Justin Williams
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Ride the 11 seeds. You know, I think historically everyone has always wanted to pick the 12 in a 5-12 matchup, but recently it feels like the 11 seeds have had a lot of success. But whether you're picking an 11 seed or a 13 seed or a 12 seed, just make sure you pick a double-digit seed to make a sweet 16 run. It happens every year.
So on one side, the most hawkish side, you have folks like Peter Navarro and Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, who really believe that tariffs can propel manufacturing back to the United States and help sort of settle historic trade deficits between the two countries.
And then you've got Elon Musk over the side, and he's, while a close advisor of the president, also somebody who is a businessman and whose sort of immense wealth is tied up in the stock market.
I do think that Musk has been pretty straightforward about the fact that he does not believe in these tariffs. He does not think that they're a good idea. We have seen reporting that he brought that case to the president directly before they were announced.
So I think, you know, engaging in this public spat is both him sort of genuinely expressing his opinion, but also looking to rally support behind his cause.
While other countries are coming to the table, offering him new stuff, Beijing has sort of stood up and said, no, we're not playing that game. And in fact, we're going to hit you back with these tariffs.
I think it's unlikely that phone call is going to come. And then Trump's going to have to sort of make a decision. Is he going to push forward with this maximalist effort? Because it's going to have real impact on sort of consumer goods that Americans are buying back at home.
My friends, as you all know, I'm a fighter. Every bone in my body has always told me to fight because I care deeply about Canadians. I care deeply about this country. And I will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of Canadians.
I think the biggest name people have to know is Cooper Flagg. He's the star freshman for Duke that really has been in the consciousness of basketball fans for a few years, even as a high schooler. Probably going to be player of the year for college basketball this year. Probably going to be the number one overall pick in the next NBA draft.
But all signs point that he's going to be healthy and able to play. And if he is and if he plays to the capability that he's shown this year, Duke's definitely going to be in that conversation for a national championship.
But really, this Michigan State team kind of came out of nowhere, won the Big Ten in the regular season. And I think it'd be pretty fascinating if Michigan State could go on this run. I don't know that we're at the end of Tom Izzo's career, but we're certainly in kind of the winter, the later stages of his career.
And this might be the best chance he's had in a while to get another national championship for himself and also for the Big Ten.