The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Jay Bilas Talks Final Four, Flagg Vs. Zion, Early NBA Draft Thoughts, and the Future of College Hoops
01 Apr 2025
Russillo is joined by Jay Bilas to preview the Final Four and share his thoughts on each team, break down what makes Cooper Flagg so good, and discuss the future of college sports (1:11). Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle (1:00:25)! How hot do you have to be to run shirtless? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Jay Bilas Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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on today's pod an hour-long college basketball discussion with the one and only jay billis we'll go through all the final four teams we'll talk through the flag we'll also talk a little draft but i think the back end of the conversation good 20 plus minutes on where we're at college hoops and the ncaa and the nil and the transfer portal and we've got life advice enjoy
He's the voice of college basketball for ESPN. It is J. Bill. Let's get ready for the Final Four. What's up, man? It's good to see you.
It is great to see you, Ryan, and quite a flex with the Pacific Ocean crashing on the beach right behind you. I'm very jealous.
I might be the only guy without a studio backdrop, and it's like, all right, I think this still works. Some people have accused me of CGI, and I'm in Farmington still. Just Ryan, everybody. Uh, let's just, you know, look, we've got four monster teams. We knew, uh, if you're into the Ken Palm stuff, I thought it was interesting.
I was reading like, Hey, these are four historic net rating one seed teams. And if you want to go chalk with your bracket, it might not be a bad idea. And it ends up being the right idea. So I just want to start with Duke because I think they've been the most impressive. We could talk roster and all this stuff. Um,
You know, whether it's Cooper, you know, sign James being the fourth option at times like I watched him going because I'm late to it. I get into the conference championship stuff, but I've been really, really excited about this tournament, even though we haven't had the buzzer beaters. But I think I just start here with impressive as they are. How do you attack this Duke team?
Well, you'd better be big and athletic and deep in order to handle them and skill. I think Florida is in a good position to be successful against Duke. Whether they win or not, we'll see. Uh, and Houston's got a chance because they are really tough and rugged and tempo control and they can shoot it. That's a big difference from last year's Houston team.
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