Chapter 1: What is the significance of Tom Izzo's legacy at Michigan State?
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For you, out of all these teams in the Sweet 16, was there any team that, I don't want to say surprised you, but that you thought was, like, much better than you thought they were going into this? Well, I'll tell you one that surprised me was Texas because when we were down on our trip at Orlando, we had bet Texas against... In the playing game, right? No, no, no, no, no.
It was in the conference tournament. Yeah, it was... No, it wasn't BYU. BYU. No, it was their conference tournament.
Chapter 2: How has Rick Pitino transformed St. John's basketball program?
And we ended up taking Texas. It was against Ole Miss. It was Texas-Ole Miss. And they looked awful. Absolutely terrible. A couple of us ended up betting on Texas. And I was like, I can't take this team or take them seriously at all. And that was based on one performance in which I bet on and they lost.
But yeah, I'm surprised that they're in the Sweet 16 because I was really not impressed at all with them. Do you have one? You know, it's hard to say. Iowa State. Iowa State, all right. And then also, is the point guard at Tennessee? So you didn't know that Iowa State was as good as they are?
Chapter 3: What were the highlights from the St. John's buzzer-beater against Kansas?
I knew that they were highly seeded, but they just look... They just look so smooth, man. Yeah, I know a lot of the guys, Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg, they were all tongue-bathing Iowa State coming into this thing. So I guess it wasn't surprising to me just because of that. But yeah, I mean, I guess at this point, A lot of chalk except for Florida.
Florida is the one team that you just didn't have chalk with. They were doing all the Oliver Ryu stuff. Yeah, you know what's amazing also? You've got to remember, you've got Calipari at Arkansas. And then you've got Kentucky getting blown out and getting dismantled. And Arkansas has got Arizona. That would be interesting. Arizona, Michigan. Michigan is really good.
Chapter 4: What were the reactions from Rick Pitino and Dylan Darling after the game?
Saw a bunch of their games this year, just the Big Ten stuff, and Maryland couldn't even stay on the court with them. Yeah. So I saw this interview post-game with Tom Izzo, and I'm not sure. If you saw this, just let me know, and then we don't need to play the game. But a reporter asked him a question. And Tom Izzo responded with, that's the highest compliment you could ever give me.
And you just extended my career two to three years. What do you think that reporter in that question said for Tom Izzo, who's been around for a million years, has gotten all the compliments in the world, said that's the highest compliment you could ever give me. And you extended my career two to three years. The highest compliment. So they gave him a compliment about something.
Obviously, he continues to be in the Sweet 16. Is it something about the longevity of his success? He said that you could watch any Michigan State team from any era, and they all play the same. That's what he said.
Chapter 5: How did the Knicks perform against the Wizards?
Well, this is what Rick Pitino is trying to get done here at St. John's. Right, but I mean, Izzo, for all those years, of course, at the one place. You could put on a tape of Michigan State from 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 5 years ago, and they're all playing exactly the same. Well, that's his system, and he goes after certain personalities, and I think that's what Rick has tried to do here at St.
John's. Well, yeah. Try to get the certain personalities that are going to buy in to playing team basketball and being supportive of one another and playing defense. And that's the thing about playing against Tom Izzo all those years and just watching his teams just absolutely dismantle the teams that I would be rooting for at University of Maryland. I mean, he was an incredible coach.
Reminded me of the great Gary Williams, our great coach. Sure. Yep. The intensity is just insane.
Chapter 6: What role will Jameis Winston play in Netflix's MLB coverage?
You know, it's interesting because he said it's a lot harder to do to get the guys to buy in now than it used to be. And, of course, I can understand why because guys are here for a short amount of time, you know, this and that, with the transfer portal and the nil and whatever else. But when we talked to Rick Pitino before the season, he said he didn't see a big difference in –
players from 30 years ago to now because there's always been guys who buy in and guys who don't. And that's sort of a misnomer that it's tougher to get guys to get on the same page now or not. You just have to have the right guys. But didn't you also say that Rick Pitino, when he first got here, said these guys are not going to be here next year? He did.
Because he was trying to build... Because he got the wrong guys. Yeah, he was trying to build the right personalities and bring the guys together. And I think he certainly is... he's finally gotten it right. I mean, it's, and by the way, it hasn't been that long. He's only been here, what, three years? Yeah.
Chapter 7: What were the results of the Valspar Championship?
And he's already gotten them to this point. And I think most of us, I expect a win. I really do. Just because I think defense is just always the thing that you can always fall back on. And, you know, he's a master motivator. So there was this guy who works here. I don't know if he still works here, Luzan Brandes. Does Luzan Brandes still work here, Eddie? Does he not? No, I don't think so.
Was he trashing us somewhere? No, no, no. He did this thing where he called it Don Patino. I just want to see if Eddie was on the email. Oh, no, I haven't.
Chapter 8: What insights do the Boozer brothers bring to the basketball conversation?
Oh, you do have that? Yeah. So just play a little bit of it. Do you have it? I have it in my text. Oh, you have to get it in text? All right, I'll send it to you in an email. So it just shows you what he did was he basically put the Godfather quotes in there, Patino, in that last press conference of that first year where he's like, you can't play for me.
basically whacking that team and putting together a new team. So it's just to give you an idea of the guys that he had initially and the guys that he has now. And he knew right away. And that's, I guess, the great thing. And I emailed it to you, Eddie, so you don't have to pull through your text. But... That's the great thing. That's a positive thing about this nil error, the transfer portal.
If you've got the wrong guys, you can get rid of them a lot quicker too. And by the way, don't think that all these teams aren't scouring the – the lower-seeded teams for players that are going to be available through nil. All right, we'll play this whole thing.
It's long, but just a little bit of it so you can hear the quotes of where Rick was when he first took over at the end of that first season and getting rid of the guys that weren't his guys leading up to this team that's in the Sweet 16. Well, the one thing I want to be honest with, a lot of players probably won't be back on this team because they're probably not a good fit for me.
Today I settle all family business, so don't tell me you're innocent, Carl. With me, it's... I mean, I think my players love playing for me.
You're my friend.
Godfather. Even from Mark Jackson and Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley, I spoke with Oak last night, they love playing for me with the Knicks.
Bargini's dead. So is Philip Tattaglia. Mo Green. Stracci.
But it takes a certain type of basketball player to want to play for me. He's got to be a total over-the-top in love with the game of basketball. And if you're not, it's just a bad fit with me. Tom, can you get me off the hook? All right, that's enough there. That's great. It's perfect. But in that suit, the Italian, I'm whacking this team. All the stereotypes. All the stereotypes.
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