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00:00Now, in the Midwest, you know, right now Houston is the biggest favorite of any team on the
00:04board in the NCAA tournament.
00:06I'm assuming Duke will be once, you know, they get the winner of whoever that 16 is,
00:10but they play SIU-Edwardsville to start off.
00:14Tennessee takes on Wofford, another team that is no stranger to close games and winning
00:18games in the NCAA tournament.
00:20Kentucky takes on Troy.
00:23And then Gonzaga against Georgia, which to me is a fascinating matchup because I could
00:28see Gonzaga putting up 80, and I could see them putting up 50 and losing.
00:31I don't know which one.
00:32Yeah, it is a fascinating matchup.
00:36Gonzaga had somewhat a disappointing team through the course of the year.
00:41Played a difficult schedule early, as they always do, so they can be positioned to be
00:44seated well in the tournament.
00:46And did not play great basketball.
00:48Did not play great basketball through January and some of February.
00:52They started to look like themselves later.
00:54And then they played St. Mary's in the conference tournament.
00:57That's when they really started to look like the team that they should be with the assembled
01:02talent that they have and the Hall of Fame level coach that they have.
01:05They should be the team that played St. Mary's in the West Coast conference final.
01:10If they are that team, not only is Georgia in trouble, but so is the number one seat.
01:16And that's what I'm fascinated to see because we have a string of, I think it's now nine
01:23consecutive tournaments in which Gonzaga has advanced to the Sweet 16.
01:28Nine in a row.
01:29Ten in a row is the record.
01:30So if they can get there this year, it's going to be the hardest probably they've ever had
01:33to do to get there.
01:34But if they can get there this year, they'll tie the record for the most consecutive trips
01:38to the Sweet 16.
01:40Pretty remarkable for a team from a school in the West Coast conference.