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Predicting NCAAM West Region Game Outcomes and Upsets
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3/17/2025
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But here is that last region with St. John's in it.
00:02
That is the West, Florida, Norfolk State, Yukon, Oklahoma.
00:07
So the two-time champs there against the Sooners
00:09
in the first round.
00:10
Memphis and Colorado State.
00:12
Maryland will be taking on Grand Canyon.
00:15
The Antelopes, my team, Missouri and Drake,
00:18
Texas Tech, UNC Wilmington, Kansas, Arkansas.
00:20
And there it is, St. John's and Omaha
00:23
out of the summit there at the bottom.
00:25
Look, here's one for you.
00:26
Colorado State is a nightmare for Memphis.
00:30
They're gonna be a problem for Memphis all day long.
00:33
Believe me, you.
00:34
And Colorado State's favored.
00:36
And they're the 12th.
00:37
They're favored by two and a half
00:38
because they're better than Memphis.
00:40
And then, you know, I gotta tell you,
00:43
Maryland should beat Grand Canyon,
00:45
but it might end up being a great game.
00:47
The Lions 10 and a half, that's way too much as well.
00:50
And Wilmington will cover 15 and a half against Texas Tech.
00:55
They're legit.
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I mean, they can play, they can score, they can defend.
01:00
And Texas Tech is great.
01:01
If Texas Tech is so great,
01:04
how come they didn't win their conference round?
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I mean, weren't they just lock, stock and barrel
01:09
gonna win it all?
01:09
No, that didn't happen either.
01:12
St. John's is not losing to Omaha, okay?
01:15
And then St. John's will beat Arkansas.
01:18
And I think Kansas will probably beat Arkansas.
01:21
Look, I was just gonna say that.
01:24
I don't think that Arkansas is gonna beat Kansas.
01:26
I know Kansas has had their problems this year.
01:29
St. John's is gonna beat Kansas then.
01:31
They won't even score against St. John's.
01:33
I agree with that.
01:34
But just looking at this Kansas-Arkansas game,
01:37
I think Kansas is a much better team than Arkansas.
01:41
I don't think Arkansas is gonna be able to deal
01:43
with Kansas in that game.
01:45
So I know everybody-
01:46
I'll be honest, Mike.
01:47
I'll be honest.
01:48
There's only, you know,
01:49
Florida is the only team that can beat St. John's.
01:55
I look, I think that if we can get Florida
01:57
versus St. John's in that regional final,
01:59
I think that'd be a hell of a game.
02:00
Hell of a game.
02:01
The thing is, it's never gonna be all ones and twos
02:04
in these regional finals.
02:05
It's just never gonna be.
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It's just never gonna be.
02:07
And I have a few reasons that I think can get silly.
02:11
You know, I love that Grand Canyon team.
02:13
I had them.
02:14
I went crazy with them last year-
02:15
Their girls' team's better than the boys' team.
02:18
They were like 30, 31 and two this year
02:20
or something like that.
02:21
Their girls' team's unbelievable.
02:23
But this team, with Drew as the coach,
02:25
that's a bit-
02:26
You've said it.
02:27
Big number against Maryland.
02:28
I'm gonna be on it.
02:30
Maybe even a little bit more.
02:31
Maybe we can get ourselves an upset in there as well.
02:34
As far as the favorite for that,
02:35
obviously Florida is the favorite.
02:39
And then you have St. John's and Texas Tech.
02:41
Texas Tech's actually higher on the board than St. John's.
02:44
There's the disrespect for you right there.
02:46
Texas Tech, they got higher on the board than the Johnnies
02:50
to start things off here this week.
02:52
I think Wilmington, they didn't-
02:54
Something to the effect of,
02:56
and I'll find out for tomorrow for sure,
02:57
but something to the effect of,
02:59
they've never lost once by double digits.
03:03
Or no one's covered against them by double digits.
03:06
They're laying 15 and a hundred against them.
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I mean, they're 15 and a hundred.
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Jump on it now, today, tonight.
03:13
Wilmington is going to grind that game down.
03:16
These CAA teams get into the tournament
03:18
and they grind these big teams.
03:20
That's a lot of points.
03:22
Texas Tech will win, but that's gonna be,
03:25
you know, I think 15 and a half-
03:26
There's another guy they want to hire,
03:28
Indiana, the Texas Tech coach
03:30
who couldn't win his own conference
03:31
or the conference tournament.
03:33
They'd probably lose this game too.
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