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00:00Those matchups to know in the opening round the upsets we might see and of course a player to highlight as well
00:06Let's start with your West region
00:08Game to watch of the opening round of 64 and the games that we will see which one intrigues you the most. It's very simple
00:14It's a nine matchup between Oklahoma and UConn because I'm so intrigued by what this UConn team
00:20Can be a problem with UConn is is we don't know what you got team is gonna show up
00:26So to me, it's an intriguing match for you got seemed I feel like if they can impose their will if
00:32Dan Hurley can have them engaged if Dan Hurley
00:36Can stay engaged in Hurley's openly talking about we see me as a coach
00:40He can't ride these kids like he's done in the past. They're a little bit younger. They're green
00:47He's got to be able to work with them and have them play through their ebbs and flows and not get them
00:52Nervous and Dan Hurley can get them composed and played a way to capable of yeah
00:58They get that win
00:59I think it'll be sort of a run and it is crazy right because this team entered top 10 in the preseason polls
01:05They entered of course hunting down a third consecutive national championship trying to make history that we have not seen in men's college
01:12hoop since the early
01:141970s in a team JY that has been the most dominant team we have seen in the month of March
01:19Possibly ever in the history of this sport in their last two national championship runs
01:25They have played of course 12 games in a big dance
01:27They've won all 12 by at least 13 points an average margin of victory just shy of 22 points per game
01:34They are 12 and Oh against the number with an average cover margin
01:39Outperforming even the expectation by 12 and a half points per game and last year a positive point differential of plus
01:46140
01:48It's a very different Connecticut team
01:50But of course, they have a lot of similar pieces that are trying to replicate the success
01:54They have seen the last few years my region game to watch
01:59that 710 matchup, Kansas and
02:02Arkansas star power brand names in this sport led by two of the best head coaches that are currently still doing it bill self
02:10For Kansas, he has won multiple national championships and John Calipari, of course for Arkansas
02:17As well. It's a really interesting matchup
02:19JY to me because what version of KU are we going to see the preseason number one team in the country for a second consecutive
02:25Year or the team that in the last two regular seasons has frankly been disappointing
02:31What Arkansas team are we going to see the team that was spurred by cows returned to Lexington?
02:36earlier in the regular season in SEC action or the team that has also faltered on
02:42Expectation five and a half point spread in favor of the Jayhawks our total at 146 and a half for that opening round of 64
02:48game, what do you think gives I
02:51Don't know
02:53Either team and you know, this is also a you know
02:56I think you know Cal may have the back end of his mind at Mario Chalmers three a long time ago on a national champion
03:03Game where they kind of blew a national champion where he was that Memphis so to me
03:08It's an intriguing matchup between these two legendary coaches
03:12Teams that have tremendously
03:14Underachieved. Yeah teams that went through the portal when you talk about Zeke mayor or you talk about AJ
03:20So are you talking about the transfers like even John L. Davis for Arkansas that has not panned out
03:26Yeah, but here's the amazing thing. You just got to get in now you're in
03:32Can you put together like Bennett's talked about just six times?
03:36Yeah, can you win six games in a row and this Kansas team was a number one team preseason?
03:43This year for a reason with Hunter Dickinson with Dwan Harris with Abrams
03:47Obviously would when they do store with Zeke Mayo, right?
03:49They have the pedigree but so does Arkansas and it still sets up such an interesting game because the winner that game
03:57It's gonna take on st. John's. Yeah, it would it be one of the wildest scenes
04:02I think of the second round of the tournament
04:03It really could be to have that matchup of Rick Pitino against either Bill self or John Calipari
04:10Talk about some marquee matchups and some star power even in the round of 32 in the opening weekend a West
04:17Region upset alert and JY if you will I'll go first hand up when we put these in
04:23Colorado State was a slight underdog against the champions out of the American in
04:28Memphis it would be an upset from the seed line component
04:32Because CSU is the 12 seed seven seed lines below the five seed in the Memphis Tigers
04:37But now Colorado State is a two and a half point
04:41Favorite really believe in what Nico Medved has done this year for CSU and they are on an absolute heater winner of eight straight
04:48And JY when you look at Colorado State according to Bart Torvik who tracks the efficiency ratings year by year
04:55Customizable tables the best team in the last month since the middle of February
04:59One of the best in the Mountain West one of the best nationally eighth best in the country. That's Colorado State
05:05So let's get to your true
05:07Upset in this opening round of 64. What game do you highlight? Oh, I'm going with the drink
05:14Bulldogs to pull off the upset when you think about drink. It's simply put
05:19Can they
05:20Value the ball this team turns them all over a lot 18.6 turnovers per game
05:25Yeah, that's a lot and that's a little worrisome for me
05:29I got the team with Missouri that wants to get steals live steals get on a transition and run
05:36so if Drake can handle the pressure and
05:40Handle the ball you start peeling away
05:44Offensive effective field goal percentage they have the advantage offensive rebounding percent
05:48Missouri does not rebound the ball while at all the fact of free-throw attempts and free-throw versus field goals attempt
05:54Yeah, they're number 11
05:56They are a team that I think Ben can get it done versus Missouri if they handle the ball