Predicting NCAAM West Region Game Outcomes and Upsets

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00:00But here is that last region with St. John's in it.

00:02That is the West, Florida, Norfolk State, Yukon, Oklahoma.

00:07So the two-time champs there against the Sooners

00:09in the first round.

00:10Memphis and Colorado State.

00:12Maryland will be taking on Grand Canyon.

00:15The Antelopes, my team, Missouri and Drake,

00:18Texas Tech, UNC Wilmington, Kansas, Arkansas.

00:20And there it is, St. John's and Omaha

00:23out of the summit there at the bottom.

00:25Look, here's one for you.

00:26Colorado State is a nightmare for Memphis.

00:30They're gonna be a problem for Memphis all day long.

00:33Believe me, you.

00:34And Colorado State's favored.

00:36And they're the 12th.

00:37They're favored by two and a half

00:38because they're better than Memphis.

00:40And then, you know, I gotta tell you,

00:43Maryland should beat Grand Canyon,

00:45but it might end up being a great game.

00:47The Lions 10 and a half, that's way too much as well.

00:50And Wilmington will cover 15 and a half against Texas Tech.

00:55They're legit.

00:57I mean, they can play, they can score, they can defend.

01:00And Texas Tech is great.

01:01If Texas Tech is so great,

01:04how come they didn't win their conference round?

01:06I mean, weren't they just lock, stock and barrel

01:09gonna win it all?

01:09No, that didn't happen either.

01:12St. John's is not losing to Omaha, okay?

01:15And then St. John's will beat Arkansas.

01:18And I think Kansas will probably beat Arkansas.

01:21Look, I was just gonna say that.

01:24I don't think that Arkansas is gonna beat Kansas.

01:26I know Kansas has had their problems this year.

01:29St. John's is gonna beat Kansas then.

01:31They won't even score against St. John's.

01:33I agree with that.

01:34But just looking at this Kansas-Arkansas game,

01:37I think Kansas is a much better team than Arkansas.

01:41I don't think Arkansas is gonna be able to deal

01:43with Kansas in that game.

01:45So I know everybody-

01:46I'll be honest, Mike.

01:47I'll be honest.

01:48There's only, you know,

01:49Florida is the only team that can beat St. John's.

01:55I look, I think that if we can get Florida

01:57versus St. John's in that regional final,

01:59I think that'd be a hell of a game.

02:00Hell of a game.

02:01The thing is, it's never gonna be all ones and twos

02:04in these regional finals.

02:05It's just never gonna be.

02:07It's just never gonna be.

02:07And I have a few reasons that I think can get silly.

02:11You know, I love that Grand Canyon team.

02:13I had them.

02:14I went crazy with them last year-

02:15Their girls' team's better than the boys' team.

02:18They were like 30, 31 and two this year

02:20or something like that.

02:21Their girls' team's unbelievable.

02:23But this team, with Drew as the coach,

02:25that's a bit-

02:26You've said it.

02:27Big number against Maryland.

02:28I'm gonna be on it.

02:30Maybe even a little bit more.

02:31Maybe we can get ourselves an upset in there as well.

02:34As far as the favorite for that,

02:35obviously Florida is the favorite.

02:39And then you have St. John's and Texas Tech.

02:41Texas Tech's actually higher on the board than St. John's.

02:44There's the disrespect for you right there.

02:46Texas Tech, they got higher on the board than the Johnnies

02:50to start things off here this week.

02:52I think Wilmington, they didn't-

02:54Something to the effect of,

02:56and I'll find out for tomorrow for sure,

02:57but something to the effect of,

02:59they've never lost once by double digits.

03:03Or no one's covered against them by double digits.

03:06They're laying 15 and a hundred against them.

03:08I mean, they're 15 and a hundred.

03:10Jump on it now, today, tonight.

03:13Wilmington is going to grind that game down.

03:16These CAA teams get into the tournament

03:18and they grind these big teams.

03:20That's a lot of points.

03:22Texas Tech will win, but that's gonna be,

03:25you know, I think 15 and a half-

03:26There's another guy they want to hire,

03:28Indiana, the Texas Tech coach

03:30who couldn't win his own conference

03:31or the conference tournament.

03:33They'd probably lose this game too.

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