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NCAA Tournament Preview: Key Games and Team Insights in Midwest
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3/19/2025
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Now, in the Midwest, you know, right now Houston is the biggest favorite of any team on the
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board in the NCAA tournament.
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I'm assuming Duke will be once, you know, they get the winner of whoever that 16 is,
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but they play SIU-Edwardsville to start off.
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Tennessee takes on Wofford, another team that is no stranger to close games and winning
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games in the NCAA tournament.
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Kentucky takes on Troy.
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And then Gonzaga against Georgia, which to me is a fascinating matchup because I could
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see Gonzaga putting up 80, and I could see them putting up 50 and losing.
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I don't know which one.
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Yeah, it is a fascinating matchup.
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Gonzaga had somewhat a disappointing team through the course of the year.
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Played a difficult schedule early, as they always do, so they can be positioned to be
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seated well in the tournament.
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And did not play great basketball.
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Did not play great basketball through January and some of February.
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They started to look like themselves later.
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And then they played St. Mary's in the conference tournament.
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That's when they really started to look like the team that they should be with the assembled
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talent that they have and the Hall of Fame level coach that they have.
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They should be the team that played St. Mary's in the West Coast conference final.
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If they are that team, not only is Georgia in trouble, but so is the number one seat.
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And that's what I'm fascinated to see because we have a string of, I think it's now nine
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consecutive tournaments in which Gonzaga has advanced to the Sweet 16.
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Nine in a row.
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Ten in a row is the record.
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So if they can get there this year, it's going to be the hardest probably they've ever had
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to do to get there.
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But if they can get there this year, they'll tie the record for the most consecutive trips
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to the Sweet 16.
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Pretty remarkable for a team from a school in the West Coast conference.
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