all just battling to see who gets. Well, you don't want to you don't want to be in the playing game. So if you get to the five or the six, you do that. In the West, you have the Thunder, Spurs, Lakers, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Rockets, Suns, Flippers, Trailblazers, Warriors in that order. You can just so it's all about seedings. We'll see how that ends. We got the sweet 16 and lead eight, final floor, and baseball. Baseball! We'll talk to you next time, right here on the North Florida Sports Network.

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