Ron Everhart joins Joe Starkey to react to the Sweet 16
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What are the hosts' thoughts on the NCAA tournament so far?
All right. Haven't touched on the NCAA tournament yet today. My bracket is in tatters, although is my national. Yes, my national championship game is still alive. It's St. John's against Michigan, I believe. My other two final four teams are dead. Houston and Arkansas. And I would imagine Ron Everhart feels the same way. Former Duquesne coach, longtime West Virginia assistant, many other spots. He'll be joining us in two minutes. Two minutes he'll join us. We're going to get to him. He was high on Arkansas, on Calipari, on Acuff, who did have 28, I believe. But, man, they just got hammered by Arizona. Sean Miller went down on a last-second tip-in. Great game. Illinois, better than I thought they were. Are they fun to watch, the way they play?
Houston is not fun to watch. They were one of my final four teams, as I mentioned, and they just can't score. Just a painful, painful outing for Houston. And then maybe the best game was Iowa-Nebraska. And I was, of course, watching these. What a day and night of sports it was, Nellie, huh? I mean, I had on my phone, I had my phone, my laptop, and the TV going last night. Watching the Penguins on the TV in two different basketball games. And that was after the Pirates debacle. And by the way, I disagreed with Joe Block. Who else was on the radio call yesterday?
Brownie did the first five innings, and then Block took over, and I believe it was Matt Capps the entire way through.
The Mets stole a base in the bottom of the eighth up 11-5, and Block mentioned unwritten rules, and Capps said he was surprised it happened. Listen, man, six runs seems like a lot. It wasn't like it was 17-1.
What did Ron Everhart observe in Arkansas's loss to Arizona?
And the Pirates wound up getting the Mets closer up in the ninth inning. You hit an early three-run homer there. In this case, it was a two-run double. You don't know what can happen in the ninth inning. My feeling is if you don't like it, stop them no matter what the score is, but especially in a slugfest that's already 11-5, go score two or three more if you're the Mets. Steal as many bases as you want, I think.
They did say that they were holding him on. Yeah. So, I mean, if you're holding him on, that means you think that he's going to steal. Therefore, if he steals, who cares? That's the point of the game. I agree.
Yeah, that's the point.
If you're not holding him on. I mean, it was also his Major League debut.
Oh, I don't care if the Pirates don't hold him on, then that's their fault. It's 11-5, which means a couple batters into the ninth in a game where already people are whacking the ball around. You could be in a situation where you have to get your closer up, which they did. If it's 17-1, I get it. Where is Ron Everhart right now? Oh, Nelly. I'm calling him right now. What a nice man he is. And then tonight, man, do we have some games tonight. And I think the most interesting of these for me is St. John's against Duke. I saw Dan Wetzel wrote today that Rick Pitino is the greatest basketball coach of all time. He might not be wrong. Someone will say, you ever hear of John Wooden? I'd say yes, but this guy has gone to different places and done it.
He was even pretty good in the NBA, but in college, he's just been an absolute wizard. No, no pun intended, but, No matter where he's gone. Then you have Nate Oates against Michigan. Then you have Hurley against Izzo. I mean, these are what a night of college basketball. I am going to be absolutely glued to my, well, not my television, Benzie's television. Tim Benz has invited me over tonight. We've never socialized in our whole lives. Certainly not gone to each other's houses, Nelly. I'm going to Tim Benz's house tonight. What do you make of that? He's usually never home. He's got 19 different jobs. And should I bring something? You should always bring something. What? Are you good at making buffalo chicken dip?
I'm not making anything. I'm buying something. I'm not going to make something to bring over. Do him and his wife drink wine? You should ask.
Always ask, should I bring anything?
He said, yes, I should bring something. But nothing specific?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the hosts' thoughts on the NCAA tournament so far?
0:00–1:58
2
What did Ron Everhart observe in Arkansas's loss to Arizona?
1:58–12:29
3
Why does Ron believe Rick Pitino is the greatest college basketball coach?
12:29–14:25
4
What are the implications of St. John's playing against Duke?
14:25–17:50
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