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March Madness is Here! Bracket Reveal and Predictions
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The boys take a look at the 2025 March Madness bracket and break down which teams they like most to make a deep run in the tournament.
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Transcript
Kick-off & Selection Sunday Excitement
00:00:12
Zack
What is up? Welcome to the next podcast and happy selection Sunday for all of you who celebrate which i mean, this is all of you because you clicked on this podcast.
00:00:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mwahaha.
00:00:22
Zack
We have a bracket. We have a field of 68 teams ah that will be down to one here in a couple weeks. So exciting times.
Bracket Breakdown & Draft Plans
00:00:32
Zack
It's a little bit like a holiday We are ah we are going to break down the bracket. We are going to do a little bit of a draft to talk about teams we feel like are going to make some make some moves in this bracket.
00:00:49
Zack
I'm very excited.
Bracket Changes & Impact of Data
00:00:50
Zack
Boys, how we feeling?
00:00:54
Mason
Feeling great. ah I have a question for both of you. What is the over under from today till Thursday morning when the first game starts on how many times you change your bracket?
00:01:08
Mason
Like what would it be a good like for the public? And then how many times times do you change? Cause I'm notorious for changing my brackets. So many times I told Zach this before the pod, I listened to all these podcasts.
00:01:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:18
Mason
I get as much information. It doesn't, it's not like it matters anyways. My brackets and shambles the first weekend anyways. Yeah. But it's like I get all of these stats and all of these things. And it seems he has like this 86-page document that he sends out every year. And I try to use all of that.
00:01:34
Mason
And I change my bracket. i want to I'm not even kidding. i want to probably say close to 20 times. Okay.
00:01:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, I'm, I'm probably less than that, but probably over 10. If I had to guess,
00:01:49
Mason
kind
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I try not to, I try to leave.
Social Media & Discord in March Madness
00:01:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I, I really just messed with the first weekend stuff. Um, everything, my lead day, they kind of stay.
00:01:57
Mason
But you have like your final four, Elite Eight, all that's kind of set, but you'll move like the first round a couple times.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I changed my mind on the upsets. i always ah try to have like two big upsets, and I'll change those consistently like up until the games start.
00:02:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But...
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Mason
Okay. Okay.
00:02:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, i'm ah I'm pumped. I love Selection Sunday. i had a bad we had a bad weekend in the Discord, picks-wise. I got my butt whooped in conference tournament play, which is unfortunate because that's not who I am. But it's okay. We're going to bounce back. going have picks all March Madness long.
00:02:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um So, yeah, I'm excited.
00:02:39
Mason
Check that out on social media or just reach out directly if you want the discord. It's free discord.
00:02:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's free Discord.
00:02:47
Mason
Yeah. No codes to get in. No, no paywall.
00:02:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so
00:02:51
Mason
Something like that.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No $50 a month yet.
00:02:55
Mason
Yes.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just kidding.
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Mason
Until we, until we start really making people money.
00:03:01
Mason
Some of those are crazy though. The discords that are like, I'll click on them just to see. And it's like 200 per week or hundred per week. And I'm like, how are you making like, I don't understand who's paying for that.
00:03:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that I don't get at all. All
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right.
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Mason
Okay.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well.
00:03:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
see.
Draft Structure & Rules Explained
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So Zach said, we're going to do a draft today, boys and girls, and this is how it's going to get laid out. So we're going to be picking um one seed, one, seat
00:03:31
Mason
mm-hmm
00:03:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
One, two, one, three, one, four. And every game that those teams win will be worth one point. um Then yeah we're going to be able to pick one five through ten seed. So any any of them, just one, that'll be worth two.
00:03:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
my ah remember that right. I was trying to look for two points.
00:03:51
Mason
few points yep i got it here and then
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then one. Okay, sweet. And then one 11 through 16 seed seed. um, worth three points. So for, if you, you know, we're looking for a team, the lower seat, the higher seated, you know, long shots to go on a run, rack up some points.
00:04:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're trying to avoid Zach doing that. Zach has dominated our dynasty league. Um, I don't want him to dominate this as well. So hopefully me and Mason can put a stop to Zach's, uh, dictatorship of games on this podcast. Um,
00:04:24
Mason
Yes, he's been literally crushing it on that Dynasty mode. It's insane. So we got to stop him here.
00:04:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right, and I'm going to hit pause.
00:04:34
Mason
He will not get hot.
00:04:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right. And so that's going to point system for the, the picks for
First Draft Picks & Strategy
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
all the teams. but We're also going to have a final four bonus and a new wrinkle.
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Mason
Mmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Zach, Mr. Add in the wrinkle last second. McGee got to work on the nickname there.
00:04:53
Zack
You
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah So whatever seed, if you have a team, make it to the final four, or whatever seed they are, you get double that amount of points added to your, or yeah, that, that many points.
00:05:02
Zack
get that exact amount of points.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's right.
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Zack
If you're like a 10 seed, you get 10 points.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not double.
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Zack
If they're one seed, you get one point.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Zack
Congrats.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Congrats. Way to be chalk.
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Zack
You got there. Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Do what you're supposed to do.
00:05:16
Zack
A fun way where you could always catch up. You got a guy. he got somebody alive. That's worth a lot of points.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. got Yeah. You got a 10 seed running through. You got one of those playing games, playing teams.
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Zack
You're not going eat seed.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You know, you got high point going to the final four.
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Zack
True. Way in.
00:05:36
Mason
So you're telling me if I were to pick the NC state last year, would have got 20 or I guess it would have been 11 points added that 11 seed.
00:05:37
Zack
Yeah.
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Mason
It was Yukon, Alabama, Purdue, and NC state.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I haven't seen something about it.
00:05:51
Mason
Zach's got some, uh, some takes about Purdue. Sure. We'll get to. Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I have some texts about Purdue.
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Zack
I do. I have takes. um
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I hate Purdue. They're such a fraud.
00:06:02
Zack
You know, I feel like there's just some unfinished business there in that side of the bracket with Tennessee. So we'll we'll talk about it a little bit. Tennessee's got some unfinished business a couple of those teams.
00:06:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's if Purdue even gets that far.
00:06:15
Zack
Very accurate.
00:06:17
Mason
Speaking of Tennessee and just the SEC in general, you've all probably heard this already, but SEC had the record for 14 teams in the NCAA field.
00:06:26
Zack
True.
00:06:28
Mason
ah The last time it was Big East, a 2011 record getting 11 members into the dance. So we destroyed that.
00:06:37
Zack
Well, they are a much larger conference now when you have 16 teams.
00:06:40
Mason
Just a little bit.
00:06:44
Zack
But still.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
we So we got 14 of our 16 teams in.
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Zack
That's lot
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Zack
Correct.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Shout out South Carolina and LSU doing the most.
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Zack
At least they're the budget bag and everyone else.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
had to literally they They propped up a lot of our conference wins throughout the country.
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Mason
Mm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They said, guys, we'll just lay down and everyone can get a win off of us.
00:07:08
Zack
Yeah, it's it's pretty wild. Texas obviously gone in just barely. Some are arguing they shouldn't have gone in probably. The big surprise of the day, um North Carolina, the last seed in to the shock of everyone.
00:07:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
Draft Analysis & Team Pathways
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not me. I bet on them this morning to make it.
00:07:26
Zack
Some people are saying that they're frauds. Some people are saying they don't belong there.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They definitely won a nine quad one wins.
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Zack
some people.
00:07:39
Mason
I saw a post, and it was like North Carolina sneaking into the March Menace, and it was like just a gate full of like goats, and they all looked the same, and then there was just a lab, like and he was doing the side-eye thing like you wouldn't notice, and he looked like he was literally like the same color as a goat, too, which I guess it meant like they're trying to sneak in, but they don't belong.
00:08:03
Mason
Tinsley, probably.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
thats like nothing Nothing like a meme being it explained on a podcast.
00:08:07
Zack
okay
00:08:10
Mason
feel like i do that a lot, actually.
00:08:13
Mason
I just want to make sure everybody understood.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
nothing
00:08:15
Zack
It'd be a very funny segment. Mason explains visual memes on podcasts.
00:08:23
Mason
I've done that before. I'm like in Homer Simpson standing up against like the grass wall and then he like sinks in. there Everybody's like, why are you explaining that?
00:08:30
Zack
Get it? It's funny because...
00:08:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Get it?
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Mason
Get it?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Can you visualize this meme? There's some legs there. That's a segment we could, we could kick up.
00:08:41
Zack
yeah You have to tell us verbally why it's funny.
00:08:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Could you imagine how good of a listen it would be to do a draft of the memes?
00:08:53
Zack
All of the er the gifs that... we we should do We've talked about doing a gif draft.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. That would be, that'd be a electric factory right there.
00:09:00
Mason
I have some top ones.
00:09:01
Zack
We would just be explaining.
00:09:03
Mason
I have like three or four.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason would show his phone.
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Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah i picked this one.
00:09:07
Zack
Guys, look at us.
00:09:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you guys see it? For the YouTube listeners at home.
00:09:13
Mason
There's like three that I go to all the time. and
00:09:16
Zack
Yeah, one in particular would be tough to explain. I would love to see. you I would love to hear you try, though.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It would be good.
00:09:27
Mason
I'm not going to attempt that.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:09:29
Mason
Okay, should we start our draft here?
00:09:32
Zack
ah Let's do it. Okay, so just to clarify, we're we you're taking six picks each snake draft style.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right
00:09:41
Zack
We're each drafting a one through four seed, and then we have one five through ten, one eleven through sixteen. Okay, who's going first? We have different strategies? I don't even know my strategy's to be yet. It's probably going to depend on where I land.
00:09:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, I've got strategies.
00:09:54
Zack
I feel like Tens thinks he's got something cooking.
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Zack
First, Tens. First pick.
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Mason
OK, Tans, I think I think I want to see what everybody else is doing and then I'll kind of decide on mine.
00:10:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, all right.
00:10:02
Zack
You like that?
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Zack
Next.
00:10:07
Mason
Come on, Zach, stay, stay, stay. All right.
00:10:09
Zack
I'm the middle.
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Mason
OK.
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Zack
Mason on the turn. I'll be filling this out as we go, so I'll keep checking where everybody's at.
00:10:15
Mason
Good.
00:10:18
Mason
Thank you. All
00:10:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right.
00:10:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, here we go. I'm going to go. i think there's some seeds I'm okay with pretty much whoever. There's some seeds. There's only maybe one or two teams I want. um So I'm going do that right here. I'm going to go with the four seed.
00:10:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't love any of the four seeds, and I'm going to go with Arizona.
00:10:43
Mason
hmm
00:10:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
playing high right now. Caleb love has been, he was at North Carolina for their national championship run few years ago. High powered Arizona team.
00:10:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Give me Arizona.
00:11:00
Zack
you like they ruined parlay we had recently did that factor into your thoughts yeah
00:11:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They, they sure did.
00:11:04
Mason
hmm
00:11:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They sure did looking for him to let me down one more time. Nope.
00:11:09
Mason
that
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's flush. It's a new season. March madness. You gotta let, you gotta let go of a lot of things.
00:11:14
Zack
so for the record they have Akron in the first round
00:11:19
Zack
If they get past Akron, they will play the winner of Oregon and Liberty in the second round. They
00:11:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I like the way they're set up.
00:11:27
Zack
will run into Duke eventually.
00:11:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:11:33
Zack
the Elite Eight, if they get that far. Or the Sweet 16.
00:11:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's right.
00:11:38
Mason
Oh, they'd meet him in the Sweet 16. Yeah, I'm trying to like avoid all the big
Draft Strategies & Potential Upsets
00:11:44
Mason
seeds if I do. going to be impossible.
00:11:45
Zack
Well, you can only avoid them so far.
00:11:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well...
00:11:51
Mason
You know what I mean? like Try to prolong it as far as you can.
00:11:54
Zack
um Okay, this is an interesting one.
00:12:06
Zack
I'm not sure which is the right one.
00:12:07
Mason
I know. I don't either.
00:12:08
Zack
You can do ah ton of different things. I'm going to go with, in the 5 to 10 range, a team that is hot right now.
00:12:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
oh
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Zack
Recently won the Big Ten tournament. I'm gonna go with Michigan the five
00:12:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, Michigan.
00:12:29
Mason
According Tinsley, no five...
00:12:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You're not worried about 5-12?
00:12:32
Zack
They're five seed yeah the 5-2-10 I'm not scared of the 5-12 matchup people talk about it There's at least one per year, but there's four of them.
00:12:40
Mason
Yeah.
00:12:41
Zack
There's all the He's not gonna be all the five seats
00:12:51
Zack
No, who just won the American
00:12:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the American conference.
00:12:56
Zack
today. You've got Clemson ACC, and you've got Oregon.
00:13:04
Zack
They're hot. They just beat Michigan State. I feel like they're a team who could compete. They have UC San Diego in the first round. Then they would have to get through the winner of Texas A&M, Yale in the second round, potentially before a matchup with Auburn in the Sweet 16.
00:13:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not It's not a bad draw. I think Michigan's there in the Sweet 16 probably pretty easily. I don't don't love um any of those other teams around them.
00:13:34
Zack
Tents proclaimed, just for the record, Tents proclaimed that there was not single five through 10 seed that would make it out of the first round ah before we started recording.
00:13:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true. I said they were all going to lose.
00:13:41
Mason
Okay.
00:13:43
Zack
so
00:13:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. i don't i I couldn't find one I liked. like I kept looking at it. I was like oh this is just gross. I could see how they could lose. maybe I guess I overlooked Michigan just because I don't feel like they were very good. I was surprised that they were a five.
00:13:58
Zack
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But that winning the Big Ten probably bumped them up a little bit.
00:14:01
Zack
Definitely.
00:14:04
Zack
Okay, Mason. You're on the turn, so you get two.
00:14:07
Mason
Yes. So obviously with you having five to 10 seeds and 11 to 16, you have more options. But when it comes to one, one seed, two seed, three, and four, you obviously, you only have four.
00:14:21
Mason
So I think I'm going to go.
00:14:22
Zack
Very sweet.
00:14:24
Mason
yeah Math, math is mathing. So I'm going to pick two Okay.
00:14:29
Zack
Okay.
00:14:30
Mason
And I think I'm going to go this route just because I feel like it could be the easiest path for like my most confident.
00:14:37
Zack
Hmm.
00:14:38
Mason
I hope you guys... i feel like everybody's going to hate this pig. Let's figure out what happens. I'm going to St. John's.
00:14:45
Zack
Hmm.
00:14:46
Mason
ah Oh, no. I didn't get the reaction I wanted. The only reason I'm going that route...
00:14:52
Zack
I don't. i don't hate their path.
00:14:55
Mason
Okay, the only reason I am going that route is they play Omaha first round. Shout out, first time ever being in. Then after that, whoever they go up against would be ah Arkansas, which we know how Tinsley feels about Arkansas, and um Kansas.
00:15:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I think both of them lose against each other somehow, some way. They're both so bad. i don't. Yeah.
00:15:21
Mason
So real quick, the the only time the Jayhawks have made it past the opening weekend since 2018 was their 2022 national championship run.
00:15:27
Zack
Wow.
00:15:30
Mason
So they've only made it past the weekend, the first opening weekend, the first ah like one time since 2018. Yeah.
00:15:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's pretty good stat.
00:15:37
Mason
um When it comes to St. John's, Baylor, Georgia, Creighton, and Villanova came by. Those are all losses with a combined seven points total of their losses, so all close losses.
00:15:50
Zack
um
00:15:51
Mason
Only one came after the calendar ah ah year of 2025 and then captured their first outright Big East title since 1985 and their first tournament crowned since 2000.
00:16:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah I mean, it's Rick Pitino in his second year. That's what he does. He... He goes on runs. He turns teams around, gets his guys in there. ah As I look at it, that's probably – that's not a bad pick at all. i I've been saying for a while that whoever Kansas played in the first round, i was going to bet
Recap & Tournament Predictions
00:16:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the other team money line.
00:16:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It just so happens they're going to play against Coach Calipari, who I also have said i always bet against the tournament, so I don't know what I'm to there. um But then looking at your Sweet 16 matchup, you're looking at the winner between Texas Tech – And whoever wins Missouri, Drake.
00:16:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, you know, that's can't hate that.
00:16:47
Mason
Bettino became the first head coach to lead six different teams to the NCAA tournament, Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona, and St. John's.
00:16:59
Mason
Okay.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like it.
00:17:00
Mason
My turn again.
00:17:03
Mason
i just talked about taking all the, uh, the,
00:17:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
High seats.
00:17:08
Mason
high seeds and now I'm changing it up and I think after one pick uh I think it's just because I like this too much and so 11 through 16 seeds are three points a win I'm gonna high point as a 13 seed gonna go ahead and draft one of my bit yes hold on they have won
00:17:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow. After one pick.
00:17:22
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:17:28
Zack
Wow.
00:17:31
Zack
That's wild.
00:17:34
Mason
14 straight games on a winning streak. Purdue, let's let's let's also remember that Purdue has lost to a 13, 15, and 16 seed before.
00:17:45
Mason
What were we laughing about?
00:17:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, I'm just thinking about how Purdue sucks. They lost to Fairleigh Dickerson.
00:17:51
Mason
So why wouldn't you take... Exactly. Why wouldn't you take this? I want to go ahead and get this team. And then everybody's on McNeese as like the big upset and then Clemson.
00:17:58
Zack
Thanks.
00:18:02
Mason
So whoever they go up against there. But listen, if I get to get at least one win or two out of this, I'm going to take it. So high point. I'd love to see that. I'm also going take their I'm going to cover their spread whenever i
00:18:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Nine and a half right now.
00:18:20
Mason
I'm going to take that. I might actually like buy that up with like Tennessee spread or something like that. i Do a saying like a parlay together.
00:18:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ooh, a
00:18:30
Mason
Parlay. Those can never go wrong. Tinsley and his parlays.
00:18:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
parlay.
00:18:33
Mason
Okay.
Betting Odds & Underdog Insights
00:18:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Parlay is always hit.
00:18:35
Mason
For the record, was anybody going to draft them ever? i feel like i went to i went way too.
00:18:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
00:18:39
Mason
Okay. I wanted to go ahead and get it.
00:18:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you could You could have had them whenever you wanted.
00:18:42
Mason
I could wait until the very end.
00:18:45
Zack
I feel like there's a lot of things out there.
00:18:45
Mason
High point. 13 seed.
00:18:47
Zack
i mean...
00:18:52
Mason
Write it down.
00:18:52
Zack
um Okay.
00:18:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Write it down.
00:18:54
Mason
Actually, Zach, write it down for me, please.
00:18:54
Zack
Interesting. Oh, shit.
00:19:00
Mason
And he's got to pick a team.
00:19:01
Zack
um Okay, I'm going to take... This is an interesting one. don't know. This is a good idea to take it. I'm
00:19:10
Mason
It's promising.
00:19:12
Zack
going to save that one, actually. No, I'm doing it now. 11 through 16 seed.
00:19:26
Zack
They've not showed it at all this year. But for 11 seed, there is a lot of value there.
00:19:30
Mason
Great.
00:19:31
Zack
I'm going North Carolina.
00:19:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. Yep. Got me.
00:19:36
Zack
um
00:19:36
Mason
did it.
00:19:39
Zack
just because they're right there in that category, they may lose in the first round. I don't know, but if you get if you give me care North Carolina as an 11 to 60, as that category
00:19:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:20:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. I liked him. That was, that was going to be my 11 through 16 pick.
00:20:07
Zack
Oh, good. I'm glad I made that pick then.
00:20:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Somebody, someone from the play games makes it to the sweet 16 every year. Everyone, everyone is talking about how bad North Carolina is, how they shouldn't have even made the tournament.
00:20:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're the perfect team to just go on a run. Like Zach said, it's still a big time program with different level of athletes. Um, um playing that They're going to win that play-in game.
00:20:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah If they don't, then then that coach is getting fired.
00:20:35
Mason
Yeah, that's going to be an extra game that he can get points on since he's playing.
00:20:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and and then yeah And then you get to play Ole Miss, who is absolutely, in my mind, I cannot believe they're a six seed.
00:20:42
Mason
Yeah.
00:20:51
Mason
Yeah.
00:20:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I knew they were going to make the tournament, but I really thought they were going to be like 10 seed. I just didn't think they were that good.
00:21:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, all right. So Zach with North Carolina, that is who I was going to go with.
00:21:08
Mason
He sniped you. You were literally going to go this pick.
00:21:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sniped me. Yeah, that was yeah was my plan.
00:21:13
Mason
Hmm.
00:21:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um All right. So I have my four seed out of the way, so I can delete this off my list. So I'm kind of in a predicament because I don't know if I want to go with my one seed yet.
00:21:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because part of me knows that you guys aren't going to pick the same one seed as me.
00:21:30
Mason
Mm.
00:21:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But part of me says, well, maybe you might.
00:21:32
Mason
Tip and picks.
00:21:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Might be tipping picks. So here's what we are going to do. I'm going to go ahead and take my two seed.
00:21:42
Mason
Okay.
00:21:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
January, February, Izzo.
00:21:49
Mason
Mm.
00:21:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's Tom Izzo season. Michigan State playing at playing at top. like they They came in. They were picked to finish towards the bottom of the Big Ten. Ended up having a great season.
00:22:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
fall a little short in the conference tournament, but I listened to Tom Izzo on an interview just the other day on a podcast, and he said, I don't want to discredit the Big Ten conference tournament, but it doesn't have as much value as you know winning the the regular season going through that gauntlet.
00:22:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um The tournament is good. It's good for momentum, but... you know it's It's a lot of games and a lot of days. It might have been a good thing for them to get some rest. Give me a coach who has been there and done that.
00:22:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
know He's playing Bryant first round, in theory. Easy win, unless you're Purdue. You get the winner of Marquette in New Mexico after that in the sweet you know
Final Thoughts & Tournament Hopes
00:22:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
for the round of I mean.
00:22:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then, you know, i might have a head-on collision in the Sweet 6 team as one of Zach's teams, or you got Iowa State sitting there as a three seed. So um I like that. i like I like where I'm sitting there with Michigan State.
00:23:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think they're very quiet they're very quietly a top-ten team this year. It was maybe one of the least hyped-up Izzo teams ever.
00:23:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, we're going to go with Michigan State. All right. So now this is when in trouble because I don't know what I want to do.
00:23:23
Mason
Real quick while you're picking, ah Michigan State, some notable wins. The Tar Heels, Illinois twice, Purdue, and ah Maryland and Wisconsin.
00:23:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:23:35
Mason
Lost another Wisconsin and the Jayhawks.
00:23:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:39
Mason
So some wins, losses. That was all the way back in November, though, when they lost against Kansas.
00:23:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
of Yeah, that the non-conference before the conference tournament or conference games start. though There's always like some random matchups.
00:23:50
Mason
Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um do You have your 11 through 16, right? That's what you've got.
00:23:56
Mason
I do, yeah. I have a 13 seed high point.
00:23:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then your two seed.
00:23:59
Mason
And then my two seed, yep.
00:24:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. Okay.
00:24:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
okay
00:24:03
Mason
I know you have to pay attention what other people are drafting.
00:24:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know. I know Zach's got his... so Okay, so I'm going to go ahead. going to get my five through ten. And I'm going to chance my one seed getting back to me.
00:24:17
Mason
Risky. All right, let's take a look.
00:24:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think. I think it's what I'm going to do.
00:24:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's not. Oh, but it is. i really want my one seed. cry.
00:24:29
Mason
We'll just take it. What happens if it doesn't get back to you?
00:24:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'll cry. I'm taking my one seed.
00:24:36
Mason
You know, OK, it is.
00:24:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um'm I'm taking the Florida Gators, everybody.
00:24:38
Mason
There it is. hmm.
00:24:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm taking the Florida Gators. I'm sorry, Robert. I know you're mad about it.
00:24:42
Mason
there it is
00:24:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I'm taking the Gators. This team is giving me eerily similar dominant all year, just can fill it up.
00:24:58
Mason
no
00:25:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
from all three levels on offense and play good defense. So I'm going to take the Florida Gators.
00:25:07
Mason
Yeah, I don't know if you watched the game today. UT got fouled, trouble. ah they're big they're big guys are ah problem
00:25:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Florida's got like three, seven foot dudes that can all shoot and pass and dribble, which is like a cheat code.
00:25:21
Mason
yeah
00:25:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to go with the Florida Gators there. and know that is not a popular pick here in ball country. A lot of accusations being thrown my way that I'm a Gator fan.
00:25:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um I have a Tennessee shirt on.
00:25:38
Mason
Just for everybody that can see on the podcast.
00:25:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you know Don't pay attention to this stuff the Jacksonville Jaguars stuff behind me, which is only an hour and a half from Gainesville, Florida. and Maybe I grew up a really big Gators fan my whole life until I moved here and met all of you wonderful people.
00:25:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Ignore that because I am a UT Vol fan.
00:25:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I am a UT Vol fan.
00:26:00
Mason
Florida one. Two out of the three matchups against UT. They beat Auburn, Alabama twice.
00:26:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
00:26:13
Mason
They're a problem.
00:26:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They might be a problem. They might and could be a problem. So, yeah, that's that's what I went with the Florida Gators.
00:26:24
Zack
Alright, so we are back around. i am going to take...
00:26:32
Zack
Let's deal with the one seed.
00:26:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:26:36
Zack
I
00:26:36
Mason
Here it is.
00:26:39
Zack
heard for the first time ever in history, Auburn has, or the number one overall seed has lost three of their last four games.
00:26:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
True. Hmm.
00:26:47
Zack
ah For that reason.
00:26:51
Zack
and don't love it, but it's where I'm at. I'm taking Duke.
00:26:56
Mason
There it is.
00:26:56
Zack
um I think Auburn's reeling a little bit. I think they are on a bad team, but I think some their weaknesses are there. i think some of their guard play is a little bit volatile. I think if they run into someone who can contain Broom a little bit, um they could, if someone can stop him, I think they can get beat.
00:27:22
Zack
Especially if Baker-Mazard is something stupid and gets thrown out or something dumb like that. and then I just think they've shown a lot of their weaknesses. I think there's a lot of tape on know how to beat them now. oh Obviously, if they're playing their best, I think they're still maybe the best team in the country.
00:27:36
Zack
But I just have to... I don't believe in them as much. Duke.
00:27:43
Zack
Obviously, the ACC is tough to it's tough to know exactly what's going on over there. But they've looked dominant. Cooper Flag has been announced he will play in the Friday game.
00:27:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big.
00:27:54
Zack
least little bit concerned about a 16-seat upset there, which is cons concerning maybe.
00:27:55
Mason
It's crazy to me.
00:27:59
Zack
But it's a good little game to get him back in the groove of things.
00:28:00
Mason
They'll limit his minutes.
00:28:02
Zack
Yeah, that's where I'm going. Don't love it, but here we are.
00:28:09
Zack
Mason?
00:28:11
Mason
All right. Both one seed's gone off the board. So it doesn't make sense for me to pick my one seed at the moment.
00:28:22
Mason
Math.
00:28:23
Zack
It's good call.
00:28:23
Mason
I'm going to go...
00:28:26
Mason
And I just feel like I'm trying to, once again, try try to find the best paths. Maybe I'm going about it all the wrong way, but I'm going to go with ah Wisconsin as my three seed.
00:28:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:28:39
Zack
I like that pick, yeah.
00:28:39
Mason
um
00:28:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. That was my number one three seed.
00:28:42
Mason
They have shot above 35% behind the arc as a team. ah They have won against Purdue, Michigan, Arizona, Michigan.
00:28:56
Mason
Had some pretty good wins in there. They play Montana in the first round and then possibly BYU VCU. ah Whoever wins that matchup. So I'm going to go with Wisconsin there.
00:29:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, looking looking at like ah a matchup with Alabama in the Sweet 16, if everything stays chalk, which I think Wisconsin is a team that can keep up with Alabama. Alabama likes to run, score a lot of points.
00:29:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wisconsin can score a lot of points too. Like Mason said, they're good from three. And they've got big guys that can handle Grant Nelson. That would be a really fun matchup, Alabama-Wisconsin.
00:29:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Dang, I really wanted Wisconsin. I was debating picking them right there instead of Florida, but ah I didn't know if Florida get back to me. I didn't think anybody had Wisconsin on their radar.
00:29:50
Mason
I did.
00:29:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i've got with I've got a Wisconsin Final Four feature.
00:29:54
Zack
oh
00:29:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like um I believe in this team. I think they're good.
00:29:58
Zack
Okay. Mason.
00:30:01
Mason
I feel like I picked a good, made a good pick there then.
00:30:04
Zack
Mason has one, four, and then your five through ten slot left.
00:30:07
Mason
Yeah. Um,
00:30:13
Mason
I feel like I'm kind of hedging here. Yikes. I don't want to do that, but I think i know that's what i'm I'm looking at right now.
00:30:19
Zack
You start looking at the board and you're like, how do I not contradict myself? Because you don't want to put your teams in the same bracket.
00:30:24
Mason
so it's like one of those things where it's like, should I just go with,
00:30:29
Mason
Maybe I double down on two sides of my bracket here. um Sure, why not? I'm going to do it. My five seed. um And this is a just in case a High Point doesn't upset Purdue.
00:30:46
Mason
i can go with Clemson here. And if they meet Purdue, we've just doubted Purdue so much. So if I... And of course, everybody's on McNeese, but we'll see what happens. But with this 5C Clemson versus McNeese, if they can get past that in Purdue, not too shabby.
00:31:06
Mason
So I'm going to go with Clemson.
00:31:12
Zack
Clemson's one of those.
00:31:12
Mason
Nobody likes it.
00:31:14
Zack
It's hard to, like, it's ACC is a little bit of a mystery because of kind of the weakness of their conference overall.
00:31:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're mystery to me.
00:31:21
Zack
It's hard. You look at record and it's hard to know if they're actually like a solid team or not.
00:31:27
Mason
Hey, they've had wins over Duke and Kentucky, so...
00:31:33
Mason
Duke was last month.
00:31:33
Zack
Interesting. Interesting. Okay.
00:31:39
Mason
I didn't love it, but now I... I doubled down, so Purdue goes on and wins back-to-back, two of my picks are already in the garbage.
00:31:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That'd be bad.
00:31:52
Mason
Really. Okay. Okay. Zach, back to you.
00:31:57
Zack
Yeah. and Gross.
00:32:04
Zack
Okay.
00:32:11
Zack
I don't want to do that. Okay. going to pick.
00:32:18
Zack
Let's do this one. really think they've got a favorable kind of section of the bracket where they're at.
00:32:29
Zack
It's getting where it's hard to do the play the chess of where all your other teams are and stuff. um
00:32:40
Zack
You know what? Okay. I'm sorry.
00:32:43
Mason
Do it.
00:32:45
Zack
This not good podcasting.
00:32:49
Zack
I think for my three seed. Oh, that's really not good podcasting.
00:32:57
Zack
Yeah, I'm going to do I'm going Iowa State three seed.
00:33:04
Zack
This is mainly because of some other teams that are out there.
00:33:12
Zack
It's a little bit of a weaker. It's kind of a weird collection of teams.
00:33:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, three seed feels a little light.
00:33:25
Zack
Yeah.
00:33:28
Zack
The other, yeah, it is what it is. think Texas Tech is not a bad team. I'm going to assume they're going to get picked here in a second by someone else on this podcast.
00:33:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:41
Zack
But um
00:33:45
Zack
just didn't love where they were at down there. St. John's, they're going have a run-in with St. John's pretty fast, and I just don't know they're going make it through that one. So I'm with Iowa State.
00:33:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So far, me and Zach are going be dancing around each other a little bit.
00:34:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've got Michigan State. He's got Iowa State.
00:34:03
Zack
Yeah, I know.
00:34:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
There's another one. can't remember now, but we're, it's all right. I'll see you around. We'll see who takes care of this thing. All right.
00:34:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, I'm not going to pick my three seed right now because I don't have to.
00:34:22
Zack
Yeah, two picks.
00:34:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:34:23
Zack
Yeah.
00:34:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Two picks, two picks. So let's see.
00:34:27
Zack
10s, you have the 3C, then you have the 5 through 10, you have the 11 through 16.
00:34:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
How do I want?
00:34:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. All the teams that aren't going to win any games. So I got to pick one of those guys. All right. I'm going to go with Colorado State for my 11 through 16.
00:34:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Fun fact about Colorado State, they're actually favored against Memphis.
00:34:49
Zack
Wow.
00:34:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Colorado State has one of the best scorers in the country.
00:34:51
Zack
That's wow.
00:34:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They are favored by two and a half.
00:34:55
Zack
Holy cow.
00:34:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Fun fact, you're about to see that in the Discord be put out. Because I love this Colorado State team for no reason other than they're just...
00:35:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is the 5-12. As soon as I saw I said, that's your 5-12 upset right there. um memphis memphis Memphis is kind of fake good, playing a bad conference.
00:35:13
Zack
kind of wild Memphis, yeah.
00:35:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And Colorado State, don't know. That's my upset. It's probably going be the most popular one, so it'll probably be wrong.
00:35:28
Zack
I like it. i don't believe in Memphis 100% with you.
00:35:37
Zack
I like that.
00:35:41
Zack
Wow, that's crazy. The BE favorite, that's a wild stat.
00:35:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Two and a half point favorite, which is crazy.
00:35:46
Zack
Yeah, that's something right there.
00:35:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I thought I was finding a diamond in the row. i was like, oh, Colorado State, that's going to be my es me my upset alert. They're favored.
00:35:57
Zack
Like, there's got to be one
00:35:57
Mason
Man, that's crazy.
00:35:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What is this?
00:36:01
Zack
Some of the other 512s look a little more far-fetched, to be honest with you.
00:36:12
Zack
McNeese, though, mean, I know that's going to be a popular one as well.
00:36:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, McNeese was the real popular one last year. I feel like everyone took, and they got absolutely boat raced by some – I can't remember who. But um it's just because they've got a good coach, the guy from LSU.
00:36:24
Zack
Hmm.
00:36:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And, i mean, they've got good players. They scored lot of points. They dominated their conference. But there's just levels to this thing.
00:36:38
Zack
There are levels. It's fact.
00:36:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Levels. All right. And then my – for my Five through ten. This one, like I said, I don't think any of these teams are actually going win any games.
00:36:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Somehow, some way. I'm stuck between two.
00:37:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
going to go with the team that I think – I'm going to go Louisville. I know we've talked about the ACC being bad. I think they're better than Creighton.
00:37:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I also think they could give out ah give Auburn all they want. I think Auburn is reeling a little bit. Fun fact, um the true number one line, and one seed, has only won four times in the last 20 years.
00:37:30
Mason
Mmm.
00:37:30
Zack
um
00:37:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's Auburn. I don't think this Auburn team is historically great like UConn was last year, who was the last team to do it. um So I'm going to take a shot right here with this 5 through 10, and maybe Louisville is the team who gives me the upset.
00:37:40
Zack
yeah
00:37:47
Zack
Could be. or it could be Michigan. and
00:37:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Or it could be Michigan. And then I'll see you in the Sweet 16 once again.
00:37:57
Zack
Okay. I like that. So that was your Louisville. Okay. I'm going to keep up with that on the dock here. Alright. Coming in at my number 4 seed.
00:38:11
Zack
It's another interesting one. The four seeds are worse than the three seeds.
00:38:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:16
Zack
um And I've got a couple, well, with Arizona off the board, especially am not picking Purdue ever.
00:38:17
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:38:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ever.
00:38:23
Mason
You're not?
00:38:24
Zack
um
00:38:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Even if there is a fire.
00:38:25
Zack
i would rather have not a team than pick.
00:38:30
Zack
Just I'll just take a bye Yeah. So with that being said, I'm taking Maryland.
00:38:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Take zero points.
00:38:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:36
Mason
Dang.
00:38:37
Zack
They will run into Florida at some point if they win. But they get Grand Canyon in the first round. They'll get the winner of Memphis, Colorado State there. So, again, me and the 10s can match up.
00:38:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's all right. I guess me and Zach are just dancing.
00:38:52
Zack
And we'll meet couldn make Florida eventually, but this Maryland team barely lost to Michigan and yesterday in the Big Ten semifinals on a buzzer beater.
00:38:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're just going to see.
00:39:04
Zack
They've been competitive. The Big Ten is a little bit
00:39:10
Zack
Would you say the Big Tens, top heavy tens? I feel like there's four or five teams that are really good and some teams that just really bad.
00:39:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:16
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:39:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I feel like – so that's where I was like surprised Michigan was even a five. um i feel like the the Big Ten tournament kind of boosted them up. I don't know where Purdue gets to be a four seed. I really – that was a pretty big surprise to me.
00:39:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maryland I thought would sneak up to the three line. um They're good all year. I like Maryland. um That was a good pick. That was – I was either going to go Arizona or Maryland for my four seed pick.
00:39:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So –
00:39:46
Zack
I don't like how Big Ten heavy I am currently. That's crazy.
00:39:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. um i know I know how you feel.
00:39:51
Zack
To have two big... I don't have a single SEC team.
00:39:53
Mason
Didn't he go Michigan? Who went Michigan?
00:39:54
Zack
What am I doing?
00:39:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:39:55
Zack
Oh my gosh.
00:39:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Zach's got Michigan.
00:39:57
Zack
I don't have a single SEC team.
00:39:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
it so so some Some people call Zach the Big Ten guy.
00:40:01
Mason
Wow. What a fan.
00:40:03
Zack
Actually, none of us. There's only been one SEC team drafted so far.
00:40:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Which is hilarious because they 14 conferences.
00:40:09
Zack
Florida.
00:40:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
14 teams. Yeah.
00:40:11
Zack
What are we talking... What are we doing?
00:40:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
fourteen team
00:40:13
Zack
don't... I think we're like anti-bias right now. We're at seeing him. we're like, yeah, we're not going to pick those teams.
00:40:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:40:19
Zack
We could be making a huge mistake. Okay. i just want to see him look at Homer and pick all SEC teams.
00:40:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Way to go, us.
00:40:23
Zack
So i think I went the other direction and picked all non-SEC teams.
00:40:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, fun.
00:40:27
Mason
You didn't get a good mix in there.
00:40:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
At least one 13 seed has beaten a number four seed in 29 of 39 tournaments. Something to think about. Something to be nervous about.
00:40:39
Zack
20 on a family.
00:40:39
Mason
I'm nervous.
00:40:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
28 of 39 tournaments.
00:40:43
Zack
Okay, so about two-thirds of the time there's at least one. It's
00:40:46
Mason
seed has beat a four seed. Well, I'm nervous.
00:40:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Grand Canyon. They're pretty solid.
00:40:51
Zack
going to be high point. Shout out to Mason.
00:40:56
Mason
Well, listen. shout out to me uh i'm super nervous about this if we do the math here uh he just went with maryland tinsley just went with uh well not just but earlier arizona so we only have two teams that i can decide and i've went two against purdue so i can't that just wouldn't make sense and i've been hating on purdue this whole time i guess i have all my eggs in one basket
00:41:24
Zack
is not a bad choice. i mean...
00:41:25
Mason
Yeah, so I'm going A&M.
00:41:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, yeah, they are.
00:41:26
Mason
The only thing is...
00:41:28
Zack
no they're not.
00:41:28
Mason
well yeah No, listen, Yale...
00:41:29
Zack
They play hard. I think they can win games.
00:41:31
Mason
No, they're... Well, I saw that they're one of the worst shooting teams in the SEC, and there's 14 of them.
00:41:36
Zack
okay. Okay.
00:41:37
Mason
so And Yale is the top three-point shooting team in the Ivy League, but still. And they just went on a run to to win. They put up like 97 points today.
00:41:50
Mason
ah So I'm a little nervous, but give me Texas A&M, I guess.
00:41:55
Zack
Love it.
00:41:56
Mason
Thank you.
00:41:59
Zack
I really don't think it's a horrible pick.
00:41:59
Mason
why
00:42:00
Zack
I mean, their roster is going to play. They're always going to play really hard, and they're kind of tough to beat, even if they're not the most talented team.
00:42:24
Zack
Not an easy task for sure.
00:42:27
Mason
So I'm going give you all my thought process for this next pick. When looking at the one seed, realistically, the first round should be a lock. That's not the case anymore. Shout out Purdue.
00:42:38
Mason
And we keep saying Purdue.
00:42:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Virginia.
00:42:40
Mason
Was it Virginia?
00:42:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:42:41
Mason
Yeah, there you go. um Auburn, the next round would be in Louisville. Creighton tends already give us that stat about the number one overall.
00:42:53
Mason
ah like seed. But then if we scroll down to Houston, it would be Gonzaga and Georgia.
00:43:04
Mason
feel a little, i mean,
00:43:06
Zack
Georgia sucks. I'm just going to tell you right now.
00:43:08
Mason
Georgia sucks.
00:43:09
Zack
Georgia's bad at basketball.
00:43:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they're bad at basketball.
00:43:11
Zack
I don't know how they ended
00:43:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Key part of winning basketball games is being good at basketball. And a funny thing about Georgia is they suck at it.
00:43:19
Zack
where they did. They're
00:43:28
Zack
which was super fluky. I don't even know how that one happened.
00:43:40
Zack
But that one's doing a lot for them here.
00:43:44
Mason
I'm going to go Auburn.
00:43:46
Zack
Very brave of you.
00:43:47
Mason
I'm doing it. I know. Let's do it. Well, I just, I know.
00:43:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's a brave man.
00:43:54
Mason
what What the thought process, I've never believed in Houston ever.
00:43:56
Zack
Houston left out.
00:43:58
Mason
i feel like if I always look at their competition, it's always like, who did they actually beat? So I always feel like their record's fraud. It's like, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong.
00:44:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're in the, but they're in the big 12 now, which is ah very good basketball conference.
00:44:11
Mason
It's true. yeah that had one of the top records too. I'm going Auburn.
00:44:18
Zack
Okay.
00:44:20
Mason
Last pick. Final pick.
00:44:21
Zack
ah um I will be picking
00:44:27
Zack
my third Big Ten team. Just kidding. I'm going Tennessee here. and The two seed. ah Michigan State. You already said Michigan State. Who was the last two seed then?
00:44:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What two C did you get Mason?
00:44:42
Zack
Sorry. I was trying to make a joke.
00:44:42
Mason
St.
00:44:42
Mason
John's.
00:44:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, St. John's.
00:44:45
Zack
Alabama is the other two seed.
00:44:47
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:44:48
Zack
That honestly would not be a bad pick. They play Robert Morris, then they play the winner of St. Mary's versus Vanderbilt.
00:44:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:45:04
Zack
Or, mean, that's the top of that bracket. Honestly, it's not a bad pick.
00:45:11
Zack
The two seeds are strong.
00:45:14
Zack
Um...
00:45:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's very good.
00:45:15
Zack
and
00:45:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, a lot of good. The two seeds was like, I feel like you could pick any of them and you feel okay with getting points.
00:45:24
Zack
Yeah, we're going a little bit of a homer route here. knew Tins was in pain.
00:45:29
Mason
Are we?
00:45:29
Zack
he Tins is famous Tennessee hater this season.
00:45:35
Zack
So I knew I could wait on it until the end. i think as soon as Mason picked St.
00:45:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:45:39
Zack
John's, I knew I was good.
00:45:58
Zack
I mean, honestly, Xavier just scared me a little bit there.
00:46:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, don't want play Xavier.
00:46:02
Zack
I'm kind of surprised Xavier didn't go in the 11 to 16 category.
00:46:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're frisky.
00:46:06
Zack
Cause I feel they could be a little bit frisky.
00:46:14
Zack
So, uh, I don't think they've got the worst pull.
00:46:28
Zack
Um, but you know what they say, it's hard to beat a team three times.
00:46:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's definitely what they say. It's definitely a true fact.
00:46:35
Zack
So this is number three. Uh, we hope that they pull that one out, but I felt pretty good about that. I'm trying point. So who do we leave out of the two seed we left out? Um,
00:46:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Alabama.
00:46:48
Zack
Alabama. Ugh. That might come back to look bad.
00:46:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:46:54
Zack
They looked very bad against Florida, be fair, and they've lost a couple down the stretch.
00:46:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:46:59
Zack
They played a very tough schedule.
00:47:03
Zack
But they they're still that team that could put up 100 before you blink, potentially.
00:47:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And beat anybody. Yeah.
00:47:08
Zack
Yeah, and then just get red hot and just hit everything. But if they don't, their defense is really bad. And they could lose to pretty much anyone. So...
00:47:19
Zack
They are that.
00:47:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:47:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If their shots aren't falling, like, cause they're not a team that can like lean on.
00:47:20
Zack
team Yeah.
00:47:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. We're having off shooting night. Let's play hard defense and do that.
00:47:28
Zack
yeah They don't have that in their bag.
00:47:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Play. You know, they don't have that in their bag. they They want to do a track meet. They need it.
00:47:36
Zack
Yep.
00:47:44
Zack
They are the defensive heavy team. who just relies on the defense.
00:47:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's one of the best offenses Houston's had in the last few years.
00:47:59
Mason
What have I done?
00:48:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um they they do They are a team that counts on just beating you 55 to 52. um But this year, they they they they score pretty well. They're they're pretty decent from three.
00:48:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But don't know. I didn't trust them as a one seed.
00:48:29
Zack
Texas Tech, a very similar type number. They're number six offensively and number 37 defensively.
00:48:35
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:48:37
Zack
So some similar type teams there. St.
00:48:44
Zack
Wow. Wow.
00:48:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, so...
00:48:49
Zack
I want a St. John's Alabama matchup. What an electric.
00:48:56
Zack
That would have to be pretty far down there. That's a final four matchup there. But okay. I am. I'm done. Tens last pick.
00:49:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All last pick. I'm going to go with Texas Tech, a team that falls under the Ken Palm trend of the 30 and 20 on offensive defense.
00:49:10
Zack
Hmm.
00:49:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So technically you can say they could win the national championship. I don't know. They're a team I've just – I've had a thing for it for a while. i just – I don't know. I like them. like watching them.
00:49:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think they're very good. they're They're kind of like a turbocharged Houston – They're probably not as good defensively, but where Houston's good, um like they're probably better than them So I like this Texas Tech team.
00:49:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like their draw. I like this side of the bracket. i trust them over St. John's in the Sweet 16 just because i don't think – my only issue with St. John's is they don't shoot the three ball very well at all, and they're bad from the free throw line.
00:50:00
Zack
It
00:50:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Those things show up in March Madness. um
00:50:06
Zack
does.
00:50:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I'm going to take Texas Tech there.
00:50:11
Zack
Okay, so the team we left out on the three line was Kentucky.
00:50:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, and I've been a big Kentucky supporter all year. I've bet on them a lot.
00:50:18
Zack
wait
00:50:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I did not see them as a three seed at all.
00:50:22
Zack
ah and don't actually know how they jumped up to that three seed line. don't feel like they deserved it either.
00:50:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't get
00:50:28
Zack
I'm...
00:50:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:50:44
Zack
Over the course of the season, which can – It means you can get bounced really early or you can make a deep run, just kind depending on how things fall. That's why I didn't go with them.
00:50:55
Zack
They're also in the same bracket as Tennessee, which I like that team.
00:51:04
Zack
Last in the four seed line, we left out Purdue, which we've all mentioned.
00:51:11
Zack
I do think I'm not exactly sure how Purdue ended up on that four seed line either. I think they did not really deserve that spot. Anybody else have thoughts on Purdue?
00:51:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
nine Nice ones.
00:51:26
Zack
Free throw merchants.
00:51:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
just just Just a total... i do not... I'm not going to be surprised if they do lose the high point.
00:51:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've been filling out my bracket as we go here,
00:51:36
Mason
Let's go.
00:51:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and Yeah, like I have him losing to Clemson.
00:51:45
Mason
I think you meant to say high point.
00:51:45
Zack
Yeah, this just for, I mean, record doesn't tell the whole story, but ah Purdue 20, Purdue's 22 11 as four seed.
00:51:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, can you tell me something?
00:51:55
Zack
I guess Arizona's 22 and 12 as a four seed. BPI.
00:52:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:52:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But, okay, what is this BPI rank on ESPN? I keep looking at it. I keep seeing it floating up.
00:52:16
Zack
I've heard of it before.
00:52:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because if that is something to...
00:52:20
Zack
Basketball power index. A measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward.
00:52:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, well, you want to know who's the top 10 that you wouldn't, that none of us picked?
00:52:32
Zack
Who?
00:52:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe one of us should have is Gonzaga.
00:52:38
Zack
Who?
00:52:39
Mason
Hmm.
00:52:40
Zack
Top 10?
00:52:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sitting there, sitting there looking at Houston in the second round.
00:52:45
Zack
Gonzaga's number 9 in the Ken Palm rankings.
00:52:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Boys, someone should have picked it. You know what?
00:52:51
Zack
I made a mistake. yeah
00:52:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You heard it here first. Gonzaga to make the sweet 16. I'm going to go bet it right now. And if you think I'm joking, I'm not.
00:53:01
Mason
Let's see what the odds are.
00:53:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
it's it's
00:53:03
Zack
He's never joked. Played
00:53:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i've never I'm putting it in the Discord right now.
00:53:07
Zack
Georgia? Yeah, I feel like they dismantled Georgia probably.
00:53:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think they could beat Houston. Houston's got an injury right now. I can't remember which player it is, but he's not going to play in the first game. He's one of their starters. Probably would tell me i here on ESPN.
00:53:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
e No, of course not. Cowards.
00:53:30
Mason
Wait, Gonzaga to reach the Sweet 16? Plus 320.
00:53:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
00:53:34
Mason
plus three twenty
00:53:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. Guess what? It's getting bad.
00:53:51
Zack
Some of their notable losses. They lost to West Virginia. Kentucky, UCLA.
00:53:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Tough.
00:54:01
Zack
They lost to Oregon State, Santa Clara, St.
00:54:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh boy, those are bad losses.
00:54:09
Zack
Mary's. um They lost to St.
00:54:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:54:13
Zack
Mary's twice.
00:54:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I haven't put the bet in yet. You've almost talked me out of it.
00:54:19
Mason
I like seeing this in real time where you're like oh oh
00:54:19
Zack
and But then they beat St. Mary's in the West Coast Tournament.
00:54:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
maybe we don't bet it right this second, but my bracket might have him doing it.
00:54:30
Zack
Oh, they're a team that's, well, I say
00:54:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who cares about my bracket?
00:54:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:54:51
Zack
It was a little concerning that they had some. St.
00:54:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bad losses.
00:54:55
Zack
Mary's is in the tournament, though. I don't think they're a bad team. Yeah.
00:54:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, St. Mary's 17.
00:55:03
Zack
It's St. Mary's, California. Which one are we talking about? don't know. There's two of them.
00:55:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
00:55:09
Zack
Yeah, they're 17.
00:55:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They play the team.
00:55:10
Zack
You're correct. They play Vanderbilt.
00:55:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:55:12
Zack
Ooh, look at that upset right there. That 7-10. That's not even upset. They're ranked higher. That's Vanderbilt. Okay.
00:55:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bye.
00:55:23
Zack
So let's recap. Mason has Auburn, St. John's, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Clemson, and High Point.
00:55:34
Zack
Shout out.
00:55:35
Mason
high point baby
00:55:56
Zack
We have, what, three total SEC teams out of the 14 that are in the field?
00:56:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
out of the 14 that are available.
00:56:02
Zack
That's a concern.
00:56:04
Zack
Yeah, we left out Alabama, Kentucky. mean,
00:56:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, we did something wrong.
00:56:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. A lot of them that aren't going to make it very far. I don't think.
00:56:21
Zack
You got like Mississippi State as an 8 seed.
00:56:21
Mason
Wait.
00:56:24
Zack
They're just probably not going to make it past Duke. You've got Georgia, we already talked about, playing Gonzaga. You've got Texas, who's in a play-in game against Xavier.
00:56:36
Zack
um You've got Arkansas playing Kansas. Missouri playing Drake. The six-seed Missouri playing Drake. Six-seed has been pretty hot. That's an interesting one.
00:56:47
Zack
If they make it to play St. John's, Missouri-St. John's could be pretty interesting little matchup there.
00:56:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Missouri is a team you kind of want to avoid. They got a big guy who can score. That's always not fun to deal with.
00:57:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Too bad Texas Tech is going to beat the Brakes off Missouri.
00:57:08
Zack
Oklahoma playing UConn in the first round.
00:57:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's it's interesting because this UConn team
00:57:13
Zack
Bad Oklahoma team.
00:57:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, but it's also a bad UConn team.
00:57:17
Zack
I know. What a weird match.
00:57:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:57:19
Zack
to They'd have to beat Florida to get there.
00:57:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I feel like everyone's going to have UConn as like the fun, upset. They're going to do it again, make it for our team, and they're just not. I think Oklahoma beats them as of right now.
00:57:31
Zack
Hmm.
00:57:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's why I've got it going in my bracket.
00:57:36
Zack
We've got Ole Miss playing the winner of San Diego State, North Carolina in the play-in game.
00:57:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It doesn't matter. Whoever wins that playing game is whooping.
00:57:45
Zack
You know, we can Ole Miss.
00:57:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ole Miss. Ole Miss sucks.
00:57:48
Zack
Well, if they beat Tennessee recently.
00:57:51
Zack
Tennessee has a test. It was a senior night situation. I agree.
00:57:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Senior and night.
00:57:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so They were playing for something special. that's you know Sometimes you can't fight voodoo.
00:58:01
Zack
accurate. Okay. Okay. Boy, we might look stupid if there's like eight of the 16 teams for SEC.
00:58:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
An all SEC elite eight.
00:58:10
Zack
Yeah.
00:58:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:58:11
Zack
um Okay.
00:58:15
Zack
Do we feel good, boys?
00:58:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I feel, yeah.
00:58:17
Mason
Feel great.
00:58:18
Zack
I don't know. i mean, who knows? This is that time of year where it's like one of us, we were all going to look stupid probably at some point here in our bracket.
00:58:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think we picked a lot like near each other too. Like we're in a lot of the same region and it's like after the first weekend, one of us, I think one of us is going to just be done.
00:58:31
Zack
Yeah. Yeah.
00:58:35
Zack
Likely, yeah.
00:58:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like one of us is
00:58:37
Mason
When high point gets bounced.
00:58:38
Zack
But High Point makes the Final Four and then Mason does this.
00:58:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
missing one at all.
00:58:44
Zack
I hope whole team loses it and High Point just takes him to the top.
00:58:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mason took high point and Clemson. ma Mason is in shambles if Purdue makes it out of the weekend.
00:58:53
Zack
He's hedging. He's hedging.
00:58:55
Mason
yep Yeah, you're not wrong.
00:59:00
Mason
I will forever hate that team. Well, I already do, but I will ah will forever hate that team.
00:59:08
Zack
Oh boy. That's going to be Okay. Well, we are, excited to get to check this as we go. We will keep everyone updated on our numbers after each weekend and see where we're at.
00:59:22
Zack
Do we?
00:59:25
Zack
Yes, Tins. I feel like Tins had thought.
00:59:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
no No, no thought.
00:59:29
Zack
Okay.
00:59:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You were going to say something about a punishment, I think?
00:59:32
Zack
We did, we did consider the punishment idea. Oh, boy.
00:59:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah A but punishment could be fun.
00:59:37
Zack
It's going to go... ah Usually, I feel pretty good about these if it's drafts and stuff, but this is a little scarier. My Dynasty mode, obviously, just......report everybody.
00:59:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I'm coming for you. Thunder, I got the MVP.
00:59:50
Zack
This one, I feel much less confident about because I have no idea what's going to happen.
00:59:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's GA season, baby.
00:59:57
Zack
Okay. we Do we want to talk about this?
00:59:58
Mason
We should do it. We'll cook something up.
01:00:00
Zack
Yeah, we need to we need to figure something out.
01:00:00
Mason
Yeah, let's do it.
01:00:01
Zack
Maybe we'll... um Put up a poll or something. We'll get a couple ideas cooking. Talking about watching entire TV show. Bad TV show.
01:00:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:00:13
Zack
Having to do a ah ah report on each episode.
01:00:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Under the dome.
01:00:19
Zack
Would be fun.
01:00:19
Mason
Every episode of Lost.
01:00:20
Zack
ma Not lost. That's too long. um
01:00:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And it was a good show.
01:00:27
Zack
Off of that. I don't want to watch eight seasons of something bad.
01:00:32
Zack
That's a lot of bad TV to watch.
01:00:37
Zack
We'll figure it out. We'll think about it.
01:00:41
Zack
We'll cook something up for our next episode.
01:00:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We'll cook something up. All right.
01:00:44
Zack
Okay. We will have some, our March Madness coverage tens. We'll probably all be in the discord some because it's fun time to be, to be betting.
01:00:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yes, please.
01:00:55
Zack
We'll all lose some money.
01:00:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Someone else, give out some picks.
01:00:56
Zack
We'll all win some money.
01:00:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've been ah been cold, but this is the perfect time to get hot again.
01:01:02
Zack
Okay, you know, sometimes you gotta to lose that one up before the big one starts.
01:01:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
right. Exactly.
01:01:08
Mason
Get it all out of the way.
01:01:10
Zack
That's what Tennessee did today. They lost the Mickey Mouse tournament so they could go and win the real one.
01:01:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so some The Mickey Mouse tournament.
01:01:19
Zack
oh
01:01:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like that.
01:01:20
Zack
I was trying to explain, i said that to my wife earlier today, and had to then explain what Mickey Mouse, what that meant, and
01:01:30
Zack
It's one of those things kind of like explaining a meme or a gif. We're talking about Mason. It's like, can you explain things on the internet?
01:01:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:01:36
Zack
is because Or like things that have happened in weird niche circles. It's weird to explain to people who have no knowledge of those topics.
01:01:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who have no idea.
01:01:48
Zack
Mickey Mouse.
01:01:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mickey Mouse tournament. Just like the bubble tournament.
01:01:52
Zack
Fact.
01:01:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Some people say. Not me. I think the bubble was the hardest championship ever won.
01:01:56
Zack
Definitely not...
01:01:59
Zack
it It required insane focus in that book. One day, i was thinking about this. I really want to do like a in full full on debate.
01:02:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
huh.
01:02:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Please.
01:02:16
Zack
Like, I'm not sure I'm the person to debate you though. I feel like I might need to call and phone a friend or something. Get the facts. Just do the whole thing.
01:02:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What are we debating?
01:02:30
Zack
LeBron, Michael Jordan, GOAT.
01:02:31
Mason
I feel like we're...
01:02:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, see, we've been tiptoeing around it.
01:02:32
Mason
Oh.
01:02:38
Zack
I think it's going to... We'll do it eventually. Maybe this offseason sometime.
01:02:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
When LeBron wins, wins his championship this summer with Luca.
01:02:42
Mason
We're like... I
01:02:48
Mason
feel like we're peeling back the curtain on our brainstorming on the podcast and just letting the listeners hear and
01:02:51
Zack
Okay, yeah, we is we need to get out here. Okay, we'll we'll cook that one over.
01:02:56
Mason
Guys, I have an idea. Let's talk about it on the pod.
01:02:59
Zack
if Look, people have already turned the pod off. No one's still with us. It's fine.
01:03:03
Mason
I'm
01:03:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
People know like the last five minutes of the episode is just a brainstorming session. So if you're still here listening to this part, that's on you.
01:03:08
Zack
ah
01:03:09
Mason
sorry.
01:03:11
Zack
yeah Yeah, you should have turned it off way long ago. um
01:03:17
Zack
Five minutes ago, he said, okay, we feel pretty good about that, guys.
01:03:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
01:03:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's when you, that's when you cut it. Anything after that, that's just like bonus coverage.
01:03:26
Zack
Yeah, it's an extra-curriculation. um Okay. but We'll get cooking on that one.
01:03:33
Mason
You guys feel good about this?
01:03:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
just
01:03:35
Mason
Also, another idea. oh man.
01:03:38
Zack
We will have some beverage for you of March Madness. So Tins has been there.
01:03:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
01:03:43
Zack
We will be your spot to cover this tournament and beyond. And I'm going to say goodbye now.
01:03:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah come yell about refs yeah come set come yell at refs with us in the discord there's just a there's a college hoops channel in there just come yell so many bad calls will be called
01:04:01
Mason
Come here.
01:04:03
Zack
Love that.
01:04:07
Zack
Okay.
01:04:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Alright, that's a pod.
01:04:08
Zack
May all of your bets hit. May your brackets be perfect and win all of Elon's money.
01:04:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, all $200,000 of it.
01:04:18
Zack
ah would
01:04:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's all the pool he put up for. Or you can fly to Mars.
01:04:23
Zack
but you Which one would you do? Last thing.
01:04:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm taking the cash.
01:04:25
Zack
This is it. Before you go to Mars?
01:04:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
why What am I going accomplish by going to Mars?
01:04:30
Zack
Imagine if you did a pod for Mars, that would the money, the monetization on that would be worth it.
01:04:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Other than...
01:04:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you know how long it takes to get to Mars?
01:04:38
Mason
How long?
01:04:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Be like an old man by the time you get there.
01:04:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Legitimately, think it's... Someone can fact check this, but i think it takes like seven years to get there. Because we can't travel at the speed of light. We're not capable.
01:04:53
Zack
You could. would just die.
01:04:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Also, have you seen how many of Elon's rockets are exploding during testing right now? I'm not trying to get in one of Elon's rockets.
01:05:00
Zack
I didn't promise getting you there.
01:05:02
Mason
This just says seven and a half months.
01:05:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh. At the speed of light.
01:05:11
Zack
a long time in the rocket.
01:05:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Still.
01:05:14
Mason
This also says nine months travel.
01:05:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
See, the internet doesn't know.
01:05:21
Zack
I think I'd take money.
01:05:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Now, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Buffett would give you a million dollars if you get a perfect bracket.
01:05:25
Mason
It's true. um
01:05:26
Zack
But I feel like you would.
01:05:27
Mason
Sound up for his thing.
01:05:28
Zack
You'd be like, as a gambler, you'd be set forever. People would tell you and stuff. If you got all those right, you could do thing.
01:05:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You'd be the most famous. Yeah, you'd be on all the shows.
01:05:39
Zack
Every year they'd bring you back and you could talk March Madness, what you think, strategies.
01:05:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
01:05:44
Zack
You'd be set up.
01:05:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's what I'm trying to do.
01:05:48
Zack
Okay, so we got a perfect bracket. That's it. Easy.
01:05:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
High point. Upset number four. Purdue. That's step one.
01:05:56
Mason
Step one.
01:05:57
Zack
and it definitely is ah I I want to play Purdue.
01:05:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the first thing I filled out on my bracket. i haven't looked at anything else yet.
01:06:04
Zack
I want Tennessee play Purdue.
01:06:07
Zack
I want to get vengeance on those idiots.
01:06:09
Mason
I'm good. Have High Point take them out for us. And then we'll take a High Point.
01:06:15
Zack
I'll home.
01:06:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's not even revenge.
01:06:15
Mason
No one's talking about High Point.
01:06:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ZD's not even there.
01:06:18
Mason
It's true.
01:06:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not ZD. Edie. You're ZD.
01:06:21
Mason
I knew what you meant.
01:06:22
Zack
Your stupid coach, though, what's his name?
01:06:26
Zack
I don't even remember.
01:06:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Dang, what is his name?
01:06:28
Zack
He's dead to me.
01:06:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's been there forever. He's dead to you?
01:06:31
Zack
I want to get vengeance on him for raising up a foul merchant. Free throw merchant. Play real basketball.
01:06:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not fundamentally good at basketball. That's what Zach E.D.
01:06:43
Mason
Matt Painter.
01:06:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
is.
01:06:44
Zack
He's pretty good the NBA now.
01:06:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, painter.
01:06:47
Zack
Okay. Okay.
01:06:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right, for real.
01:06:50
Zack
Thanks for listening, everybody.
01:06:58
Zack
Bye.