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Sweet Sixteen Preview, First Weekend Recap, and Winners and Losers of the Weekend
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The boys break down all of the first two rounds of March Madness, make their predictions about the Sweet Sixteen matchups, and give their winners and losers of the first weekend of the tournament.
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Transcript
Episode Release Timing & Recap
00:00:12
Mason
what is up everybody ah welcome into this episode yes we're uh dropping this on a tuesday ah we wanted to you know get the full recap of the long extensive uh college basketball weekend that we had going on and we would have been recording while games were on and we just didn't think that was fair so now that we've all like you know we've recovered from the weekend how's everybody doing
00:00:20
Zack
Mmm.
00:00:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's probably a good thing we weren't recording because it would have been while Maryland and Colorado State was going on.
Personal Investments & Game Distractions
00:00:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And that would have been bad podcasting because some of us would have been glued to our phone watching it.
00:00:47
Mason
Yeah.
00:00:52
Zack
some of us were financially invested in that game significantly.
00:00:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, significantly.
00:00:57
Mason
don't know, though. It could have been pretty entertaining having Tinsley scream at the top of his lungs.
00:01:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And it was just fun. it was a good game.
00:01:02
Zack
It was a fun game.
00:01:04
Mason
Was that
Cinderella Stories & Betting Regrets
00:01:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, my...
00:01:05
Mason
the game of the weekend?
00:01:07
Mason
Possibly? Yeah.
00:01:08
Zack
Probably.
00:01:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Probably, like, yeah.
00:01:11
Zack
It's some significant Cinderella implications. it was probably the last big Cinderella left.
00:01:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:16
Zack
If you're calling them that, I know Colorado state was pretty, they're not a bad team by any stretch.
00:01:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, they were favored their first round game.
00:01:21
Zack
Um, who they are. Yeah.
00:01:24
Zack
But
00:01:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Their head coach just took the Minnesota job today.
00:01:28
Zack
they had a real, real shot to take Maryland out.
00:01:28
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:01:32
Zack
They didn't.
00:01:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oregon Arizona was it also a fun game if we're just going off of like just like good basketball to watch that was a good one UConn Florida yesterday morning was was good but I don't know yeah there weren't there's not a lot of like super memorable games so far I would say it's been very chalky yeah
00:01:51
Mason
can Congrats to all of us for cashing our buzzer beater. went oh wait. None of us bet that for some reason. Even though I think it's happened like the last 12 years, none of us bet a buzzer beater to happen.
00:02:05
Mason
You can still bet another one to happen.
00:02:07
Zack
and
00:02:08
Mason
Tinsley just brought it to our attention pre-pod.
00:02:11
Zack
Wow.
00:02:11
Mason
What was it?
00:02:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, plus 450 to get another one.
00:02:11
Mason
like Plus four.
00:02:16
Mason
did the math. I think we still have 15 games left. Yeah.
00:02:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm a coward. I can't do it. Too scared.
00:02:24
Mason
that what happened the first time?
00:02:24
Zack
Too scared.
00:02:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Always.
00:02:26
Mason
Too scared.
00:02:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i never take that bet for some reason.
00:02:32
Mason
to root for. So um this is how
Team Draft Review Importance
00:02:35
Mason
we're going to do it. We're going to break down last weekend's games, and then we'll do a little preview for this upcoming Sweet 16. So...
00:02:46
Mason
And then we also need a re- I don't really think it's necessary. We don't have to do it, but we did our little draft of the the teams.
00:02:54
Zack
probably do that.
00:02:55
Mason
ah
00:02:56
Zack
Pretty important, I think.
00:02:57
Mason
wait
00:02:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, the people need to know like where we're at. they They probably all picked like someone to listen to.
00:03:01
Zack
And the punishment.
00:03:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah they they want to know who's going to get punished because it's already been decided.
00:03:06
Mason
We did not agree on the-
00:03:06
Zack
Let's just say if you you rode with one of us, who you're not having a good time.
00:03:11
Mason
but No, you're not.
00:03:11
Zack
If you made any of your if your bracket picks based on one of our picks, you did not follow the right person.
00:03:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:15
Mason
Not good.
00:03:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You're pretty much done with the tournament Thursday night.
00:03:24
Zack
It's true.
00:03:24
Mason
Almost.
00:03:25
Zack
Day one.
00:03:27
Mason
I didn't even get through the weekend without my winner.
00:03:28
Zack
and
00:03:29
Mason
I hadn't...
00:03:29
Zack
Imagine picking against Will Wade.
00:03:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
How could you? And Supreme Aura.
00:03:34
Mason
How could you do such a thing?
00:03:35
Zack
magise And Mr. Orr himself.
00:03:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the story of the tournament, I guess.
Impact of NIL Deals on Teams
00:03:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big Neese State's manager.
00:03:43
Mason
Well, speaking of, let's go... yeah Yeah, let's go ahead and get there. ah Talk about this because i had some winners and losers of the weekend. ah My first nominee is going to be one McNeese manager.
00:03:57
Zack
when
00:03:59
Mason
huh Amir Khan. He got NIL deals out here.
00:04:03
Zack
ah Kind of sick.
00:04:05
Mason
ah no Did you guys even know that he did the boombox thing before the... Because apparently he was doing it for games. I did not know this was the thing.
00:04:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw it was it was picking up some traction during the conference tournament week. um Kind of kind got some buzz online, and then it kind of just snowballed from there.
00:04:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, hey, i'm not gonna um I have no ill will towards the guy.
00:04:26
Mason
ah
00:04:26
Zack
Shout out.
00:04:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's he's getting that bag.
00:04:31
Zack
Oh
00:04:32
Mason
What was his, how many, because he got a couple NIL deals.
00:04:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you got ah Tick Pick, Buffalo Wild Wings, Adidas flew out and made him his own jumpsuit.
00:04:44
Zack
my gosh. I heard he had some significant offers as well.
00:04:48
Mason
Has over sorry, go ahead.
00:04:48
Zack
he's getting He's probably getting paid more than anyone else on the team. That's going to become an issue.
00:04:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Probably.
00:04:54
Zack
That's a locker room problem. Well, he's already gone.
00:04:55
Mason
Over a hundred... Well, they don't have to worry about it anymore. think...
00:04:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, to yeah too bad he's he's in the transfer portal, baby.
00:05:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's he's he's in State.
00:05:01
Zack
Some people are saying that was part of the reason they lost. There was some tension in the locker room. Mr. Ora was raking in the offers and he was like rolling in.
00:05:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
half ah Half those guys are going with Will Wade to NC State.
00:05:10
Zack
it Teammates are like, wow, this, no, not, not because Will Wade. Locker room problems are because of Mr. Ora.
00:05:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, they love Mr. Ora.
00:05:21
Zack
Yeah, they used to, until they started making more money than them. They're like, what the heck? We're out here playing and training.
00:05:25
Mason
using
00:05:25
Zack
This guy's just sitting around and he's raking in dollars.
00:05:29
Mason
According to Newsweek, he's making over 100,000 deals over weekend.
00:05:32
Zack
ah for
00:05:33
Mason
All over.
00:05:33
Zack
At McNeese State, how many players are making $100,000 a year? There cannot be very many of them.
00:05:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They're going to get paid at the Wolf Pack, the NC State, baby.
00:05:39
Zack
um They will get paid at NC State. The good ones.
00:05:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm all over NC State next year.
Coaching Reputations & Success
00:05:47
Zack
Wow. All over it.
00:05:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
will wade Will Wade's one of those coaches that he's a tool bag, but he's he's kind of like Chris Beard.
00:05:48
Mason
all over
00:05:53
Zack
Yeah, little bit.
00:05:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like i I don't like Chris Beard, and I had biased against Ole Miss because of it, and now look at him. Will...
00:06:02
Zack
Yeah, there's a version of Breeze Pearl that's kind of like that as well.
00:06:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that's true.
00:06:07
Zack
Just kind of...
00:06:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's just, if he wrote, yeah.
00:06:09
Zack
if If you're rooting for him, you really like it. And if you're against him, you really hate it.
00:06:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. But at the end of the day like they're he's an elite coach. Chris Beard, elite coach. I was surprised he didn't, he's all the jobs have filled up, so I guess he's going Ole Miss one more year.
00:06:28
Zack
Well, he's, yeah, he's sitting here about to having a sweet 16 game potential to move on. i mean, a good potential, really. Ole Miss is getting in a pretty good spot right now.
00:06:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, whenever we get their preview, and I guess we can look at who they're playing, don't remember who they're playing. But they handled they handled Iowa State.
00:06:47
Zack
We'll get there.
00:06:49
Zack
I know. They all of a sudden look look pretty good. We'll get we'll get there. we're We're sneaking ahead a little bit.
00:06:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're looking at it.
00:06:55
Mason
Okay, my yeah my second nominee is going to be Morning Routine Guy, Ashton Hall. This video has over 600 million views and the amount of...
00:07:08
Zack
growth yeah
00:07:11
Mason
Have you seen like the parody videos for it? like People have been doing their own morning...
00:07:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Now those are funny.
00:07:15
Mason
Yeah, those are more funny, but this pro this guy probably became a millionaire over the weekend as well.
00:07:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, well, tough look for him.
00:07:21
Mason
Yes, go ahead, Tenz.
00:07:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Everyone dug up his college football stats.
00:07:26
Zack
yeah yeah
00:07:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He was like a four-string running back. He had like nine carries in his whole career. He's from Jacksonville. He went to ah the same high school Mack Jones went to. not same i don't know if they went at the same time, but high school football legend apparently.
00:07:43
Mason
That water brain probably just exploded in the amount of my-
00:07:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I saw that they had like a 1300% increase overnight in sales.
00:07:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So.
00:07:54
Mason
And probably literally everything else, like that mouth tape, I didn't even know that was a thing that existed, but it's sleeping.
00:07:55
Zack
ah been weird place what the heck oh yeah i've heard a map date i see ads all the time
00:08:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh yeah. I've heard of that. Morgan wants me to do it cause I snore.
00:08:09
Mason
You would just breathe out your nose, wouldn't you? Would it still-
00:08:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That prevents you from snoring apparently. Ain't going to catch me doing it.
00:08:18
Mason
Yeah, I think the parody videos were more of the funny and everybody's doing it.
00:08:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That has been funny.
00:08:22
Mason
Like the team, all the NFL teams are on it. And I saw like McDonald's did a post like everybody's doing the ah the bucket or the bowl of ice water.
00:08:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:31
Mason
Like it's pretty funny.
00:08:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:33
Zack
weird
00:08:34
Mason
OK, last one. I think everybody's to hate this one, but it has to.
00:08:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's that's That's the punishment, Mason. You've got to ah do make a bunch of TikToks.
00:08:40
Mason
Do it, do a morning.
00:08:41
Zack
Recreate it.
00:08:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
redo yeah Recreate his morning routine.
00:08:43
Zack
That would be kind of funny, actually.
00:08:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's your assignment.
00:08:46
Zack
Oh, spoiler alert.
00:08:46
Mason
Could you imagine?
00:08:47
Zack
Mason.
00:08:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, shoot.
00:08:50
Zack
<unk> yeah
00:08:54
Zack
We'll break down scores in a second. Yeah, yeah.
00:08:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, sorry. There's a little bit of breaking news there.
00:09:00
Mason
Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, last last part. Well, speaking of, we'll get to the St. John's here because the last nominee is going to be one, John Calipari.
00:09:13
Mason
Calipari?
00:09:13
Zack
Winner?
00:09:14
Zack
Oh, yeah.
00:09:15
Mason
Yes. Winner of the weekend.
00:09:17
Zack
It's true.
00:09:19
Mason
I mean, he beats Rick Pitino and Kansas coach.
00:09:19
Zack
The winner.
00:09:23
Mason
What's his name?
00:09:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bill Self.
00:09:26
Mason
Bill Self.
00:09:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I heard a take about Calipari.
00:09:29
Mason
We were trashing on Arkansas, by the way.
00:09:31
Mason
We all were.
00:09:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I was.
00:09:32
Mason
We all were.
00:09:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:34
Zack
You know, happened.
00:09:34
Mason
So that's my three nominees.
00:09:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but he
00:09:35
Mason
Go ahead. You heard a stat.
00:09:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He took like a non-prestigious Memphis team really far and was always really good with them. He did pretty good at UMass. And then he went to the big-time program at Kentucky and kind of got fat and happy.
00:09:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And, you know, turned into a bad coach. And then he got back to where he's got to be gritty again here in Arkansas. And maybe they might be good. I don't know.
00:09:59
Zack
Man, I'm not convinced.
00:10:01
Mason
So, and I'm doing like a.
00:10:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maybe they've had just a really good run because Kansas...
00:10:04
Zack
Color me not convinced.
00:10:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kansas was a team I said for two months, everyone get ready. First round, bet against them, and I didn't listen myself. And then they played against St.
00:10:13
Mason
It's true.
00:10:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
John's, who we all said before the tournament, even though Mason didn't listen, that this was one of the worst offensive teams in the country.
00:10:21
Zack
That's a true fact.
00:10:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And ah maybe if this was 1995, they'd be a good pick, but in the year of 2025, not so much.
00:10:29
Zack
Mmm.
00:10:30
Mason
Let me explain myself.
00:10:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not so much
00:10:34
Mason
I had them win in the bracket. Obviously, they were like my first pick in the draft. So let me explain myself. I feel like anytime I ever do a bracket, it's always the team I least expect. And I saw all these stats and I was like, hmm, like this is like people this happens on purpose. like I see all these stats of like, you need a bet on this side or whatever, and the whole public, like 95%. And then you know what happens?
00:10:58
Mason
The opposite of what you would ever think. So I was just going against the grain. i was trying to zig when everybody else was zagging. Yes, go ahead.
00:11:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Could you say that maybe last year everyone saw UConn coming and then they covered every spread actually for back-to-back tournaments?
00:11:12
Zack
Some people could say that.
00:11:15
Mason
And they still have, yes. I think they're on an active, like, what are they on? 13-0? It's crazy. Ha!
00:11:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
the spread, yeah.
00:11:23
Mason
crazy
00:11:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So maybe that kind of debunks your theory of it's always you were trying to zig when people zagged when UConn exists?
00:11:32
Mason
What's going to happen is everybody was on Duke and I was like, I don't want to be that guy. And then Duke's going up winning all.
00:11:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Not everybody's on Duke.
00:11:36
Mason
so
00:11:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
lot people on Auburn.
00:11:41
Mason
Some people on the Gator over there. Can't name
Conference Performances in Tournament
00:11:45
Mason
names.
00:11:45
Mason
Okay, who out of those three, what would be your winner? Or do you have a nominee? Do you have another do you have a nominee that I forgot or left out?
00:11:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who's to say?
00:11:53
Zack
I got some losers.
00:11:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Lots of losers.
00:11:56
Mason
well i would Well, I'm the loser. i will automatically won that.
00:11:59
Zack
Mason's big loser.
00:11:59
Mason
and
00:12:01
Zack
um Losers, i would ah basketball conferences.
00:12:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:07
Zack
ACC and Big East combined for one team in the Sweet 16. I
00:12:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Tough. Thought Big East was all about basketball. Where's your teams?
00:12:15
Zack
also thought this.
00:12:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Where are they at?
00:12:17
Zack
They all lost.
00:12:18
Mason
Big 10 went 10-0 until Wisconsin.
00:12:23
Zack
Yeah, I guess that would make some winners, SEC, Big Ten, and Big 12 to account for the other 15. ah You've got seven SEC schools, broke the record.
00:12:35
Zack
Five Big Ten schools, or yeah, five Big Ten schools.
00:12:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's crazy.
00:12:39
Zack
And then got some Big 12 schools. So, pretty interesting stuff there.
00:12:48
Mason
Tense, you have a loser nominee.
00:12:48
Zack
Hmm.
00:12:51
Mason
have I have one.
00:12:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Myself for not betting against Kansas. um
00:12:55
Zack
Sure.
00:12:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like I said, for two months, I was going to do. yeah You could probably find many clips where I say, I cannot wait till the first round on of the tournament. I'm betting against this Kansas team because they are They're done. they're done
00:13:06
Mason
I even said they're like one in 19 in the last 20 years of like getting past the the first round or something like that. You didn't listen.
00:13:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Listen, I just didn't think Coach Cal had it in him. I thought Arkansas was not not these guys. I don't think they're great, but I just, yeah, I'm dumb. I'm a loser.
00:13:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That was really stupid.
00:13:32
Mason
So my loser of the weekend is going to be, and yeah I might get pushed back on this. I still feel like it was just too chalky this tournament.
00:13:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Here we go.
00:13:41
Mason
And I, why my bracket is such a disaster is because I went heavy on upsets and I just felt like, and there was somebody out there.
00:13:46
Zack
That's pretty good.
00:13:49
Mason
i don't want to, i don't want to give them too much credit, but they were like, you know what? NIL may, may change the,
00:13:53
Zack
Tough.
00:13:54
Mason
change the game there might be and as not as many upsets well guess what the only team that really had the biggest upset was the team that I get picked it to win it all so the but that's ah
Tournament Predictability & Upsets
00:14:06
Mason
that's what I'm I don't know what else would be the biggest upset was it was that the biggest one St.
00:14:06
Zack
stuff
00:14:11
Mason
John's going down yeah
00:14:12
Zack
McNeese, I mean, that was a big 5-12.
00:14:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, McNeese, yeah.
00:14:14
Zack
There were two upsets. Colorado State also, that's technically an upset.
00:14:20
Mason
I just felt like there's usually more but maybe I'm wrong
00:14:21
Zack
St. John's was big for sure.
00:14:23
Mason
little more I feel like there's a little more chaos and we had the lack of that.
00:14:26
Zack
UConn really should have pulled it off yesterday. That was very annoying.
00:14:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Tough.
00:14:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't know. I i think...
00:14:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'd like for there to be good basketball in the Sweet 16, in the Elite Eight, Final Four.
00:14:40
Zack
yeah
00:14:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The St. Peters of the world, the Fairleigh Dickensons, they're good for the first round. I don't want them making it past the round of 64.
00:14:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Out of the first week, yeah. that That's not fun.
00:14:55
Zack
Even NC State last year was in the Final Four felt fraudulent.
00:15:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Felt bad. Right.
00:15:02
Zack
They were just such a not great team on paper and just came together and strung some perfect games together basically.
00:15:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:15:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like when you had the San Diego States.
00:15:11
Zack
It felt like they weren't the four best teams in the country left.
00:15:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:15:14
Zack
Yeah.
00:15:15
Mason
guess it's ah exactly how it should be. i was rooting for a little more chaos in the first couple weekends.
00:15:20
Zack
It is fun when there's when there's crazy stuff happening. It's fun when there's some...
00:15:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:23
Mason
It's almost like any time I bet an upset, I bet the wrong one.
00:15:25
Zack
yeah
00:15:26
Mason
And then I would go super heavy on one and it was like...
00:15:28
Zack
was just mad that he his bracket was broken and he lost the game.
00:15:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And he set up all his picks for the game to like outlast Purdue, who, shocker,
00:15:40
Mason
I really did.
00:15:40
Zack
Yeah, bummer, really.
00:15:40
Mason
I was like, well, I'm going this team to beat Purdue.
00:15:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He picked all around Purdue.
00:15:47
Mason
High point. Oh, high point. What a... was rough.
00:15:49
Zack
i
00:15:54
Zack
I will say if you start looking at um some of the spreads for the games, the Sweet 16 games, I know we're not getting there yet, but it seems like Vegas, there's only like one game There's only two games that are less than five-point spreads.
00:16:12
Zack
Ole Miss-Michigan State is predicted to be the closest game of the bunch, but there's some pretty high point spreads for Sweet 16 games against some highly-rated teams. It is pretty interesting.
00:16:24
Zack
It seems like Vegas thinks there could be some more lopsided wins even in the Sweet 16 games.
00:16:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Some, yeah. I kind of feel like we got that last year too. I felt like there was there's a lack of madness in the first round. The Sweet 16 was kind of boring too.
00:16:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then the Elite Eight and Final Four was a little bit better, little bit more drama.
00:16:43
Zack
Yeah. Surely the best teams. Yeah, teams that kind of coasted through.
00:16:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But I do think it's just such a top-heavy tournament where there will be just kind of some separators.
00:16:49
Mason
Alabama's...
00:16:52
Mason
Yeah.
00:16:56
Mason
Alabama's totals are always, like, just insane. 175 and a half.
00:17:01
Zack
Well, they're playing BYU.
00:17:02
Mason
Yeah.
00:17:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who also, yeah.
00:17:03
Zack
Here's another high-powered offense. Yeah.
00:17:05
Mason
They're just high-powered, fast-paced.
00:17:05
Zack
Well, this is a three. that would That's going to be a fun game.
00:17:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The team total, that's going to really fun game.
00:17:09
Zack
That's the one I'm circling.
00:17:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:11
Mason
That's the first game of the tournament. I mean, we could go ahead and do preview if anybody... had anything else from the recap, since we're already kind of here.
00:17:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i don't, I didn't have like a ton to recap. I think, I think we kind of nailed it where there's not a lot of madness. the The top teams kind of separated themselves. Yeah. for the but like in the first round.
00:17:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The second round, Sunday was a little bit stressful.
00:17:36
Zack
Florida Florida would beat a bowl.
00:17:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like Florida was on the ropes.
00:17:37
Zack
Yeah.
00:17:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maryland was on the ropes. um
00:17:41
Zack
Really the ropes.
00:17:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
mit yeah Yeah, that buzzer.
00:17:43
Zack
They were off the ropes for a second.
00:17:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah um arizona Arizona looks good. and if i'm that's That's a spot where I think Duke might be just a little bit nervous just because Arizona can score.
00:17:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Caleb Love has history with playing Duke, being at North Carolina. um you know You say all that, and then you go look at the spread, and it's Duke minus 9.5.
00:18:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's
00:18:12
Zack
i will I will say yeah Florida's bracket right now. Florida has ah Maryland, and then they have Texas Tech and Arkansas left in the West region.
00:18:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah not
00:18:24
Zack
Florida's bracket, that that one seems pretty soft. um The Houston's bracket in the Midwest, is that's kind of a that would be a fun one to go to because it's it's Houston.
00:18:36
Zack
It's one, two, three, four. ah Houston, Tennessee, Kentucky, Purdue. yeah got some fun programs in there, some historic programs.
00:18:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Houston's Houston's that outlier in that in that region because Purdue can score Florida are a Tennessee Tennessee can so I mean Tennessee's been scoring they've they've been playing offensively better for about a month now and obviously Kentucky can fill it up so Houston's like the outlier to me there which kind of makes you say okay well they might just
00:18:47
Zack
I know, it's a weird. Yeah.
Houston's Challenging Play Style
00:19:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't know. they're they're such a ah hate picking against Houston because they just they never go away and they just play a brand of basketball that's just hard to beat.
00:19:13
Zack
Yeah. True.
00:19:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like Ole Miss. I think Ole Miss has a shot just because Michigan State cannot shoot. Trying to watch Michigan State basketball is just is gross.
00:19:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's just gross to watch.
00:19:35
Mason
Speaking of Ole Miss being there.
00:19:36
Zack
Maybe maybe we should go maybe we should go but ah like region by region and just break down some each one.
00:19:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, I like that.
00:19:44
Zack
It might give us some structure here. Mesa, were you going to say something?
00:19:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:47
Zack
Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you.
00:19:48
Mason
oh no, I'll just wait until we get there. Since we're breaking it down.
00:19:51
Zack
Okay. let's start Let's start in the east. ah We have ariza Arizona versus Duke, and we have BYU-Alabama. That's your two matchups.
00:20:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Let me two fun games.
00:20:04
Zack
Duke's eight and a half point favorites. Bama's five and a half point favorites. Eight and a half for Duke.
00:20:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The team totals for Bama BYU, it's Bama 90.5, BYU 85.5.
00:20:15
Zack
I
00:20:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That is crazy. But, mean, yeah. Yeah. butu eighty five and a half
00:20:22
Zack
still am.
00:20:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's that is crazy but i mean
00:20:27
Zack
I was about to take that over on that. think the chance one of them getting to 100 is pretty high.
00:20:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, neither one of them are super interested in playing defense. um They both love to run and go fast. and be I mean, this BYU team, they they they took care of business against a tough mis are Minnesota, Wisconsin, can't talk.
00:20:45
Zack
Bama
00:20:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They had a huge lead at so certain points of that game. and Wisconsin came back, um brought it to like a last-second shot. But this BYU team is for real.
00:21:03
Zack
ah bamas
00:21:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If I'm Bama, I'm worried about him.
00:21:06
Zack
I think I like BYU in this game. Bama has had ups and downs and they've looked pretty good this tournament so far, but I know that there are times if they, if their shooting dries up even a little bit, their defense won't hold.
00:21:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. Right.
00:21:19
Zack
And that, and especially against a high powered offense, you just don't see a lot of those in SEC play a team like Alabama that plays the same style of basketball.
00:21:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:21:30
Zack
That matchup feels like the opposite of like a Tennessee Houston matchup where it's, defensive heavy, this will be just the polar opposite. It's going to be fun game regardless.
00:21:40
Zack
A lot of threes are going to be shot here.
00:21:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, i think I think five and a half is a lot of points for a BYU team that could make this ah like a last position kind of game.
00:21:51
Zack
Sure.
00:21:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
definitely like that game.
00:21:53
Zack
Then again, it's just two three-pointers. and with As many threes as I feel are going up.
00:21:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:22:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:22:01
Zack
ah Mason, your thoughts on BYU-Bama?
00:22:04
Mason
I was going to say BYU, it looked like after I was looking at the score, they tied for the highest scoring game against ah Wisconsin with 91 points.
00:22:15
Mason
The only other team to have that was Ole Miss. Oh, sorry, and Michigan. So tied for three place. So there
00:22:23
Zack
Okay.
Duke's Dominance & Potential Challenges
00:22:24
Mason
you weren't kidding.
00:22:24
Mason
No wonder that total was so high. They really put up the points.
00:22:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't even know if it's or yeah, it's got to be the highest total for the.
00:22:35
Mason
It is. already looked.
00:22:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. Yeah. 175
00:22:38
Zack
Okay. Next, we got Arizona, Arizona, Duke.
00:22:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and a half.
00:22:45
Zack
Arizona Duke. A Duke team that has not really been challenged yet. Pretty much on cruise control through the first weekend.
00:22:54
Zack
Playing an Arizona team. That's also looked pretty good. Beat a good Oregon team. 87-83 this last round. What are we thinking there? Uh-huh.
00:23:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, Cooper Flag's health was a concern going into the tournament. um he's He looks fine. He looks completely fine. That rolled ankle healed up pretty good. Yeah.
00:23:19
Zack
miracle.
00:23:20
Mason
Thank you.
00:23:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah I don't know. I mean, Duke is just – they seem like a buzzsaw. I mean, they haven't been challenged. They ran through the ACC tournament. ah i mean, North Carolina gave them a scare, three-point game.
00:23:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Beat Louisville by 11. First game of the tournament, One against a solid Baylor team, I don't know.
00:23:48
Zack
Hmm.
00:23:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
have a hard time picking anyone to beat Duke right now, but if anyone could, Caleb Love is completely capable of just absolutely erupting offensively and keep on a minute.
00:23:57
Zack
you
00:24:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
not I see 9.5 on DraftKings. I feel like that's a little too high, but
00:24:08
Zack
Okay. I saw eight and a half on ESPN.
00:24:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Duke's just feels like their whole team is 6'6 and above, all very fast, athletic, like love to play defense and can score.
00:24:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just not a team I want to pick against.
00:24:26
Zack
True. Yeah. Eight and a half for nine a half is a lot of points, but yeah.
00:24:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:32
Zack
yeah
00:24:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because if Caleb Love has one of his nights where he, because he yeah, he could score 30, but he can also have those nights where he goes like three of 18. He's done that before too. Where you're like, why is he why won't he just stop shooting?
00:24:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But that's just the Caleb Love experience.
00:24:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's why he's a fifth year. like Like, if he wasn't like that, he would have already been the NBA. ah
00:24:57
Zack
Yeah.
00:24:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But he's a college point guard. That is what he is.
00:25:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I don't know. I'd say i'd say i'd go with Duke there um so for sure to win betting-wise. Maybe wait for it to get – like maybe the line will drop some.
00:25:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But even then, I don't know. Duke duke just might be like this year's UConn where they just they cover every spread by like not even worrying about it.
00:25:23
Zack
hey Yeah, it may not be close.
00:25:28
Zack
That could be true.
00:25:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I mean, you you could you could really make the argument that they should have been the number one overall seed over Auburn.
00:25:29
Zack
agree.
00:25:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:36
Zack
Probably. At this point, yeah. With how Auburn ended, I think they probably were the best team.
00:25:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:43
Zack
I mean, I know Florida kind of staked a claim with how they handled an SEC tournament to that number one overall as well. And they may have gotten the easiest bracket when it's all said and done.
00:25:56
Zack
Now that St.
00:25:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:57
Zack
John's is one.
00:25:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah yeah because Yeah, because Maryland doesn't look great.
00:25:58
Zack
But especially because that.
00:26:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Texas Tech, I don't know. They're like a Houston light. so florida Yeah, you're right. Florida at one point looked like a hard region, and it's not really holding up.
00:26:09
Zack
Yeah.
00:26:14
Zack
Yeah, we can jump into the West. let's Let's go ahead and look at when what the weirdest game of this Sweet 16 is going to be this 10-3 matchup. Arkansas-Texas Tech.
00:26:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, this... I don't...
00:26:31
Zack
Texas Tech five and a half point favorite what I'm seeing.
00:26:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. um i like I've liked this Texas Tech team.
00:26:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
they they're kind of They kind of play like a Houston style of basketball. They're a little better offensively. Arkansas, to me, has just kind of come out of nowhere with how they're playing.
00:26:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um They're a team I couldn't...
00:26:55
Zack
They're big when we're playing much better than they have all season.
00:26:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They were a team I just couldn't figure out all year. Like I couldn't figure out if they were an over team, ah you know, good on offense or, you know, they never really great on defense. I just couldn't really ever figure them out.
00:27:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um But they've kind of got something clicking here in the tournament so far. Arkansas has scored 75 points in each of its last 12 games against non-conference opponents.
00:27:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Little cheat sheet stat here from DraftKings.
00:27:23
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:27:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They've won eight of their last non-conference opponent games, which that can mean anything. They could been playing cupcakes.
00:27:35
Zack
before Before Tins gets flamed, i Texas Tech actually has the fifth highest offensive rating in Ken Palm in the 37th defense.
00:27:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Really?
00:27:44
Zack
So they're actually opposite of white. they're They're an offensive heavy team.
00:27:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I guess I just... Yeah, I guess I just feel like they're still like the Chris Beard Texas Tech teams where they they want to play defense and do that full-court press.
00:27:55
Zack
Yeah.
00:27:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But yeah...
00:27:58
Zack
They have very good offense. Pretty mediocre de defense.
00:28:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Huh?
00:28:03
Zack
According to the numbers.
00:28:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, apparently you want to take whoever's winning at halftime to win because both of these teams come back percentages are below 30% on the ceiling on the season if they were trailing at half.
00:28:20
Mason
Huh. hu
00:28:22
Zack
I will say what I saw of Arkansas, um it's been ah it's been a storyline this year. Jonas Adu went over there with Calipari. He's been not very good at all this season.
00:28:32
Zack
All of a sudden, he's really stepped into a role where he's been a big part of that offense and defense. and I saw him play.
Arkansas' Rise & Team Dynamics
00:28:40
Zack
He's playing better than he's played all season, which is a bummer for me.
00:28:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:43
Zack
I hate him.
00:28:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wish he would have done that for us in last year's tournament against Purdue.
00:28:49
Zack
I mean, it isn't it it's such an interesting team. That Arkansas team has been really up and down, and here they are with a Sweet 16, a chance to be a Texas Tech team. um I'm not convinced they will make it past this round, but I am not going to put it past Calipari and that squad there.
00:29:08
Zack
Texas Tech has not shown anything to me to see that they're just a juggernaut.
00:29:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. What did you say the spread was?
00:29:15
Zack
Five and a half what I saw.
00:29:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, that ah's that's... I'm not going to bet against Arkansas right now the way they're playing. Yeah, five and a half. I'm good. i would I would say Arkansas plus five and a half is a solid bet.
00:29:33
Zack
Okay. In the rest of the West, we have Maryland playing Florida. A Florida team that coming in was really hot. Now they're six and a half point favorites over Maryland team that barely survived.
00:29:49
Zack
I'm also going to go on the record and say that was not a travel in the last play.
00:29:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:55
Zack
I don't know. The outrage against that was wild. Hmm.
00:29:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's crazy. If we're going call that a travel, you can call it every almost every play.
00:30:01
Zack
I've seen a lot of stuff. I've seen a lot of bad calls this tournament, but that... that There's no... if If he called that a travel, the outrage would have been triple of what it was the other direction. Could you imagine if they called it travel on the game shot?
00:30:12
Mason
The refs calling the game. Yeah.
00:30:15
Zack
People would have hated that so much.
00:30:17
Mason
For sure.
00:30:18
Zack
You can't call
00:30:19
Mason
So Maryland did put up 72 points ah against Colorado State. Guess how many points all the starters put up?
00:30:30
Zack
seventy
00:30:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:31
Mason
You would be correct.
00:30:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:33
Mason
not Not a deep team at all.
00:30:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They have no bench.
00:30:35
Mason
Their benches...
00:30:36
Zack
Otherwise.
00:30:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:36
Mason
that That's what I think... Either I'm going to go Florida spread or I'm going to go like Florida money line paired with like Duke money line and see if I can get it like even.
00:30:47
Mason
Because I just... And i was looking at Florida's bench.
00:30:51
Zack
Holy cow.
00:30:51
Mason
It's not anywhere. It's not like insanely deep, but it's a little bit better. And I just feel like when Maryland's like starters come off, like I just feel like Florida's going continue to like Maryland's just not deep at all.
00:31:03
Zack
Yeah. Florida, I don't know if they've got a high-scoring bench, but they've got a lot of guys that can cycle.
00:31:05
Mason
It's crazy.
00:31:09
Zack
i that That helped through the SEC tournament. They could keep guys coming in. ah Tennessee in that championship game got in some foul trouble, and Florida had guys to throw in and keep throwing big men out there.
00:31:21
Zack
that They're big men. They've got Athawazoo over there.
00:31:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they're they're deep with the big guys. And they've got like one guard. I can't think of his name now, but um he's like their scoring threat off the bench. So that that is why I like them over Maryland because Maryland just isn't deep. And if anyone gets in foul trouble, they've I mean, it's been that way for Maryland all year where they're really – their five guys are the biggest contributors. They don't do much from the bench.
00:31:48
Zack
Which is scary because you get in foul trouble all of a sudden. What are you going to do?
00:31:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Especially a team like Florida that can just keep throwing the same six foot ten white guy out there to play center.
00:31:59
Zack
got It just feels like a rotating door of just huge guys they can just throw at you over.
00:32:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:32:04
Zack
and Like it's hard to be truly.
00:32:07
Mason
like It's 6.5. want tease this points for florida get it like plus one seventy ah
00:32:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah I do think there is something to be said about like
00:32:17
Mason
minus eleven a half
00:32:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cause I mean I might do this with Auburn too. Um, sometimes when these, these one seeds have a close game and kind of get punched in the mouth, they bounce back in a, in a big way in the tournament.
00:32:32
Zack
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about Florida. I think...
00:32:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I don't, cause I don't think we've, we've kind of like not had that last couple of years. Cause UConn has just been a buzzsaw. Um, But I think both of them are both like they're both teams that are like, OK, we kind of got a little scare put into us this last game. Like, let's let's like figure it out.
00:32:57
Zack
Yeah, I agree. I think this could be a potential to kind of buy low right now on Florida. The lowest they might be. Get a better odds than you will next week if you want to put a bet there. I think that's, I think there's still my, between Florida and Duke, we were talking about would you take a bet of SEC versus the field.
00:33:18
Zack
um But I think if I were to put money on it today, it would It'd be somewhere half and half between Florida and Duke is where I'm, is where I feel like if I, if there was a Florida or Duke first field, would take that pretty much whatever odds you gave me.
00:33:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:35
Zack
I just feel like that's going to be the champion.
00:33:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And Maryland...
00:33:38
Zack
One of those two teams.
00:33:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Maryland was on the road this year the Big Ten. I'm trying to see if they played like UCLA or anybody out west because they are going to be playing in San Francisco.
00:33:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I can't find it quickly at least. don't they did. i don't think they had to travel out there to USC or UCLA. Shout out to UCLA's coach. ah Just crying nonstop all year and then had his cherry on top about traveling east.
00:34:12
Zack
over
00:34:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Like, hey, buddy, your your team signed up to go to the Big Ten. like You're just going to have to deal with it. Did you see his meltdown after the Tennessee game?
00:34:20
Zack
um
00:34:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He was like, I'm more worried about if they're going to have a hot meal for me.
00:34:22
Zack
I did
00:34:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not worried about next season.
00:34:25
Zack
haven't worried about how to fly a legion yet that guy's pretty big loser talk as well as Dan Hurley Dan Hurley was one of the worst rants I've heard know it sucks
00:34:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:37
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:34:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's Dan Hurley, though. he's he's He's always been a psycho crybaby guy.
00:34:43
Zack
People like put up with it when you're winning and then when you lose and do it, it's much less cool.
00:34:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right.
00:34:49
Zack
It's like, Ooh, this guy sucks.
00:34:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Entertaining, yeah.
00:34:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think Nick Cronin, the UCLA coach, is leaving. think he's going to go take the Xavier job. He's from Cincinnati.
00:34:59
Zack
Hmm.
00:35:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i don't think he fit I don't think he wants to be at UCLA anymore.
Mick Cronin's Potential Move
00:35:04
Zack
Yeah. I was just in what I saw from him watching this NFC game. He just seemed like a unpleasant character.
00:35:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's always been that way.
00:35:14
Zack
I've got a take about...
00:35:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Even when they made that run a couple years ago, he was a grump.
00:35:20
Zack
If you wear a full suit on the sidelines in this day and age in college basketball, you give me a weird vibe.
00:35:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:27
Zack
like i get I get it if you're like Rick Pitino.
00:35:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Try hard.
00:35:31
Zack
He can wear a suit and it's cool. But I feel like you're trying really hard.
00:35:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Is it cool? She lost Arkansas.
00:35:36
Mason
Hmm.
00:35:36
Zack
mean, it's like his thing. It's like... I don't know. He's he's been around a long time.
00:35:41
Mason
Doesn't Bruce Pearl still wear like OK. does.
00:35:43
Zack
No, Bruce Pearl does not.
00:35:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No.
00:35:45
Zack
Rick Barnes just basically. just...
00:35:48
Mason
is
00:35:49
Mason
does
00:35:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
buzz Buzz Williams for Texas he wears the suit.
00:35:52
Zack
Weird. Weird vibe.
00:35:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And he, like, loses layers as the game goes on.
00:35:54
Zack
i don't like it. I like it.
00:35:59
Zack
Yeah, don't know.
00:35:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Put on...
00:36:01
Zack
But Mick Cronin, what a name as well. It's sounds like
00:36:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And he's like 5'8", and he's just the grumpiest, most bald college basketball. like he he's He was built in a factory to be a Big East college basketball coach.
00:36:11
Zack
Weird.
00:36:18
Zack
That's true.
00:36:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He belongs at x Xavier. like He's from Cincinnati. His dad's a high school call or high school basketball like legend.
00:36:22
Zack
Yeah.
00:36:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like let's Come on, Xavier. Rescue him from UCLA. Yeah.
00:36:33
Zack
Okay. Let's head to the south where we have a couple of good games. We have first Michigan-Auburn.
00:36:44
Zack
Auburn is favored by eight and a half points.
00:36:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is going be fun game, I think.
00:36:48
Zack
missing Michigan escaping in the last round in a tight – oh, they escaped in the first round against UC San Diego.
00:36:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:59
Zack
They retake the A&M by 12. It was closer than that down the stretch where they stretched it out there. Michigan-Auburn. Auburn – looking pretty good through their first two rounds.
00:37:13
Zack
They beat Creighton They beat Alabama State So not a ton of... They both kind of... Auburn has moved through their first two rounds pretty comfortably.
00:37:27
Zack
Tense, Mason, how do feel about this matchup here?
00:37:31
Mason
70% of the money is on Auburn right now. It makes them really want to take Michigan.
00:37:35
Zack
Eight and a half.
00:37:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i would I would like to take Michigan on that spread, but the thing is, is like – They're one of the biggest turnover teams in the country. um That's why they were the fun 5-12 upset because San Diego State, or whoever it is they played, I can't.
00:37:49
Mason
Yep.
00:37:51
Zack
UC San Diego.
00:37:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, UCF, yeah, was top 10 in turnovers this year, like forcing them. So that's why everyone was like, oh, Michigan could get upset here because they turned the ball over a lot. But Michigan has, know, they have Wolf and Golden, two seven-foot guys that can shoot, handle the ball.
00:38:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um That just feels like such a big line.
00:38:22
Zack
Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Then, yeah, really annoying guy for Auburn.
00:38:27
Zack
yeah
00:38:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Feels like he's played college basketball for 47 years right next to Chaz Baker-Mazar, who's also been playing for about that long.
00:38:34
Zack
yeah
00:38:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Shout out, he's going to get play one more year next year. This is also essentially a home game for Auburn. They're playing in Atlanta, Georgia. is not very far from where Auburn's campus is.
00:38:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I just feel like –
00:38:52
Zack
I didn't think about that. Yeah.
00:38:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so this is a game I'm – no.
00:38:56
Zack
I don't really see Auburn losing this one.
00:39:01
Zack
But Auburn has not been as consistent lately.
00:39:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But – right.
00:39:03
Zack
It wouldn't shock me this was a very good game.
00:39:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And this is a Michigan team.
00:39:06
Zack
was a close game.
00:39:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, Michigan did just beat a good Texas A&M team. You know, four seed coming out of the SEC.
00:39:15
Zack
Mm-hmm.
00:39:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i don't know, man. I don't – i didn't i didn't think I didn't think Michigan was a five seed. I thought they'd be lower than that. So I didn't have a lot of faith in Michigan going into the year.
00:39:27
Zack
yeah
00:39:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Plus eight and a half. Probably, probably this is, this would be a live eyeballs game for me to see how Michigan looks.
00:39:37
Zack
Yep.
00:39:40
Zack
Agree. I think it'll be fun one.
00:39:41
Mason
I wonder if you could parlay Auburn first 10 and then Michigan like plus 10 or 11. Because sometimes I feel like teams are down by like six or five or six and then they start fouling like crazy and the other team's hitting free throws and then you lose by the hook.
00:40:00
Mason
Or maybe parlay this with something else like buy it up if you wanted to Michigan plus 11 or 12 with somebody else. Just a thought.
00:40:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Just a thought.
00:40:10
Zack
Think about it.
00:40:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah i don't think they have raced the 10s out for this game yet because it's Friday. I'm looking.
00:40:16
Mason
Yeah, they usually...
00:40:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um so I see winning margins.
00:40:17
Zack
These Friday games now.
00:40:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, not yet, but I bet you could. I bet you could take it with like, yeah, I bet you could.
00:40:28
Mason
I feel like Auburn usually comes out the gate pretty quick. It's if they can hold that lead or not.
00:40:37
Mason
Hmm.
00:40:38
Zack
Okay. The other game in the South is Ole Miss, Michigan State.
00:40:46
Zack
Ole Miss, in some ways, a surprise to be here, I think. I think they were one of those mid-level SEC teams that have emerged. They beat North Carolina in their first game, and then they beat Iowa State.
00:41:00
Zack
Pretty convincingly, they were up pretty much the whole game. And Iowa State team that everyone kind of knew wasn't as good probably as their record showed and and as their seeding showed. But Ole Miss has come out and all of a sudden they have a matchup with a Michigan State team.
00:41:17
Zack
That Michigan State is only, I'm saying two and a half or three and a half.
00:41:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Two and a half on DraftKings.
00:41:23
Zack
three and a half. Uh, that's, this is projected to be the the closest, uh, matchup of the weekend or of the, of the sweet 16.
00:41:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Minus 162.
00:41:33
Mason
Ole Miss contributed to the stat of seven SEC teams making it to the Sweet 16, a record for the SEC.
00:41:43
Zack
Yeah. If you told me that the, that the top five teams made it, including Kentucky, I would not have been shocked by that. Um, adding in the sixth and seventh being Ole Miss and Arkansas was pretty surprising to me.
00:42:01
Zack
From Florida down to Kentucky made sense, those top five, but then I would not have chosen those two as my add-ons to that team. So pretty interesting matchup here, a Michigan State team that –
00:42:18
Zack
has looked okay. They beat Bryant pretty handedly 87-62, and they beat Mexico 71-63. was pretty tight down the stretch. But...
00:42:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they pulled away at the end. um
00:42:34
Zack
me
00:42:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like Ole Miss. I think Ole Miss can like o can shoot the three ball pretty consistently. ah Everyone says March, but you know, January, February, Izzo.
00:42:47
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Dude hasn't won a national championship like 20 years. um So i don't know why we still say he's March. he He does this. He gets to the Sweet 16 and then he loses, right? that's That feels pretty normal for a Michigan State team.
00:42:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah I think Chris Beard, like i was talking about earlier, is just one of those coaches that,
00:43:00
Zack
Really?
00:43:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You don't like him, but he is one heck of a college basketball coach.
00:43:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This game is also in Atlanta, Georgia. So I think the Ole Miss fans are going to travel well. I'm going to go with Ole Miss. I think Ole Miss, this will be the Cinderella of tournament, so to speak, as an eight seed.
00:43:28
Mason
Mm-hmm.
00:43:30
Zack
They have looked good. I'm not sure Ole Miss fans will travel for basketball. Michigan State fans, I feel like, will, though.
00:43:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:43:36
Zack
I feel like that's not too far for them. um It could be a very fun game.
00:43:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Also, also know that I said just so much bad stuff about Ole Miss's chances in this tournament that like, this is what I get that they're going to like be right.
00:43:48
Zack
Yeah.
00:43:51
Zack
Ole Miss and Arkansas seem to be trashed on.
00:43:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah exactly. So, so both of them are going to be, ah you know, making it far just to rub it in my face.
00:44:02
Zack
Yeah, there is a chance for six SEC teams in the Elite Eight. Obviously, Tennessee, Kentucky play. But, I mean, there is a chance that all six, I mean, I think at least four or five of them will be favored.
00:44:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep,
00:44:18
Zack
So, decent chance.
00:44:22
Zack
Okay, moving on to our last region, we have the Midwest region. We have Purdue-Houston. Houston, seven and a half point favorites.
00:44:35
Zack
The over-under in this one, 132.5.
00:44:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
that's a Houston basketball game.
00:44:43
Zack
Yeah, so that is going to be a low-scoring game. A Purdue team that I feel like a lot of people didn't really believe in, but now they are sitting in the Sweet 16 with a chance to advance.
00:44:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Still don't.
00:45:02
Zack
They beat the 13 seed and the 12 seed to get here. So they beat High Point, then they beat McNeese. Not a bad McNeese team, but that was their path to get where they are now.
00:45:17
Zack
How do feel about this Purdue-Houston matchup?
00:45:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think this is going to be – when does this tip off? Is this the last game on Friday?
00:45:28
Zack
This is the very last game. Yep. 10 p.m.
00:45:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. um
00:45:32
Zack
Yeah.
00:45:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Houston's going to make sure everybody just goes ahead and goes to bed.
00:45:36
Zack
Yeah.
00:45:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
By halftime, this game will be over.
00:45:40
Zack
I don't believe in Purdue still.
00:45:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I still don't, and Houston is a team that can just make – like literally make a team want to quit playing basketball.
00:45:50
Zack
As a Tennessee fan, I would love for Purdue to win this game.
00:45:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What's –
00:45:54
Zack
I'm just not a ka convinced it's going to happen.
00:45:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. um I just moved the line to minus 10. And
00:46:01
Zack
Mmm.
00:46:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and took it with Florida minus 10 and Ole Miss money line. So it won't win because I suck at gambling in March all of a sudden. So that's been fun.
00:46:12
Zack
if not March.
00:46:13
Mason
Did you take them single or parlayed them?
00:46:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's a three-laker right there.
00:46:19
Mason
What's the payout? What's the odds?
00:46:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Plus 1,000.
00:46:23
Zack
That's pretty good.
00:46:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, i I think Houston, I think everyone's going to be like, ah you know, like we're going to have, I think we're going good games Thursday and Friday. And then by halftime of the Houston game, evers going to like, oh, let's just go ahead to bed and get ready for Elite Eight.
00:46:41
Mason
So, Zach, you want revenge is what you're telling me.
00:46:42
Zack
Hmm.
00:46:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, Zach doesn't want to play Houston.
00:46:46
Zack
Well, I just want to play Houston.
00:46:48
Mason
Oh, okay. I thought you wanted revenge against...
00:46:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No one wants to play Houston.
00:46:49
Zack
Okay. So we talked about all the one seeds here. Let's let let's do a quick, I wonder if you could bet on this. If you could bet on all one seeds making the Elite Eight, and I just gave you a yes or no, what do you think the odds would be on that?
00:47:07
Zack
I feel like it'd be...
00:47:09
Mason
I think you just have to like take them all money line and parlay it. i don't think I saw anything where it was like...
00:47:12
Zack
I'm not...
00:47:15
Zack
I just feel like there's a pretty good shot at it.
00:47:19
Mason
Okay, not good, Bob.
00:47:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, you
00:47:21
Mason
but one Plus 158 just for them all to win their game.
00:47:24
Mason
Parlay together.
00:47:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
just for all them to win their game.
00:47:26
Zack
That's what I thinking. I was thinking it was probably pretty close to even because it just feels like all of the one seeds are huge, huge up.
00:47:29
Mason
I thought it was going to be higher payout.
00:47:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But how do they lose? do you yeah Do you think all the 1 seeds lose?
00:47:37
Zack
That's the question. We've talked about them all and every single time we're like, yeah, I just don't see this going the other direction. Some strong ones.
00:47:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I for sure don't.
00:47:44
Mason
What month are we in? It's March. March Madness.
00:47:49
Zack
I don't
00:47:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, but this is going to be the tournament of chalk.
00:47:52
Zack
i don't know.
00:47:55
Zack
I think Michigan will say Ole Miss.
00:47:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Plus 158 is going in the bracket right now.
00:48:00
Zack
Ooh.
00:48:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And I think I'm going Ole Miss.
00:48:03
Mason
Arkansas. Oh.
00:48:05
Zack
No. No.
00:48:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
added Ole Miss. That makes it plus 509. It's dangerous to have the DraftKings just pulled up on my laptop. We've bet it.
00:48:19
Zack
Okay, last game.
00:48:19
Mason
Thank you.
00:48:20
Zack
Last game. ah Tennessee. Kentucky, Tennessee. This a big one.
Sweet 16 Showdown: Tennessee vs. Kentucky
00:48:27
Zack
They've already played through twice this season.
00:48:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Scary. Scary.
00:48:29
Zack
Kentucky's won both of those matchups in the regular season.
00:48:34
Zack
Big rivalry. Obviously, this is Kentucky's first Sweet 16 since 2019, so they have not been here, which is a crazy stat considering that program.
00:48:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
wow
00:48:45
Zack
But in the first year with a new head coach, here they are with a chance to play Tennessee for an Elite Eight bid. ah Tennessee's four-and-a-half-point favorites, over-under of 144-and-a-half is what I'm seeing a fun matchup here.
00:49:03
Zack
Tennessee is playing well. Tennessee's Chaz Lanier is, has been hot.
00:49:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
At the right time.
00:49:10
Zack
He's yeah. All of a sudden his past five or six games have been pretty like he's, he's probably, he's making a case for one of the best performers of the, of the tournament so far. He had 29 in the first game and 20 in the second game.
00:49:26
Zack
And he probably could have had more if they hadn't put the brakes on in a big way in the second half against UCLA. um, Kentucky, they are also, they're playing well right now, uh, against everything I could have ever thought here.
00:49:42
Zack
ah they beat Troy and then beat an Illinois team where I thought that was going to be one of the games of the, of the second round. Um, and they emerged with a nine point win against a good Illinois team who just had a bad shooting day really is what happened there.
00:49:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:49:58
Zack
But, um, is be a fun matchup. This may be one of the premier matchups of this Sweet 16 because of the history of these programs, because of the rivalry.
00:50:11
Zack
um It could come down to it. Pretty different programs as well. Kentucky obviously being more of a high-powered offensive type program. And Tennessee with ah with their DNA being much more of a defensive-minded. think it's be fun one.
00:50:24
Zack
I'm excited for it.
00:50:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's in Indianapolis. I think it's going to be a split crowd. Like it's going to be but both, both fan bases travel so well, and it's not far from where either of them play.
00:50:31
Zack
Okay.
00:50:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, it's good. It's going be a fun game. Um, i think I think Tennessee gets their revenge. I think more experienced team with Tennessee. um you know First year at this level, Mark Pope was a good coach at BYU and had some tournament runs, but I don't think he ever made it this far.
00:50:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like I don't think he ever went to the LEA. I'm pretty confident that he didn't. um so I think Rick Barnes breaks through, and we do not lose to Kentucky for a third time this year.
00:51:10
Zack
Man, I hope not.
00:51:13
Zack
A fun one, though. Mason, thoughts on this one?
00:51:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It'll be fun
00:51:16
Zack
Tennessee, Kentucky?
00:51:18
Mason
I'm excited. Is it... It's a 6.30 tip-off? I was afraid it was going to be a late night.
00:51:25
Zack
Central, 7.30 Eastern.
00:51:28
Mason
Okay.
00:51:28
Zack
Yep.
00:51:30
Mason
Nope, I'm ready for it. You guys broke it down pretty good, so...
00:51:35
Zack
Okay. Well, we do have some updates for the people.
00:51:40
Mason
Ugh. Ugh.
00:51:40
Zack
We drafted some teams last week to give an update on our on the scoring.
00:51:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Sure did.
00:51:47
Zack
um We each drafted a one through four seed, and then we drafted a five through 10 seed and 11 through 16 seed.
Draft Results & Humorous Consequences
00:51:55
Zack
The five through 10 was worth two points. 11 to 16 was worth three points.
00:51:59
Zack
There is a final four bonus. where if your team makes the final four, you get a bonus point, a one-time bonus reward of however any team to make the final four of whatever their seed is, you get that many points returned.
00:52:11
Zack
So let's do a quick breakdown. um
00:52:17
Zack
Tens has four teams remaining. All of his 1-3-4 seeds are left. Louisville lost in the first round, but Colorado State did get a first round win, so that's three points for Colorado State.
00:52:29
Zack
Tins is sitting at 11 points total right now with four teams remaining. My team, I also have four teams remaining. North Carolina got my play-in win, so that was three points. And then Michigan has been rolling, so they've won two.
00:52:44
Zack
They are my 5-10 seed, and so that's four points for them total. I have 14 points. ah Mason.
00:52:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:52:55
Mason
Gosh.
00:52:57
Zack
Mason, how many teams do you have left?
00:52:58
Mason
Not good. I have won.
00:53:00
Zack
One team left. ah Mason had a very rough second round.
00:53:05
Mason
Yeah.
00:53:06
Zack
um
00:53:07
Mason
Bad.
00:53:07
Zack
He has five total points. High point, unfortunately, did not provide the upset in the first round. Clemson took took an early exit as well to McNeese, so they have zero points.
00:53:14
Mason
No. Failed me.
00:53:21
Zack
And then A&M Wisconsin and St. John's all took second round exits. So Mason is sitting with only one team remaining. I think he's mathematically eliminated from the competition at this point, but it was a great run, Mason.
00:53:32
Mason
Yeah.
00:53:36
Zack
He really... You really tried your best, I think. So, proud of you.
00:53:41
Mason
It was it was a short lived run. It's a good thing we didn't talk about that. ah That ah punishment there.
00:53:48
Zack
I kind of like Mason having to recreate that video.
00:53:50
Mason
Morning routine may be pretty funny, actually.
00:53:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep, that's what you gotta do. That's harmless, come on.
00:53:58
Zack
I think that's fine. Put it on the TikTok.
00:54:00
Mason
We will. Yeah, we'll give it a shot.
00:54:02
Zack
You have your shirt off, though. That's part of it.
00:54:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That is part of it.
00:54:06
Zack
Like the guy.
00:54:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All the way off.
00:54:07
Zack
You flex and stuff.
00:54:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Show that six-pack.
00:54:11
Zack
Yeah, show it off. You work hard for that. Just kidding, he does
00:54:15
Mason
We'll figure something out.
00:54:19
Zack
it. I like that.
00:54:23
Zack
Let's lock it in.
00:54:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Got to rub the banana on your face. All all the things.
00:54:27
Zack
Maybe it should be him getting ready for like the weekend of basketball.
00:54:28
Mason
Does it?
00:54:34
Zack
Or should it just be like a shot by shot of the original.
00:54:37
Mason
I was thinking about shot by shot because I have the microphone like he was doing some type of podcast.
00:54:41
Zack
Yeah, you podcast.
00:54:41
Mason
We do a podcast.
00:54:45
Mason
I could get a journal out.
00:54:45
Zack
Okay.
00:54:46
Zack
I think that's funny.
00:54:47
Mason
and Okay.
00:54:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can pretend to be on a work call.
00:54:51
Zack
We at least ripped the bandaid off, Mason. At least you know early that you lost. you don't have to wait, you know?
00:54:55
Mason
Yeah, it's true.
00:54:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
00:54:56
Zack
No heartbreak.
00:54:56
Mason
I know.
00:54:57
Zack
I
00:54:57
Mason
we We were literally like, if we know, maybe if we know by the finals, we could do a punishment while we're all together watching the finals. I didn't even get that far. I didn't even get through the first weekend.
00:55:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:55:08
Mason
I'm like Bill Self over here, not even get through the first weekend.
00:55:11
Zack
Got him. Yeah, stop.
00:55:15
Mason
Singer.
00:55:18
Mason
All right. Is that how we finish the episode? Roasting Bill Self?
00:55:21
Zack
Okay. Let's do it.
00:55:22
Mason
Because I think that's a good...
00:55:22
Zack
Let's do quick. I'm curious. If you had to pick one team, not Florida or Duke to win it all, who are you picking?
00:55:38
Mason
My heart tells me Tennessee. My mind tells me Houston.
00:55:46
Zack
I don't think Houston's got that many games in them against good teams. I don't know if they can pull off this little thing they do good offense.
00:55:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:55:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:55:58
Mason
Who are you going to say, Tens?
00:55:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm with you. I mean, I think it's Duke.
00:56:04
Mason
Ole Miss.
00:56:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Yeah, that'd be something.
00:56:06
Mason
thought you said if you don't pick Duke.
00:56:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. If you don't pick Duke. um
00:56:10
Zack
It's not Duke or Florida. that's That's the thought experience experiment.
00:56:12
Mason
Ole Miss, he says.
00:56:13
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Give me Maryland.
00:56:14
Mason
He's got... 70 out of the 72 points they scored.
00:56:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
those The Crab Five, they can, i mean, that's their name.
00:56:15
Zack
Wow. Yeah, I mean, I agree.
00:56:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's their nickname. ah there I mean, they they got guys that are going lottery picks in NBA, and they they can so they can fill it up.
00:56:21
Zack
It's interesting
00:56:31
Mason
Yep, sure can fill it up.
00:56:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think it's Duke's tournament to lose, though. I really do.
00:56:37
Zack
yeah i mean i agree it's interesting to think of where, who is next. ah think It might be Auburn. If Auburn plays their best basketball, if Auburn
00:56:52
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:57:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I agree. I think that's why ah i don't know we were talking about it before we started, but there's a ah Duke versus the field. So Duke plus 210.
00:57:09
Zack
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:57:11
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then there's the SEC versus the field, and it's SEC plus 100.
00:57:11
Zack
Yeah.
00:57:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Go take both those bets. I don't see a Houston. i don't see and don't it's i think it's Duke or the SEC.
00:57:22
Zack
Yeah.
00:57:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
it's one of its That's what's going to happen.
00:57:24
Zack
Yeah. I don't see Michigan State making a run at it. I don't see Maryland, really.
00:57:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Michigan, I don't see it happening.
00:57:32
Zack
um don't see Michigan. I think I agree with you.
00:57:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, I mean, both of those things are at plus money. If you take, you know, SEC at 100, you've got two one seeds. UT is a two seed. Kentucky's a three. Like, that's... And then you got the Ole Miss, Arkansas, Cinderella runs.
00:57:54
Zack
I think was a fun bet.
00:57:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So, um I'm going to take both of those.
00:57:59
Zack
Okay. I like that.
00:58:03
Zack
I might take you the ah the one seeds with you.
00:58:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The all one C's plus all miss.
00:58:08
Zack
I feel pretty good about it. I don't think I'm going to Ole Miss. I'm not as high as Ole Miss as you, I don't think. That feels like the one thing where it's like, it gets down to me.
00:58:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
One leg too many.
00:58:17
Zack
It's like, why did I take Ole Miss?
00:58:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:58:20
Zack
Why could I not have just played it?
00:58:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. could have had the plus one 58 winner and doubled my bankroll. I could just double my bankroll and just count on the one C's to win.
00:58:25
Mason
you You know how many times that happens?
00:58:28
Zack
um
00:58:29
Mason
We lose a parlay by one leg and we're like, why did I put this team in there to at plus 340?
00:58:36
Zack
Yeah, you just wanted to jump it up a good bit and then turns out this but' it's you're getting juiced because it's not a very good bit probably.
00:58:36
Mason
three forty Yeah. You pick Tennessee to beat...
00:58:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:58:42
Zack
Yeah.
00:58:43
Mason
you
00:58:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:58:44
Mason
You beat the Titans and you had the Titans to beat like the Steelers at plus.
00:58:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I've never had that. but
00:58:51
Zack
and Do you want to talk about your big Thursday you have?
00:58:52
Mason
I wasn't talking about you.
00:58:56
Zack
Is it a big Friday a big Thursday? do you want to leave that one?
00:58:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's Thursday. Yeah. So ah I've got a big future.
00:58:59
Zack
don't know. i don't
00:59:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Your boys rooting hard for Florida and Duke to make the elite eight.
00:59:04
Mason
ah yeah.
00:59:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I had to fight hard against UConn. ah Maryland's buzzer beater was huge for me. um This would be the second biggest parlay ever hit. Or no. Yeah, it'd be second. the The first one was last year.
00:59:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The the Orioles won on the last game for me.
00:59:23
Mason
Mm, yep.
00:59:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But yeah, so shout out. Really, if this hits, shout out. ah His last name Simmons. for the Portland Trailblazers because Vandal did a promo where if you bet the, whoever to hit the most threes that day, they'd give you a big bonus bet, right?
00:59:31
Mason
A shout out.
00:59:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I bet 38 cents on this guy to hit the most threes. It turned into $111 bet.
00:59:45
Zack
Holy
00:59:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
did a,
00:59:48
Zack
cow.
00:59:50
Mason
awesome.
00:59:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and then i did ah
00:59:51
Zack
and ah Four legs already hit, right, with Sweet 16 teams?
00:59:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Colorado State to make the 32, and then Michigan State and Maryland to make Sweet 16. So we are two wins away.
01:00:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So when you're watching this game on Thursday, when one of these teams lose in heartbreaking fashion, just think of me. Just know that it's my fault.
01:00:14
Zack
We just lost several hundred dollars.
01:00:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and Yeah, I declared myself March too early, and FanDuel was taking it out on me.
01:00:24
Zack
No. Feel good about that.
01:00:27
Zack
Okay. Everybody feel good? Except for Mason, who lost the game in dramatic fashion.
01:00:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
fill Yeah.
01:00:36
Mason
Yeah, I'm loser of the week.
01:00:38
Zack
Excited to see that shot-for-shot recreation, Mason.
01:00:38
Mason
Weekend.
01:00:42
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's going awesome.
01:00:43
Mason
start working. I'll work on it right when I get off the pod.
01:00:45
Zack
So we want to put a deadline on it?
01:00:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You can find a lot of parodies.
01:00:47
Zack
feel like we need a deadline for him.
01:00:49
Mason
Huh?
01:00:50
Zack
I feel like have the final four.
01:00:50
Mason
A deadline by the end end of the March madness.
01:00:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
01:00:51
Zack
It needs to be done.
01:00:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. I need it. I need it.
01:00:55
Zack
But here's the thing.
01:00:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I need to drop it the morning of the final four.
01:00:57
Zack
By next week, no one's going to care about this stupid commercial or this stupid video.
01:01:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true.
01:01:01
Zack
and Everybody's to forget about it.
01:01:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's true. It's true.
01:01:04
Mason
Next week?
01:01:05
Zack
I think
01:01:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's going to become irrelevant. so We're going to be making fun find of something else in three days.
01:01:10
Mason
It's true.
01:01:11
Zack
it's going to be like where your things move from like Twitter to Instagram to Facebook.
01:01:12
Mason
So.
01:01:17
Zack
It's going be to Facebook by then.
01:01:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And then it's dead.
01:01:23
Zack
Once it gets there, it's you're done. as ah So we gotta have to move quick.
01:01:33
Mason
Okay. We'll figure it out.
01:01:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
homework. Nah, not figuring it out.
01:01:36
Mason
I'll work. Okay.
01:01:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Cause if, if we don't get it done soon, then we're gonna to come up with something else.
01:01:38
Zack
It's done. It's for doing nothing. Yeah, worse. It's gonna be worse.
01:01:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It'll be worse.
01:01:43
Zack
Guaranteed.
01:01:45
Mason
Okay, okay.
01:01:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is, this is the easy thing.
01:01:47
Mason
When do I need it by? this
01:01:47
Zack
This is not that bad.
01:01:48
Zack
This is not bad.
01:01:48
Mason
The end of this week?
01:01:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Preferably.
01:01:52
Zack
Yeah.
01:01:52
Mason
Okay. We'll get it done.
01:01:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
but Before I start seeing it on Facebook.
01:01:56
Mason
Okay. You just let me know when you start seeing on Instagram.
01:01:59
Zack
Gotta go to the TikTok.
01:01:59
Mason
Give me heads up.
01:02:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, it's already on Instagram. that All the TikToks have become reals.
01:02:02
Zack
It's all over it.
01:02:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You got to move.
01:02:08
Zack
Okay. I like that.
01:02:13
Mason
Okay.
01:02:14
Zack
Great work.
01:02:15
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Great work, everybody. All right, that is an episode. um Make sure you join us next Monday for a Sweet 16 Elite 8 breakdown, and then we'll look at the final four.
01:02:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um If you're looking for Discord picks, ask Mason or Zach for some, or Josh, or so hit someone else up, because I'm not giving any more out.
01:02:31
Zack
yeah
01:02:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Tournament has whooped me, so I'm done giving out picks. We're just along for the ride at this point. um But make sure you check out our TikToks. Obviously, Mason's going to have this really funny video coming out soon.
01:02:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We're also going to have some clips from the show.
01:02:48
Zack
Mm-hmm.
01:02:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And we will catch you later.