Jon Rothstein

Xavier is Xavier and get this UD arena is 47 miles away from the Cintas center where Xavier plays its home games. That's going to be obviously a Xavier home game and Texas has a lottery pick in Trey Johnson and it's Texas. Yeah. So I think, you know, the brands in this first four in terms of the marquee games are second to none. And I And I've said this, guys, time and time again.

Xavier is Xavier and get this UD arena is 47 miles away from the Cintas center where Xavier plays its home games. That's going to be obviously a Xavier home game and Texas has a lottery pick in Trey Johnson and it's Texas. Yeah. So I think, you know, the brands in this first four in terms of the marquee games are second to none. And I And I've said this, guys, time and time again.

Xavier is Xavier and get this UD arena is 47 miles away from the Cintas center where Xavier plays its home games. That's going to be obviously a Xavier home game and Texas has a lottery pick in Trey Johnson and it's Texas. Yeah. So I think, you know, the brands in this first four in terms of the marquee games are second to none. And I And I've said this, guys, time and time again.

The three of us haven't really schmoozed about this, but I want to put it out there right now. You guys know how I feel about NCAA tournament expansion. I've said for a long time that Jeff Goldblum said in The Lost World in 1997 that taking dinosaurs off this island was the worst idea in the history of long said history of bad ideas. Expanding the tournament will be worse than that.

The three of us haven't really schmoozed about this, but I want to put it out there right now. You guys know how I feel about NCAA tournament expansion. I've said for a long time that Jeff Goldblum said in The Lost World in 1997 that taking dinosaurs off this island was the worst idea in the history of long said history of bad ideas. Expanding the tournament will be worse than that.

The three of us haven't really schmoozed about this, but I want to put it out there right now. You guys know how I feel about NCAA tournament expansion. I've said for a long time that Jeff Goldblum said in The Lost World in 1997 that taking dinosaurs off this island was the worst idea in the history of long said history of bad ideas. Expanding the tournament will be worse than that.

But I do think this. I think if you're good enough to get an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament, you deserve to partake in the Thursday and Friday of the first week. I think if we made that shift and moved all AQs to Thursday, Friday, and then put the last eight at-large teams in the first four...

But I do think this. I think if you're good enough to get an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament, you deserve to partake in the Thursday and Friday of the first week. I think if we made that shift and moved all AQs to Thursday, Friday, and then put the last eight at-large teams in the first four...

But I do think this. I think if you're good enough to get an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament, you deserve to partake in the Thursday and Friday of the first week. I think if we made that shift and moved all AQs to Thursday, Friday, and then put the last eight at-large teams in the first four...

it would reward these programs again at the lower level and give them the NCAA tournament experience of Thursday, Friday, and also spruce up the way we start the tournament with maybe four bigger games instead of two.

it would reward these programs again at the lower level and give them the NCAA tournament experience of Thursday, Friday, and also spruce up the way we start the tournament with maybe four bigger games instead of two.

it would reward these programs again at the lower level and give them the NCAA tournament experience of Thursday, Friday, and also spruce up the way we start the tournament with maybe four bigger games instead of two.

It's very possible that we could have flip-flopped Iowa State and Wisconsin if that information was made privy to the committee before the selection went out. I remember it was 25 years ago now. Cincinnati had the best team in the country with Kenyon Martin in 2000. And Kenyon Martin broke his leg in the Conference USA tournament that year.

It's very possible that we could have flip-flopped Iowa State and Wisconsin if that information was made privy to the committee before the selection went out. I remember it was 25 years ago now. Cincinnati had the best team in the country with Kenyon Martin in 2000. And Kenyon Martin broke his leg in the Conference USA tournament that year.

It's very possible that we could have flip-flopped Iowa State and Wisconsin if that information was made privy to the committee before the selection went out. I remember it was 25 years ago now. Cincinnati had the best team in the country with Kenyon Martin in 2000. And Kenyon Martin broke his leg in the Conference USA tournament that year.

And Cincinnati, which had been dominant all year long, number one team consensus in the country, was dropped to the two line. And it was ridiculous. And Bob Huggins said it at the time. But they were evaluating Cincinnati without Kenyon Martin, who wound up being the number one player in the NBA draft. So I totally agree with you on that, Kat.

And Cincinnati, which had been dominant all year long, number one team consensus in the country, was dropped to the two line. And it was ridiculous. And Bob Huggins said it at the time. But they were evaluating Cincinnati without Kenyon Martin, who wound up being the number one player in the NBA draft. So I totally agree with you on that, Kat.

And Cincinnati, which had been dominant all year long, number one team consensus in the country, was dropped to the two line. And it was ridiculous. And Bob Huggins said it at the time. But they were evaluating Cincinnati without Kenyon Martin, who wound up being the number one player in the NBA draft. So I totally agree with you on that, Kat.

All right, guys, well, let's start right now on the top left of your bracket, which is the region of depth, the South region. Now, why is it the region of depth? I'm looking right now at these teams at the top, Auburn, Michigan State, Texas A&M, really deep rotations on all of these teams. All of these teams can really go into their bench. That's why I like it to be the region of depth.

All right, guys, well, let's start right now on the top left of your bracket, which is the region of depth, the South region. Now, why is it the region of depth? I'm looking right now at these teams at the top, Auburn, Michigan State, Texas A&M, really deep rotations on all of these teams. All of these teams can really go into their bench. That's why I like it to be the region of depth.