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00:00Needless to say, Gilbert, I think from a watching perspective, it's good.
00:05We're going to get a lot of good teams in the championship.
00:07From a bracket perspective, because I think most people participate in that,
00:11they're going to have to wait right down to the last game.
00:14But, you know, there's a soft spot for me for all of these Cinderella stories.
00:18We just didn't get a ton of them this year.
00:20Right, you know, I don't know if it's just a one year thing
00:23where we won't see any Cinderellas,
00:24but the lack of upsets in this tournament
00:27certainly took away from some of the madness
00:29that we're used to seeing in March.
00:31But you said it, having all four number one seeds
00:34who were clearly far and away better than the rest of the field
00:37ensures some high quality basketball in the final four.
00:40So even though there's no upsets,
00:42I think it'll be exciting to see these teams get after it in the final four.
00:45Oh, yeah.
00:45I mean, in the end, we're getting the big name schools,
00:48very specifically the Duke Blue Devils,
00:50who either you love or you hate.
00:51There's really no in between.
00:53I mean, they dismantled Alabama, 85 to 65.
00:56This game was not close, Gilbert.
00:58And, you know, I'm stunned that the Crimson Tide only had 65 points.
01:02It was like their worst offensive performance.
01:05So I guess this is the way that I'll start with you.
01:07Do you think it was Duke's defense
01:09that ended up setting the tone here?
01:11And was that the reason why Alabama didn't score?
01:13Or simply put, was it just the wrong night to have
01:16an off night for the Crimson Tide?
01:18I got to give Duke's defense a lot of credit.
01:20And I think that's what makes this Duke team so special.
01:24They defend really well, and then offensively,
01:26they're really difficult to guard.
01:27And what happened was, you know, Duke was scoring so efficiently.
01:31Alabama was trying to keep up,
01:32and Duke was making it difficult for them.
01:34And that's kind of been the theme all year for this Duke team.
01:37They can beat you by outscoring you a lot,
01:39as they did in that Arizona game,
01:41when the final score is 100 to 93.
01:43But they can also limit your offense.
01:44And Alabama is a very potent offense,
01:46limited to 65 points.
01:48Duke with a 20-point win over Alabama.
01:50I expected Duke to win,
01:51but I didn't expect them to run away that way.
01:53So I think there's a way to go out there and beat Duke,
01:56but it's not outscoring them and attract me in Alabama.
01:58Tried to do that, and they couldn't do it.