Former Gonzaga All-American Dan Dickau breaks down what the Bulldogs need to do to get past 12-seed McNeese State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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00:00 What's happening everybody Christian Pedersen joined by Dan Dickow and we have reached the promised land March Madness is back
00:05 The NCAA tournament is here. And again, the theme continues of me not having actual Gonzaga nation gear to wear
00:12 So I got my only dog shirt I got cuz Gonzaga got that dog in them come March Dan Dickow
00:17 Before we go any further. We do need to ask
00:20 Anything left on the WCC tournament the regular see anything
00:24 Anything post dated that we need to get to or can this be a tournament centric episode?
00:29 Well, it'll be tournament centric other than you know, just a quick overview of a tremendous season by Gonzaga
00:35 You know for all intents and purposes a lot of people jumped off that Gonzaga bandwagon. Oh probably
00:42 Well in particular after that you'd up loss and then a lot more people jumped off after the Santa Clara Road loss
00:49 but you know, that's the beautiful thing about sports is
00:53 You have a chance to improve you have a chance to
00:59 Compete another day and Gonzaga took the challenge. I'm sure that was laid out in front of them by coach few and staff and
01:04 Individually guys got better individually guys understood their roles and they understood
01:10 You know, obviously they understood what it was at stake at NCAA tournament run
01:16 But they they understood their roles
01:18 They understood conceptually what they need to do within the framework of the team and then the team just jelled
01:24 I mean bottom line you had two main cogs on the team
01:29 weren't even a part of the program last year Grammy K and
01:32 Ryan Emhart Ryan Emhart came in playing a hundred miles per hour
01:36 and
01:38 He's been able to over the last month or so
01:40 Really figure out the pace that he needs to play at and get Gonzaga to play at to be at their best
01:46 Grammy K he missed 18 months of games
01:50 From the from the foot injury and so he was brought along slow and he was dominant down the stretch of the season
01:57 So those two things happen
01:59 But you know to wrap up the WCC tournament in and of itself
02:03 St. Mary's played unbelievably well in that championship game. They dominate Gonzaga on the glass Gonzaga had four turnovers in the first four minutes of game
02:11 You can't do that against st. Mary's dig yourself a hole. They came back
02:16 They took a one-point lead in the second half, but then st. Mary's
02:20 Kind of closed the door on them and for for people that listen to this show regularly
02:25 You're probably a Gonzaga fan. You probably
02:28 Don't like st. Mary's
02:31 But my comment about that would be you cannot like them when you Gonzaga plays them
02:37 But you got to realize just how darn good they are
02:39 And I would not be surprised to see both Gonzaga and st. Mary's in the second weekend of the NCAA tournament
02:46 Based on how good they are, but also on what the brackets look like. So that's kind of my two cents
02:52 Take it away and start asking about the tournament for in the postseason for everybody WCC
02:58 All right, we've got the we've got the March Madness brackets up. Can I just say going into selection Sunday Dan?
03:03 At I am but a lowly podcaster and not very high up in the NCAA media ranks
03:10 But I heard a lot of people talking about net rankings and I'm like yo
03:14 Maybe we didn't waste our time all season diving into q3 q4 q1 type wins and losses
03:20 So hey all of you guys that suffered through all the math with us
03:24 Just know it paid off
03:25 At the end of the year because we got to understand what was going on on selection Sunday
03:28 Gonzaga is the one that we want to start with. They are a number five seed
03:31 They're taking on the number 12 McNeese States in I want to make sure I got this
03:36 Let's see. They are in which of the brackets. I always get the mid Atlantic Pacific all those regions confused
03:43 Geography not my strong suit, but they're gonna take on McNeese
03:46 The most immediate game that they will face is the winner of Kansas and Samford past that they've got Purdue, Utah State and TCU
03:54 past that
03:56 Too many hypothetical permutations. So let's start though with the immediate the 512 game Gonzaga versus McNeese State
04:03 I watched the McNeese State
04:05 tournament their tournament championship game and
04:08 Dan you are the basketball person. So I do want to ask you this
04:13 to
04:14 me I
04:16 Didn't see much that Gonzaga needs to be like overly worried about obviously everything's a trap game
04:22 24/7 in March, but this at least first one. I know you've already said publicly on this
04:27 You think that both of them will be in the second weekend?
04:29 So I'm assuming you have Gonzaga winning this first game
04:32 But maybe what's a little bit more than just me saying McNeese doesn't pass the sniff test. Give us some actual basketball
04:37 Well, first off, you know
04:41 McNeese State out of Lake Charles, Louisiana. They're not in the best conference the Southland
04:46 But here's the thing people have said that about the WCC in the past and then you've seen the runs Gonzaga's gone on
04:54 So you kind of have to take the the league with a grain of salt
04:58 You look at the overall record that they had the domination that they had in their league and then look at the parts
05:04 So they were 30 and 3 on the season
05:07 There's only two other teams in the country that have 30 wins going in the NCAA tournament
05:12 Houston and UConn so to win 30 games shows you how good they are. There's 17 and 1 in conference
05:19 They owned those three losses all three of those were on the road
05:23 They lost at Western Carolina at Louisiana Tech and at Southeast, Louisiana
05:29 So teams that obviously being on the west coast don't instill a lot of fear
05:35 But those are the three losses that they have
05:38 Bigger picture on who they are and how they play. Will Wade's their coach. Will Wade has been talked about in
05:46 years past as
05:49 One of the up-and-coming hot commodity coaches, especially when he was at VCU
05:55 He was there shortly after Shaka Smart. They played a really
05:59 You know physical aggressive style of defense change things up
06:04 switches traps
06:06 Occasional full court occasional three-quarter court just really trying to change things up after there
06:12 He went to LSU where he got in trouble
06:14 For rules that are now legal that were not at the time and that would have been quote paying players
06:20 He had to he was let go by LSU the NCAA from my understanding
06:26 You know wiped his slate clean
06:30 McNeese State hires him. So he's now obviously made a big run
06:33 I would expect him to move on to a bigger higher profile job
06:37 As soon as McNeese State's season ends, I would expect that I don't know anything on the inside about that at least but
06:45 That's who they're coached by
06:47 They're a very guard dominant
06:50 roster you look at Gonzaga
06:54 They played three bigs down the stretch of the season Ben Gregg Anton Watson Graham EK then Braden Huff would come in
07:01 You know McNeese State is the opposite. They have four guards
07:05 That average in double figures and those four guards each shoot over 40% from the three-point line
07:11 And that's led by Shahadi Wells. He averages about 18 points a game
07:16 Nearly five assists three steals a game which is one of the top
07:22 steals
07:23 Rates in the country so Gonzaga's got to take care of the ball hit around him
07:27 But he shoots it at 40% from the line the other three guys that is shooting from three-point line really well DJ Richards jr
07:34 He makes over to a game at 45%
07:37 So Gonzaga's got to be keyed in and locked in on him and and Tevion
07:42 Coleman shoots it at 40% from three and then Javon Garcia averages 11 points a game
07:48 Shoots it right around 45% from three as well. So those are the four guards that can get it going from the outside
07:53 their interior a little smaller than Gonzaga's which is typical when you talk about a
07:59 Lower level conference. I'm not gonna say they're a low major
08:02 But obviously they don't have the size that if Gonzaga went up against a power conference team
08:09 They would be dealing with Christian Shoemate is their interior presence. He averages
08:13 12 and about 9 rebounds a game. He's really active on the offensive glass
08:18 So that's a little bit of the matchups
08:20 But this is a 512 matchup Gonzaga is a 5 I think I had Brian Michaelson on
08:26 And we interviewed him earlier this morning
08:29 And they were thinking they were gonna be in the sevens in the seven range
08:34 So I thought anywhere from a seven or an eight is what Gonzaga was gonna get based on the fact. They lost their last
08:41 game to st. Mary's in the conference tournament
08:44 but instead
08:46 This selection committee really valued what they've been about the last part of the year. So they get a five seed as does
08:54 St. Mary's they're both five seeds, but something to look out for
08:57 Again, 12 seeds typically have been an upset
09:01 Steelers
09:04 Upset bids because a lot of times 12s have knocked off five
09:08 So something keep an eye out in there just in regards to historical context of a 5 to a 12 matchup
09:14 in the basketball sense
09:16 We have asked a couple times throughout the year. Does anything need to change?
09:20 What does this happen? Does this permutation what I'm assuming going into the tournament coach few?
09:26 Maybe has a guy or two who sees a couple minutes less here and there but largely is gonna maintain the same
09:32 Kind of attack and approach that's been going on the last month
09:35 Well, here's the thing is we touched on it a little bit Gonzaga's gonna play a bigger lineup
09:42 McNeese State plays a smaller lineup which
09:45 Team can impart their will on the other
09:48 Early enough in the game so that the game is dictated by them and then the opponent has to make
09:54 Adjustments to get back in it based on who got off to a great start, you know
10:00 I think for Gonzaga the keys are gonna be take care of the ball right off the bat
10:03 Because like I said with Shahadi Wells
10:06 Averaging nearly three steals a game
10:09 You got to be able to get yourself in offense if you're pressured
10:12 But you don't turn it over but you can't get an offense
10:15 You got to at least be able to go out and break the defense down make plays create for others
10:19 so that's going to be important to watch between
10:21 Ryan Emhart and
10:24 Nolan Hickman the interesting thing is they played Wells a season ago in the NCAA tournament. He was on
10:28 TCU so they have an idea about him
10:31 personally
10:34 And and strengths and weaknesses but in a different setting with TCU as opposed to here with McNeese State
10:41 so it's gonna be kind of one of those things where
10:44 does Gonzaga
10:47 Does dusty Stromer maybe get more minutes off the bench?
10:49 Because they feel they need another ball handler as opposed to
10:53 Braden Huff because really at this time of year Gonzaga's traditionally played seven guys occasionally they have been eight
10:59 But I would expect seven guys Stromer and Huff to play
11:03 But then depending on which direction the game is going
11:06 Do you need ball handling or is your or are you taking care of the basketball?
11:11 And you do you want to really enforce the interior then Braden Huff would play more
11:16 So I seven guys are gonna play
11:18 But I don't think those either either two of the freshmen off the bench are gonna get enormous minutes
11:22 unless either one of them is very
11:25 Productive right off the bat or if they're blowing the doors off of somebody then it's always good to see some extra teams get
11:33 Or some extra players get some time. I'm curious. You've been to probably more tournament games than I have but
11:39 Some fan bases travel like elite
11:42 Well good poor there's all sorts of mixes that go into this
11:46 What is the what is the crowd experience like for Gonzaga like?
11:51 Playing at the kennel is something historically that you have always said is a you know
11:56 A plus seven ten points for Gonzaga like they play really well in front of their home crowd
12:00 Obviously they play well on the road too, but I'm curious if you could give the people that maybe haven't been to an NCAA tournament
12:06 game some of the impressions of the vibes because it's it's a little weird when they're cycling people in and out of
12:12 Game one you have your tickets until 20 minutes after the game you got to get out get new
12:16 Like it's just not like that exact same even though the Gonzaga fans do travel historically
12:21 well, and I'm curious if you think that that helps or hurts a team like Gonzaga having the crowd maybe not be as
12:27 Home favorite, but also maybe not be as road favorite as well
12:30 It's sometimes really truly is just a neutral site game with local people from that area checking out good basketball
12:35 Yeah, I mean the NCAA tournament is
12:38 Is a sight to behold if you've never been there you take advantage of an opportunity if you get tickets, but it is a different
12:46 Setting in an environment and an energy and a feel around a game
12:50 you know I think Gonzaga has played the
12:56 Many different roles within the tournament as far as being a favorite
12:59 And and being an underdog and you know we've covered a lot of these different scenarios in the past
13:06 they're in Salt Lake City, which is great because there were bracket ologist and that were predicting them to go to Charlotte or
13:13 Brooklyn or Omaha, Nebraska and those places
13:16 You know you're gonna fly last minute
13:18 And you're gonna pay through the nose to get there if Gonzaga fans want to get there
13:23 It's much easier to get in a Salt Lake City. You can even drive and get there in one day if you want
13:28 So I think there's the Gonzaga fans and the faithful are gonna be there now
13:34 Gonzaga has played in Salt Lake City a number of different times years ago when they were a one seed
13:38 They kind of struggled early against 16 seed Southern, and it was a really weird unique environment
13:45 I was I was at that game as a fan and late in the second half
13:49 Maybe with about 12 minutes or so left Southern was hanging in there and the whole entire crowd shifted
13:55 To supporting Southern because it was a potential upset that was on the line now Gonzaga obviously won the game
14:02 Before they lost to Wichita State in the round of 32
14:06 But that's kind of one of those weird dynamics where you're right in talking about the crowds and who they cheer for and in the environment
14:14 Go a couple years later. You know they've been they were in Salt Lake City again
14:19 and so it's kind of one of those things where
14:22 You you look at all the other fan bases and many times if you're a really high seed being a one two or three
14:30 And they're sensing an upset bid. They're gonna pull for for that team
14:34 You know by being in Salt Lake City. There's lots of you know
14:39 Connection points to Gonzaga's program you got the John Stockton effect
14:44 You've got the fact that Gonzaga's played in Salt Lake City so many times going back to I think it was
14:49 2003 of the year Blake step had a chance against Arizona with the runner in overtime we talked about the Southern game
14:57 You know they were there and at another point. I want to say it was UNC Greensboro
15:02 I'm not quite sure, but I think it was UNC Greensboro Northwestern. They played in Salt Lake City as well
15:07 So lots of different. You know storylines that that guns bag and Salt Lake City have had but
15:13 You know all in all
15:15 Setting wise it is different than the kennel
15:20 Your practice times the day before to the open media session availability is different how you have to handle
15:27 you know your your length of days is much different even than in the the conference tournament because
15:33 Your hours and days are regimented
15:35 When you're in the NCAA tournament
15:39 So the days the setup it's all a little bit different
15:41 But you're not saying it's overwhelmingly something that you're feeling like he's gonna rob Gonzaga of some vital energy in any way shape and form
15:48 No, not at all. I mean this is a veteran basketball teammate Anton Watson
15:53 You know it's been there five times now a Grammy case was there with
15:57 Wyoming two years ago Ryan Nembhardt was in the Elite Eight last year with Creighton Nolan Hickman's played in the NCAA tournament two times now
16:05 Ben Gregg's played in the NCAA tournament
16:07 You know really the only guys that you know will kind of need to get those initial jitters out or the two freshmen
16:12 Dusty Stromer and Brayden Huff and Brayden Huff was around it last year as a redshirt
16:17 So, you know, I think this program is been in the tournament so many years
16:22 There's kind of a calm around the program and how to act and how to prepare for the NCAA tournament
16:29 That it's not going to be an overwhelming
16:33 Wow factor for anybody on the team
16:35 So I'm sure we're gonna be shotgunning content at you guys
16:38 Left and right with every game Cole and Dan will have some stuff Dan and I will have some stuff Dan will have some stuff
16:43 There's probably solo on his own
16:45 Pre and post game. So I don't need to dive Dan into a ton of the well
16:50 What if they play this in this round?
16:51 What if they play this in that round, but I would just like your general sense on the bracket Purdue is the number one seed
16:58 Texas is in there, Oregon it like there is
17:03 Always one like bracket of death in the tournament. I don't feel like this is that
17:08 Like if anything Gonzaga drew one of the more winnable routes to get deeper into the tournament, but I'm curious your thoughts
17:16 Just I got the bracket right here
17:19 And this will get changed multiple times the one online will get changed multiple times before press submit, but I agree
17:26 I think the most difficult
17:28 Region is the West which st. Mary's is in and two of those games
17:33 Will be played in Spokane on Thursday being st. Mary's grant Grand Canyon, Alabama and Charleston
17:40 But when you look at it for Gonzaga's intensive purposes the Midwest
17:44 It's interesting and unique
17:46 obviously
17:47 they've got a difficult matchup in McNeese State before a potential Kansas or Samford matchup the reason it's so
17:55 Interesting Gonzaga's bracket is if you just first look at who could be your potential matchup in Kansas
18:01 two of their leading scorers Hunter Dickinson and
18:04 and McCollum
18:06 Missed the Big 12 tournament with injuries. And so the word is that they'll be back, but we haven't seen anything
18:13 So, you know if Gonzaga gets by McNeese State, Kansas
18:19 Struggles either be getting by Samford or they're struggling with injury, right? That could be an advantage for Gonzaga
18:26 But when you look at the rest of the bracket, they played Purdue and they were up at half
18:30 They just missed 16 threes in her own the second half. Yes
18:34 That was a game or three of the season, right? Yeah, it was right off the bat Maui
18:39 So, you know, you obviously have the exact ED factor that you've got to overcome
18:45 But Purdue, you know
18:49 I don't like saying this that teams are chokers
18:52 But you know
18:52 They've struggled to get to the expectations that that program has had and so you were curious you wonder if that's gonna weigh on them
19:00 This year again, especially being that there are one seed, Utah State TCU. I think that's a fantastic
19:06 Matchup, I think Utah State got
19:09 Underexcited quite frankly regular season Mountain West tournament or Mountain West champs Mountain West got screwed
19:17 Up and down left and right whatever way you can can tell it. They that Lee got absolutely
19:23 Disrespected by the committee, but you look at the other
19:28 You know matchups in the Gonzaga's Midwest bracket, South Carolina, Oregon, Oregon had to win the Pac-12
19:35 Tournament title to make it I'm not impressed with South Carolina. Yeah, they're in the SEC
19:41 Yeah, they went on like a 13 game win streak or
19:44 Pass that's the only time you could say yeah, they're in the SEC
19:47 Yeah, but I mean neither of those teams scare me this year. I mean Oregon
19:51 You're intrinsically scared of the SEC is football. Yeah, you create an Akron Akron is a good
19:58 Mid major but Creighton, I think I think they're they're a really good three seed
20:04 Texas versus the winner of UVA Colorado State. I think again Colorado State in the Mountain West
20:10 I think they can beat Virginia in that playing game in Taten
20:14 But I to get either of those teams by Texas is gonna be a tall task. I think Texas is good this year
20:20 Tennessee st. Peter's
20:23 Tennessee to me is is
20:25 Probably the best team in this in this Midwest bracket for Gonzaga
20:28 To have to worry about if both get to that point
20:32 Obviously they played Tennessee in the NCAA tournament years ago. They played each other in an exhibition game yesterday
20:39 They've got an all-american and Dalton connect if they were to get to that point
20:43 He would be a very difficult matchup for anybody on Gonzaga's roster
20:47 I would imagine Anton Watson would get that assignment, but you know, that's just a quick overview of Gonzaga's
20:53 hypothetical permutation trying to play that game just was trying to get a
20:57 Difficulty grade and it seems like you are on the same page as me that overall Gonzaga drew one of the easier slots
21:04 anything else on this first round just general vibes and or
21:08 Setup of Gonzaga throughout the tournament or can I ask you about st. Mary's?
21:11 Yeah, let's let's go to st. Mary's. I think we touched on GU fairly well
21:17 This is a WCC podcast. So we need to give our do you said st
21:20 Mary's you hit it in that last answer though. They are in one of the tougher brackets
21:24 Tell us about their game. Tell us about their road throughout March
21:27 Well, they played rank in Grand Canyon was the regular season champs in the WAC
21:32 They were the tournament champs in the WAC their net was right around 50 to 55 throughout most of league play
21:38 But they didn't have big chances
21:40 To pick up quad one wins, but they're a really good basketball team Grand Canyon is
21:46 They got guards who could score it and shoot it Bryce drew
21:50 You know one of the icons of March Madness when he hit that game winner for Valparaiso in the mid 90s a really good coach
21:58 and you know, it's
22:01 one of those things where st. Mary's
22:04 they
22:06 Control the tempo as well as anybody in the country Grand Canyon does want to play fairly fast
22:11 So can Grand Canyon impart their will and play fast against st
22:16 Mary's I think it's gonna be you know
22:18 The the fascinating thing to watch in regards to that matchup if st
22:22 Mary's is able to get by Grand Canyon and again those games are in Spokane. So that's great
22:26 I'll actually be calling the Spokane games on Westwood one radio
22:30 So it helps for the fact that I've had st. Mary's multiple times this year on my prep, but enough about that
22:36 But the second game would be Alabama or College of Charleston if st. Mary's were to advance
22:41 College of Charleston won their conference tournament. They had a better record last year
22:47 I think they had 30 wins going into the tournament last year
22:50 As opposed to this year, but I like Alabama in that one. They've got one of the best offenses in the country
22:57 I think they're number two and can pump offensive efficiency
23:01 but that would be fascinating to watch st. Mary's in Alabama because
23:06 Alabama wants to play as fast as anybody st. Mary's doesn't allow you to play fast and they want to play slow
23:13 So I would love to see that matchup st. Mary's in Alabama
23:17 And you talk about broadcasting games. I'm proud of you. I'm happy for you. I am curious though
23:23 What do I got to do to get a like on Twitter I literally throw you a shout out said
23:30 I
23:31 Radio silence from my co-host. I know that man. I'll have to go scroll back through
23:36 I'm not asking for a mid-game shout-out
23:40 I'm just like it's zero effort to hit like either like or just respond with hi, but just know
23:46 Warms my heart every time I hear coming up next on the game Dan dick. I was got the call
23:51 You've been crushing it on the calls this year. So all in all I'm getting the sense that you think
23:55 st. Mary's is
23:58 Not leaving us first weekend
24:00 They've got a I think they'll win the first game right I think that Alabama matchup
24:08 They they could win that game and to a lot of people that would be an
24:12 unbelievable surprise
24:14 But to me that you might and I got to go back through this whole bracket
24:18 Seven eight nine ten times right and that's just the way it is, right?
24:23 But that four or five potential matchup Alabama and st. Mary's
24:27 Could be the best second round game of the tournament
24:32 I just it's fascinating with the matchups and the styles of play and the personnel
24:36 You know a that that could be amazing. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna say st. Mary's wins, but I think they
24:44 if they
24:46 Talking to me as it will be to the national media put it that way
24:50 You're not saying that the door is shut on the opportunity for them to make that second weekend
24:53 It's gonna be a road
24:55 But they have the capabilities of if they do slow if they play Alabama and they have to if they do successfully slow Alabama down
25:01 There is a road for success
25:03 Anything else on the March Madness tournament between Gonzaga and st. Mary's if not, I want to ask you about USF
25:09 Yeah, no, let's let's go USF. All right, so this is a WCC themed episode and there is
25:15 More than technically one tournament the NIT is also used to be the big one now
25:20 It's the secondary one, but it's still a reputable like you put together a deep NIT run
25:25 You can say hey, that was a pretty successful year for our program
25:28 Obviously not the year that the WCC wants only having two teams going to the major tournament
25:35 But USF still playing basketball at this point in the season
25:38 You talked about them being a team that loaded up in the transfer portal this year and was really coming for it
25:44 And so I've got to assume
25:46 That they are happy that they're still playing and that they want to keep making as deep of a run as possible
25:51 Give the people the lay of the land of USF's opportunities in the NIT
25:54 Yeah, I mean congrats to to the Dons and Chris Gerlofsson, you know, I think it's one more
26:00 You know
26:02 boost of
26:04 Confidence for him in that he's doing things
26:06 You know at the hilltop that that's making a difference
26:10 I think the last couple coaches they've had their Kyle Smith Todd golden Chris Gerlofsson that program is a
26:16 a
26:18 Gonzaga and St. Mary's have separated themselves even when BYU was in the league. It was those two teams
26:22 USF's clearly the third best program in the league and you know, they continue to do things, right?
26:29 And if they keep trending in this direction, you know, we're gonna see I would hope
26:35 Another year or a couple years where there's it's a three-bit league from the WCC
26:41 But you know back to the matchup they play Cincinnati in Cincinnati that game is going to be fun to watch
26:47 Simply for the fact that it's a big 12 versus WCC matchup
26:51 You know, I think the big thing is gonna be you know, the glass how can San Francisco rebound?
26:57 Can somebody other than Jonathan Mobo be effective on the on the glass?
27:02 for for USF to kind of really
27:05 Compete in that game. I think they got the skill to do it on the perimeter, you know with Marcus Williams
27:10 Malik Thomas and others but
27:13 That'll be that'll be interesting. The other side note that it's unique about that game is Gonzaga assistant
27:20 Or sorry former Gonzaga player USF assistant Kyle Bankhead
27:25 used to be an assistant coach at
27:28 UNC Greensboro or
27:31 West Miller West Miller is now the head coach at Cincinnati. So
27:36 Kyle Bankhead should have a little bit of insight as to you know
27:40 What West Miller likes to do for prep what he wants to do in in you know a game like this when maybe he knows?
27:48 personnel
27:49 So it's gonna be unique to watch that chess match
27:52 As I've mentioned a couple times Dan and Cole or just Dan
27:56 There's gonna be a lot of content coming at you
27:58 So we don't need to necessarily lay out every single game Dan though
28:02 Is there anything that we missed just in terms of the initial appetizers of getting the March Madness started?
28:07 It's best I'm here, you know, I'm a little under the weather right now, so I need to
28:14 Make sure I'm drinking my tea getting my rest
28:17 watching as much
28:21 Highlights full games as well as reading as many articles on other teams as well as what Cole's writing for us with guns agonization
28:29 To continue to prep so best time of year is here hard to believe that the first four begins
28:36 Tuesday night, which is tomorrow. We're recording this on Monday at about 945. So
28:41 Tournaments less than 36 hours away. Here we go. We it's delightful Dan
28:47 If you are still feeling it a little bit when you get your first Westwood one call for the tournament
28:51 Can you hit me up?
28:52 Can you hit a big call for a big three or something then hit me with a little shrug?
28:55 I know it's a radio broadcast, but I would still like to see a flu game out of the Dan Dick out broadcast career
29:00 Until then like we've said we keep I keep hammering it
29:03 There's tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of content coming your way because this is what this team
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29:21 So follow on all the socials subscribe everywhere smash all the share and like buttons that you can possibly Dan
29:28 Unless you have anything else we will say adios
29:31 I will let you just wave so you can save the voice and ruin this for the audio medium enjoyers, but talk to you guys soon