Hour 2 – Geno’s Apology Rings Hollow, Ray Allen

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Hour 2 – Geno’s Apology Rings Hollow, Ray Allen

Date: April 6, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Host: Dan Patrick & "The Danettes" (Fritzi, Seaton, Marvin, Paulie)
Guest: Ray Allen, Hall of Famer, UConn alum

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Main Theme

Hour 2 centers on:

• Reactions and analysis surrounding the NCAA men's basketball title game (Michigan vs. UConn),
• Gino Auriemma’s apology after UConn women’s basketball lost to South Carolina,
• Ray Allen sharing insights on UConn, his own NCAA/NBA experience, and sports culture,
• Lively banter among the Danettes about tournament structures, memorable sports moments, and more.

The tone is classic Dan Patrick: sharp, witty, and conversational, mixing expert sports analysis with humor and topical debates.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NCAA Championship Preview & Fan Reactions

[02:48–10:51]

• Polling the room: Most Danettes are either rooting for UConn or Michigan; Todd chooses Michigan “just to mix things up.”
• WHY the NCAA moved the championship game start time to 8:50 pm ET:
  • Suits Eastern/Central teams, avoids running late on a school night, links better with local programming.
  • “You want to kind of time it out… the viewership of staying up that late on a school night.” (Dan, 03:43)
• Game analysis:
  • UConn is a 6.5 point underdog.
  • Dan breaks down over/under totals and team vulnerabilities with “if it’s a 63 possession game... Michigan is vulnerable.” (04:26)
  • Brief mention of UCLA’s and Auburn’s recent success in other tournaments.
• NIT vs. NCAA Tournament debate:
  • The crew debates whether it’s better to win the NIT or just a play-in game in the main NCAA tournament.
  • “No one’s really thinking about the NIT. You want to see your name on the brackets.” (Todd, 06:27)

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2. Tournament Expansion and Business of College Sports

[09:47–10:51]

• Poll question: Should the NCAA tournament expand further?
• Most agree expansion is inevitable, and “it’s all about money.”
• “They’re just going to extend that opening round … nobody’s going to complain about that.” (Dan, 10:12)
• Refers to 2011’s First Four as a way NCAA added teams without changing the main draw structure.

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3. Listener Calls: Best & Worst of the Weekend

[11:13–17:22]

• Buddha in San Francisco: Best—Michigan’s win over Arizona; Worst—the struggling Lakers and Bronny James' awkward performance.
• Chris in Syracuse: Notes Michigan could break a 26-year Big Ten title drought, marvels at Kirk Cousins' NFL earnings.
• Ryan in Detroit:
  • Worst is Geno Auriemma situation.
  • Best is Ian Eagle’s memorable rap.
  • Suggests a poll: Best Bill Rafferty catchphrase, “Onions!” gets Dan’s vote (14:58).
• Fun segue:
  • Humorous discussion about delivery robots getting lost in hotels and streets, with Todd debating if he should rescue one.
• Matt from Riverside: Best—Manchester City’s FA Cup win; Worst—Arizona’s basketball stadium making for tough fan experience.

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4. Broadcast & Tournament Media Coverage

[12:25–13:21, 07:36]

• TBS/Turner has alternating years on NCAA broadcast due to media rights; future coverage may change with Paramount-owned merger.

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5. Interview: Ray Allen, UConn Icon

[23:01–36:59]

Championship Game Analysis

• Nerves and UConn's approach:
  • "My nervousness existed when we played Michigan State... it's really always been about how UConn plays for me..." (Ray, 23:01)
• Game tempo:
  • Dan: "Michigan wants this game in the 80s, Connecticut probably needs it in the 60s. How does Connecticut do that?" (23:42)
  • Ray: “We have to be able to kind of engage in that fast break up tempo game with Michigan. In the same token, beat them at their own game.” (24:51)
• Can UConn run with Michigan?
  • "We don't have to be a better team... we just have to be better than them tonight." (Ray, 25:14)
  • Cites offensive movement and importance of scoring opportunities on the break.

Alumni Game Hypothetical

• Dan proposes an alumni pregame between Michigan & UConn.
• Ray: “Right now we’ll get them… you got a Mecca Okafor, Shabazz Napier… you’re talking about guys that could still play potentially in the NBA right now.” (26:42)

The One-and-Done Era

• Dan wonders if Ray would have left early in today's NBA.
  • Ray: “There’s so much instability... that’s why when Caravan came back I was excited. You got to recruit your own team back.” (27:57)
  • Emphasizes importance of coaching relationships, transfer portal impacts, and personal readiness.

On Danny Hurley & Coaching Styles

• “He rides hard for his players. He stays on them. He coaches you hard… If you hold yourself accountable and work as hard as you can, you have nothing to worry about.” (Ray, 29:56)
• Contrasts Hurley’s old-school toughness with today’s athlete/parent reactions.

Ray Allen’s Social Media “Tight T-Shirt” Moment

• Dan jokes about Ray’s tight t-shirt getting internet attention.
  • Ray: “That’s just my muscles… If somebody else deems them tight, that’s those people’s insecurities.” (31:16)
  • “I don’t wear tight T-shirts. I just wear shirts that I know that I like feeling comfortable in.” (31:39)
• Dan: “I think it’s time to get rid of the tight T-shirts.”
  • Ray, laughing, claps back at Dan’s oversized hoodie.

On Guarding Allen Iverson & John Stockton

• “There was really no difference… Thompson let Iverson play his game… It was hard at both levels to stop him.” (32:41)
• On Stockton: “He did the simple things over and over. He’d grab your jersey or fall if you tried to run him over. He played the game smartly.” (34:15)

Prediction & UConn Brotherhood

• On tonight: “If we have a good start… it’s going to be a close game and a tough night for Michigan.” (35:36)
• Does he storm the court if UConn wins? “I try my best to stay out of the way… but to be on that floor, it speaks to the legacy of the program.” (36:23)

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6. Post-Interview & Panel Highlights

[37:10–50:47]

• Dan calls himself “the notorious GDP” after Ray’s nickname suggestion (“Great Dan Patrick”).
• Paulie: “If you’re 50 and look like that, you wear tight shirts.” (37:18)
• Rapid-fire “Best and worst of the weekend” from all Danettes:
  • Fritzi: Praises Joe Adele’s defensive gem, chides Arizona’s Final Four performance (43:38).
  • Seaton: Marvels at Michigan’s dominance, knocks analysts predicting a closer game (44:04).
  • Marvin: Applauds the Fab Five’s alt-cast, laments Bulls/Donovan failures (44:49).
  • Paulie: Celebrates UCLA’s “senior-laden” team and Steph Curry’s return (46:01).
• Short debate on Billy Donovan’s Hall of Fame status and criteria for coaches/players induction.
• Lively riff on Bill Simmons vs. podcasters over LeBron vs. Steph debates (46:18).
• Humorous brainstorming for Las Vegas NBA team names; “Vegas Lights” stands out, but is already used by a soccer club; Danettes joke about “Spheres” being too hard to pronounce.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Ray Allen on social media criticism:
  • “That’s just my muscles… If somebody else deems them tight, that’s those people’s insecurities.” (31:16)
• On Bill Rafferty phrases:
  • “I like onions. Onions, yes. I always like that.” (Dan, 14:58)
• On tournament expansion:
  • “They almost stumbled into something. They were able to expand the tournament without changing the tournament.” (Paulie, 10:51)
• On guarding Stockton:
  • “He set the hardest screens… he’d grab your jersey and hold you… but he played the game smartly.” (Ray, 34:15)
• On former players returning to celebrate:
  • “To be on that floor, it speaks to the legacy of the program… to show the future generation…” (Ray, 36:23)
• Dan to Ray:
  • “Will you run out on the floor if UConn wins?”
  • Ray: “I walk. I think in those moments I try my best to stay out of the way…” (36:16)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment/Event | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------| | 02:48 | Show proper begins, NCAA preview banter | | 03:43 | Reasoning for earlier NCAA championship start time | | 04:26 | Dan’s game breakdown: UConn as underdog | | 09:47 | Poll: NCAA tournament expansion | | 11:13 | Audience call-ins: Best & worst of weekend | | 23:01 | Ray Allen joins the show | | 23:42 | Game tempo analysis w/ Ray | | 26:42 | Alumni game hypothetical w/ Ray | | 29:56 | Ray on Danny Hurley’s coaching style | | 31:16 | The “tight t-shirt” social media riff | | 34:15 | Ray on defending Stockton’s “dirty” reputation | | 35:36 | Ray’s UConn title game prediction | | 36:23 | Ray on UConn basketball brotherhood | | 37:10 | Notorious GDP; post-interview panel banter | | 43:38 | Danettes’ best & worst of the weekend | | 46:18 | Bill Simmons/Steph vs. LeBron segment | | 49:09 | Vegas team naming debate |

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Summary

Hour 2 of The Dan Patrick Show covers all the championship game buzz from fan and analyst perspectives, dives deep with NBA and UConn legend Ray Allen, and delivers classic Dan Patrick Show chemistry—witty, irreverent, but deeply informed. Ray Allen’s interview is a highlight, touching on today’s NCAA landscape, old-school coaching, and ‘brotherhood’ in college sports, while the show never strays far from its commitment to mixing serious analysis with memorable, laid-back humor.

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[Dan Patrick]

Gangs all here. Best and worst of the weekend. What you saw that you liked, you didn't like. Yukon grad Ray Allen will join us coming up in a little bit. I think he got roughed up on social media because his T shirt was too tight that he was wearing. Ray's in great shape. I don't know if anybody could be real critical of Ray Allen with the tight T shirt. The minister of humor, Fritzi is here. Seaton, Marv, Paulie Seton and Marv Yukon fans pulling for Yukon tonight. Todd, you're pulling for.

[Todd]

I'm pulling for Michigan only. Just to mix things up a little bit. Not that Michigan hasn't had a share of winning in their storied franchise.

[Dan Patrick]

Holly, what about you?

[Paulie]

Yukon?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that was the poll question from our 1. Who you rooting for? Satan. Would you update the results from hour one?

[Seaton]

Yeah, Dan, right now. Dan nation, as it were. About 56% rooting for Michigan.

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty close. Okay, yeah, I'm fine with that. Yeah, I did wonder when did we go from 9:20 Eastern to 8:50? I was told 8:50 was started last year. So then I checked with my college basketball source. I said why? He says teams involved in the game are typically, typically eastern and central time zones. Thus it's made sense to move the championship game earlier. Also, the games were running long. You want to kind of time it out getting into local programming as well and the viewership of staying up that late on a school night. But the national title game, UConn is a six and a half point underdog. Now I was curious about the over under because as I mentioned, if it's a 63 possession game, if that's the total under or it's under that Michigan is vulnerable. That's proven this year. 63, 62 possessions total. Michigan is vulnerable. The over under for Tonight's game from DraftKings is 144 and a half. If you can keep it in the 60s, Connecticut will win. I think if it gets into mid to upper 70s or low 80s, it feels like this is Michigan's game. 8773-DP-SHoVE email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @dpshow Congratulations. That was an oh, by the way, national championship for ucla. Only because the spotlight was on Connecticut and South Carolina in particular, the two coaches. But hey, ucla, that was no fluke. They dominated. Dominated South Carolina and it certainly felt like South Carolina was playing its national title game against Connecticut. Auburn won the nit. How about a round of applause for Auburn?

[Paulie]

Tulsa had him though.

[Dan Patrick]

Would you rather win the NIT or a play in or first round game in March Madness? So you make the tournament and you play on like a Tuesday or Wednesday night. You win that game, but then you lose your next game. Seaton.

[Seaton]

Well, I was actually wondering where the crown is and all of that. There's another tournament called the Crown Tournament, isn't there? Yeah, now there's a third tier tournament or is that the second tier and NIT has moved down now.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, then there used to be a cbi.

[Paulie]

Yeah, they took the year off.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, they did? Yeah. Okay.

[Paulie]

We'll be okay though.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, so you can win the NIT or you could win your first round play in game. Yes, Tom, I think I want to

[Todd]

be in the regular tournament. No one's really thinking about the nit. You want to see your name on the brackets. Even if it's an early exit. I'm in the dance, you know, as opposed to any other fake one.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, the money aspect of that, I don't know what you get to for winning the nit.

[Seaton]

The NIT was the original tournament.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it was. That used to be the big one. Yeah, but you're winning. You're getting a couple million dollars for that first win in March Madness. I don't know what you get for the NIT except for a round of applause of the Dan Patrick Show. Yes, Marvin, I do like the fact

[Marvin]

that they play the NIT final at was the Hoosiers field House. I can't think of the name of it.

[Dan Patrick]

Ankle Hanko.

[Marvin]

Love that part. But as far as the nit, now you can have it.

[Dan Patrick]

Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, that's our streaming partner of the NBC Sports Network or listening on our radio affiliates around the country. By the way, I got college basketball title odds for next year. The team that is favored to win it all next year, college basketball. Marvin Duke. Yes. Why'd you take all the suspense out?

[Marvin]

Just the way they run things, they're going to reload.

[Dan Patrick]

Florida is second, followed by Arizona, Michigan State, Michigan, Kansas, Illinois, Houston, Arkansas and Connecticut. I'm sure Dan Hurley loves that. It's like, okay, see, you know, play for national championship tonight. And I talked to Iron Eagle, be on the call tonight for tbs. See, I thought, for some reason I'm thinking cbs. Yeah, but it's tbs. But it's been that way for a little while. Just in my mind, I keep thinking it's cbs. Wouldn't you get a bigger number on CBS than tbs? It's like you, you have a game on ESPN or you have a game on abc. College football. But I don't know. I'm sure my college basketball source will text me on that. We did invite Gino Orem on Don Staley just to see if they wanted to talk about this. Gino did issue a statement and apologizing. I wish that he would have mentioned Dawn Staley's name because he didn't. And that's a glaring omission. Whoever is helping him write this, curate this, you got to put in Don Staley in there. You do, just PR wise. But he didn't. You know, I apologized basically to South Carolina, the staff, the players. But that was, that was a bad moment. Bad moment. And that's where you're winning 54 consecutive games, and all of a sudden you realize you're not better than South Carolina that night. And I think that's where what he said and how he said it was out of frustration, maybe desperation. You were not going to beat South Carolina because that was a great, great team effort. And then all of a sudden, people forgot about ucla. Well, if you beat Connecticut, you're going to beat ucla. And Lauren Betts, that team, that's a veteran team and they played really well. They dominated. All right, poll question for hour two is going to be what seat? No counter.

[Seaton]

We got two up there right now for hour two. Hold, please. Tonight's game. Michigan rolls. Michigan wins a tight one. Yukon rolls. UConn wins a tight one. That's from Todd. Here's another one from Todd, too. Expanding the NCAA tournament further beyond 68 teams is greedy and unnecessary. Fantastic. More teams or it doesn't matter. I'm watching.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, they got us. I mean, who cares if they add eight more teams? It doesn't matter. It's Tuesday and Wednesday. This is what we've talked about all year long. They're going to do it. They're just going to extend that opening round and you're going to have, you know, four more games. Nobody's going to complain about that. And then you're going to get your bracket and you're going to be fine because you don't fill out your bracket with the other teams and you got 64 and you're ready to go. You know, is it. Is it greed? You could say all the college, you know, football and basketball is greed. Certainly football. And yes, it's all about money.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, it was 2011 when the NCAA tournament expanded with the First Four, and there's a lot of blowback, but they almost stumbled into something. They're able to expand the tournament without changing the tournament. Yeah, they still have 64. Your bracket still looks the same. There's still 1 versus 16, and they found like a loophole to add teams without changing it.

[Dan Patrick]

Let's get a couple of phone calls in here. Buddha in San Francisco. Good morning, Buddha. Best and worst of the weekend

[Caller]

still in France. Dp Speaking of chain smokers, Happy Monday, boys. I got a couple of bars for you. DP I heard you now. Or 1. I'm going. Going back to. Back to Cali. Cali. Last day here. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm Gonna miss these 3pm Call Insan. I'm not gonna lie. It's been nice. But I digress. Best of the weekend, and I hesitate to bring this up, but Michigan putting the smackdown on Arizona in a fantastic fashion. I mean, I feel like Arizona, Gonzaga are like the serial bracket busters, like the Chargers of the college basketball world. And I Hope, I hope UConn took notice, Marvin. That's all I got to say. And worst of the weekend, Dan, my banged up Lakers as a whole. And I mean, to bring this up, I mean, did you watch Bronnie this weekend run the point? This, I mean, it was. It was wild. He looked about as comfortable as, you know, Fritzi getting out of the sausage costume in Milwaukee. Like, I mean, he was getting mugged up the court. I mean, it leaves me really questioning why Mac McClung doesn't have it. He doesn't have one spot on an NBA bench anywhere.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Buddha. Safe travels back. Yeah, I'm watching. I mean, the Lakers are cooked. You know, you got Reeves who's out for the rest of the regular season with an oblique. Got Luca going to Europe for some kind of treatment. Probably also to see his children with his estranged girlfriend or fiance. Who knows when he's coming back. Let's see. I've been informed that TBS gets the Final four every other year. Turner paid the majority of the money in the media agreement. The original agreement with Turner and CBS was done. Now that Paramount is likely to own Warner Brothers Turner, it'll be interesting to see if they move it to CBS for the balance of the agreement. Forgot all about that, that, that big merger that they had. Chris in Syracuse. Good morning, Chris. What's on your mind?

[Chris]

Hey, thanks, Dan. I got a best. A comment, a possible Vegas name. My best. Michigan playing for a national title tonight. And I know if Michigan wins tonight, it'll be the first time in 26 years since a Big Ten school won a men's national title in basketball.

[Caller]

It's.

[Chris]

And I wonder if ever the Big Ten won national titles in both men's and women's in the same year. And hard to believe if you're playing the career salary game in the NFL. The answer to who is number two is Kirk Cousins. Unreal. If that's true, he may not be the best quarterback of all time, but he's arguably the best businessman of all time. And Dan, I have a Las Vegas name to throw in the hopper and hard to believe Dan, but I'll shock it. It's from one of my favorite movies, the Las Vegas Rounders.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, well, Matt Damon. Have him show up. That'd be nice. Ed Norton. Get them. Ryan in Detroit. Hi, Ryan. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, thanks for calling me back, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Caller]

I. I got a best and a worst and then a poll question suggestion. Worst is Gino Auriemma. That was bad. My best, I'm actually squeezing this into the weekend, is Ian Eagle's rap about the robo delivery. That was incredible. And then my poll question is, which Bill Rafferty slogan is the best? Is it onions with a kiss or lingerie on the deck?

[Dan Patrick]

I like onions. Onions, yes. I always like that. I saw one of those robots when we were in San Francisco in our hotel. And at night they were plugged in late at night. Well, actually early morning because we were getting up really early to do the show for the Super Bowl. I'm sorry, the big game. And they were plugged in. Into a, like together in a wall outlet. And I saw one of them come up. So I'm on the elevator and I'm on with one of those little robots. And I realized that there are two floors and I know that he. He doesn't get out or she doesn't get out when she's supposed to or it's supposed to.

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Do I have to have pronouns for the robot there?

[Paulie]

Look underneath.

[Dan Patrick]

Like it. I could. I didn't know the robot that much that well. It. And I realized that it didn't get off the floor and it got off late. And it banged into the door and like, I felt bad for the robot, but I'm like, dude, you better get out of here. I don't know if he can hear or, you know, they can hear me. And it banged into the door and I thought, oh. So I was going up to my floor and then the robot was still on. I don't know what happened on the way back down. Yeah, Todd.

[Todd]

I saw one in L. A crossing the street and it got stuck in a puddle and it was just kind of going in circles. So I didn't know if I should, like, get involved somehow and just kind of move it on its way and help it cross the street as these people wait for their food to maybe never get delivered.

[Dan Patrick]

Easy, three piece. Get your hands off me. Todd. Creep. Matt. Riverside. Then we'll take a break. Ray Allen said to join us. Hi, Matt.

[Caller]

Hey, how's it going? Happy Monday to you and the boys. Got a best and worst. Best is seeing Manchester City kind of kick Liverpool out of the FA Cup. 4 nil. And then also see Arsenal crash out. Worst of the weekend, Arizona. My Wildcats look like zombies on Saturday. But I'm going to go ahead and blame the basketball court and also playing in the stadium. Can we just get away from that? And also the winter classic. Being in baseball stadium kind of takes the lore of fans being close up to the court.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but it's not going away with these big, big stadiums.

[Caller]

They.

[Dan Patrick]

They want that revenue. But thank you, Matt. Thank you. Yeah, they want 72, 000 in there. Yes. Marvin.

[Marvin]

I was looking up the prices for bad seats in a stadium. 400. $500.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

For section 600.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paul, it's like as a fan of one of those two teams, you just want to say you were there and you'll eat the bad game experience.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. Best and worst of the weekend. Ray Allen, Connecticut fan alum. He was there yesterday over the weekend. So we'll talk to Ray and we'll give you our best and worst of the weekend coming up right after this.

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Data on eligible plans. Find exclusions and details@t mobile.com latest proposed tournament structure which appears likely to be the final plan is 76 teams from what I'm told and will be announced later this month and in effect for the men's and women's tournaments coming up next year. By the way, Yukon has now covered 17 of its last 18 tournament games and goes into tonight's game as a six and a half point underdog. Former Yukon great Hall of Famer Ray Allen joining us from Indianapolis. How nervous are you?

[Ray Allen]

I, I, my nervousness existed when we played Michigan State because you're playing the izzo squad that always comes prepared. So back then I was nervous, I, I guess because Duke was if not the best team in the country. I started that game thinking, you know, we play our best and we have a chance. And so I wasn't nervous then. And it's those, those games that get through, slip through the cracks. Like we lost to Creighton in Marquette during the year and I was like, okay, we, we dropped a bomb there in those two games. So it's really always been about how UConn plays for me and if they come playing a full cylinder, it's hard for anybody to beat them.

[Dan Patrick]

But also I mentioned Michigan wants this game in the 80s. Connecticut probably needs this game to be in the 60s. How does Connecticut do that?

[Ray Allen]

Well, it's interesting because there's a, there's a, if you watch Michigan, they get the ball out of the net and they run. That has typically been historically how UConn has always played. We've been an up tempo, fast break type of team. If you watch the game against Illinois, whenever we, we have those scoring droughts, the three ball's not falling and say Terrence Reed isn't really scoring. But what you also notice is when we do get stopped because defensively we've, we've been solid. We never push the ball up the floor. We're playing against a five man set defense every single time and it makes it more difficult. Especially when at this time of year, in a tournament when you got really good defensive teams, they're going to take what Terrence Reed is doing away from us. They're going to trail Caravan and make sure they get a hand in his face. So we, in a, in a sense we have to be able to kind of engage in that fast break up tempo game with Michigan. In the same token, beat them at their own game.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. Because I remember Indiana did that against the UNLV when Steve Alford was playing and everybody said, oh, Indiana can't run with UNLV. But Indiana ran with UNLV, ended up winning the title.

[Ray Allen]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Does UConn have the talent to run this and play a game in the 80s, go toe to toe that way with Michigan?

[Ray Allen]

Yeah. And remember we, we don't have to be a better team than Michigan. We just have to be better than them tonight. So it's, it's really about kind of meeting them toe for toe. So when they get the ball in the net and they run, don't then slow the game down and then come up and set up a set. Because I do think we have such an interesting offensive movement where the ball is, you figured the way it's transferring from one side to the next side to the next side and you know, you can make the case that you know so much movement that you know you're. How many guys can shoot in, in that quick of a motion at from three point line to be so consistent. So to be able to get that scoring opportunity in transition off a rebound, that's some of the best times to get three pointers. You know, on transition where somebody drives it to the hole and then kicks it out to a standstill Shooter.

[Dan Patrick]

If I said there was an alumni game prior to the national title game,

[Ray Allen]

I know where this is going.

[Dan Patrick]

So I got Michigan versus UConn, all the alum who are at the game tonight. So I got fab fives there. Who wins an alumni game.

[Ray Allen]

Are we talking about just the guys that are somewhat in attendance? Are we talking about, historically, some of the best we produce?

[Dan Patrick]

Just those who are there.

[Ray Allen]

Oh, now we're talking about each player in their prime.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, right now.

[Ray Allen]

Oh, right now. Right now we'll get them because, well, I mean, you, you have to say, you know, all the five. Five are older than me. So. So now I would, I would be a sacrificial lamb because, you know, we'll negate ourselves because we're older, we're in our 50s. But then you, you got a Mecca Okafor there, you got Shabazz Napier there, you got Ryan Boat right there, you got Kimba Walker there. So you're talking about guys that could still play potentially really in the NBA right now.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, what do you see now? Let me take you back to. You stayed three years at Connecticut.

[Ray Allen]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. But given today's NBA, you probably would leave after a year. Like Braylon Mullins. To me, I don't know if he stays because he'll be projected to be a first round pick in today's NBA. You know, you got these guys who want to get into that second contract and like, you know, Reed shepherd with Houston, he wasn't ready, but then they give you a couple of years to develop. So do you see that kind of as the scenario with Mullins, that you're one and done, even though you may not be ready for the NBA?

[Ray Allen]

Yeah, because college, there's so much instability on that team the next year. That's why when Caravan came back, I was excited for him. And you know, one would say, I don't know where his draft stock is, but the fact that he's playing in another national championship, you know, good on him. And congratulations because he's one of now the winner, winningest players all time in college. I don't know where he ranks, but he's up there with, with some of the best. So it's hard to make that discernment from who is actually going to be on your team next year, because the transfer portal opens up, I think, tomorrow. So what's going to be available? Who's going to lead teams? And so now Braylon has to make that decision based on what his squad may look like next year. And obviously we always say now with these head coaches, you got to recruit your own team back, you know, figure out what you're going to be building for next year. So Braylon definitely has to take that into consideration.

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[Ray Allen]

Personally, I think that, you know, after my sophomore year was, you know, I'd scored 36 in tournament against UCLA, the eventual national championship in 96 or 95, and everybody there was blurbs of me leaving, and it was a different time then, and I was like, no, I need to come back to really kind of poke my chest out a little bit and kind of prove that, you know, I'm one of the better, if not the best, player in college, which I was able to do. So after my junior year, there was no way I was making it to my senior year. So I think Braylon, depending on the circle that's around him and his ability to kind of think through this process and bet on himself, it does depend on that tremendously. It does depend on the family life. It depends on his relationship with Coach Hurley, how strong that is, and, you know, his ability to come back and say, hey, I think I can be even better player and get drafted top five, if not number one, next year.

[Dan Patrick]

Talking to Ray Allen, hall of Famer, UConn alum, played three seasons for the Huskies. How would you have done with Danny Hurley's style of coaching?

[Ray Allen]

I love his style of coaching. He's similar to Calhoun. You know, he. He rides hard for his players. He stays on them. He coaches you hard. We're in an era of basketball that I've seen, you know, I coached in high school. If you say anything negative to the players and the kids assume that you don't like them.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Ray Allen]

And then the parents are sending you emails, and they're having conversations with the athletic director and trying to find a way to, you know, put their thumb on you. And, you know, with Hurley, coaches come to him and the parents say, and I heard this with Braylon's dad. I needed somebody to coach Braylon hard because he's going to get the best out of him. And guys that want that, they come to UConn. I wanted it, you know, Calhoun. I saw Calhoun the first couple of practices and his coaching staff, and I saw how hard he went and how ferocious he was as a coach in practice. And I said, remind me not to do that thing that that player did, you know, and it's very easy to pay attention. If you hold yourself accountable and you just work as hard as you can, you have nothing to worry about.

[Dan Patrick]

Help me understand the T shirt that you got roughed up on social media for.

[Ray Allen]

The T shirt.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Ray Allen]

What T shirt?

[Dan Patrick]

They said that you're wearing a tight T shirt.

[Ray Allen]

Me?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Ray Allen]

Oh, that's just my muscles. My muscles, you know? You know, I'm, I'm putting on packing on the, the, the muscles I've been lifting. So if somebody had something to say about my T shirt, they were just, wow.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, what are you, 50?

[Ray Allen]

I'm 50. Yeah. I'm 50.

[Dan Patrick]

And I think it's time to get rid of the tight T shirts. I mean, I'm just.

[Ray Allen]

I, I don't wear tight T shirts. I just wear shirts that I know that, that, that I like feeling comfortable in. So if somebody else deems them tight, that's those people's insecurities.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. Okay. That's my insecurity then.

[Ray Allen]

Yeah. See, because you're right. Now that hoodie you got on looks like it's a double to a triple extra large. We can get you in something a little smaller.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you wearing that Yukon sweatshirt tonight?

[Ray Allen]

Not this one. I have something else.

[Dan Patrick]

Something tighter.

[Ray Allen]

See, when you come to final Four, here's the thing about final Four, you need a hoodie that says GDP on it. The great Dan Passer, by the way. But when you come to the Final Four, first of all, a week before, nobody knows who's going to be here. It just kind of happens. So you pack with the optimism of I'm going to be here for four days. And they get you in hotels because you have to get a hotel for four days. You can't just buy it for one or two. So I either, if we lose on, on Saturday, I overpacked. And then being here still today, you have to figure out, okay, did I pack enough? So you kind of have to kind of run it back a little bit here and there.

[Dan Patrick]

What was tougher facing Iverson in college or in the NBA?

[Ray Allen]

Both. You know, there, there wasn't really a difference in John Thompson, you know, let Iverson go. He let him play his game. And you know, all those guys, you know, Boubacar, Al Othella, the different supporting cast he had going to the Sixers with Aaron McKee and Eric Snow, like all those guys knew who Allen Iverson was and they catered their offense to him. So it was hard on both levels to stop him because he knew exactly who he was and he played his game similar at both levels. And obviously when he got to the NBA, you know, they built teams around him again and we were trying to figure out, I, I think I got really adept at understanding who he was, you know, his moves, because I played A lot against him in playoff basketball. So statistically I knew where his scoring zones were, you know, the moves he wanted to make. But it still was hard to stay in front of him because he was so small and he'd get in gaps and you know, he moved up and down the floor and there wasn't a shot that he didn't like or for that matter that he couldn't make or,

[Dan Patrick]

or that he couldn't take. You're right.

[Ray Allen]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I keep seeing these stories now about how dirty John Stockton was. Like guys are reminiscing about facing Stockton and you know, whether it's Gary Payton or Baron Davis, it was Stockton dirty to you?

[Ray Allen]

Well, he, Stockton was, is always my example to the young people when I say if you look at John Stockton, you ask what physical attributes did he possess that you would look at and say this guy is a, is a beast. The thing that I learned for Stockton is he did the simple thing over and over again. Out of 10 passes, one might be behind the back pass. He set the hardest screens and I think to what people will be alluding to with him is he would, when he set the cross screen on for Car Malone and that was he would pass the ball and he cut across lane, he'd set the screen and he did two things really well. One, obviously he set the screen really well, but occasionally he would grab your, your, your jersey and hold you or if you tried to run him over then he'd fall and then you would get the, the, the, the foul. So he was really adept at playing the game and because he was small, nobody expected him or thought that he could overpower you or athletically beat you. But he played the game smartly and so he's a great example and a lesson for young people that you don't have to have this highly skilled physical ability to be an all star or be one of the all time greats. And he's certainly example of that.

[Dan Patrick]

How does it play out tonight Ray?

[Ray Allen]

Well, I mean there's a couple different scenarios for UConn. I think that we have to make sure that we have a good start and we can't have those little scoring droughts throughout the game because Michigan is not going to give us any reprieve. So if, if you see Caravan score early, get to the free throw line, get to the hole, same thing with solo ball, then it's going to be a close game and it's going to be a tough night for Michigan. But if we, we start early and it's like a 7090 game where we're not scoring and they're attacking, then we're going to be on our heels all night, which we still are capable of staying with the game. As we've seen against Duke.

[Dan Patrick]

Will you run out on the floor a few con wins? I walk.

[Ray Allen]

I think in those moments I tried my best to stay out of the way because this is obviously it's not about me, but in those times when history tells the story, to be able to say that I was there to other players that passed played at UConn at one championships to be on that floor, it speaks to the legacy of the program. And so from that aspect, it's important for me to be out there just to show the future generation kids that come to UConn like this is a brotherhood that you want to be a part of. So if you work hard, this is the place that you want to be.

[Dan Patrick]

Have fun tonight. Thanks for joining us.

[Ray Allen]

I will. Gdp.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Gdp. The great. Damn. Thank you. Ray.

[Caller]

Ray.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, That's Ray Allen. UConn. UConn Score hall of Famer. Yes. Mark.

[Marvin]

So you're the notorious gdp.

[Dan Patrick]

I think. I think that's what I'm going to go with here. I'm just dropping bars here. Yes.

[Caller]

Paul.

[Paulie]

I love race response. Like people were goofing on his snug shirt all weekend. If you're 50 and look like that, you wear tight shirts.

[Dan Patrick]

By the way, we have some great shirts. DP show logo segue hoodies. We even got some mediums in there if you want to wear a tight T shirt. They're [e-mail] they look gorgeous. We still have the huge your daddy T shirt from the Olympics up there as well. All right, we'll take a break. We will give you our best and worst of the weekend right after this.

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[Dan Patrick]

of you who think Dan Hurley is intense, you didn't see Jim Calhoun because you'll get people who were there, played for or fan. Jim Calhoun was more intense than Dan Hurley, believe it or not. But you didn't have social media back then. But Jim Calhoun, he could surprise you a little bit, but he'd get talking so fast and he had that accent and you couldn't understand what he was saying. He probably avoided 50 technicals in his career because the official had no idea what he was saying. He'd get talking so fast and he would have, you know, that New England Irish brogue or whatever it was and be like, I don't know what he said. It sounded mad. Let's see. Oh, you know I love the sound of sports. That's why I got into radio. I love the sounds. Here is a sound that, well, it's different than any other sound. This one is drilled dead center field. Forget about it. Chohei Otani with a missile in D.C. gives them the first lead. I love just because I grew up listening to sports on radio, certainly baseball and radio. And there's certain sounds that you could have. Well, that's a bass hit or that pop up. Oh, that's a home run. And if you're just sitting there as a little kid, 10 years of age, listening on transistor radio and all of a sudden you hear this show. This one. Yeah, it's like dad Johnny Bench just homer sounds awesome. All right, let's go around the room, see what we learned are your best and worst of the weekend. What did you learn this weekend, Todd, that was your best and worst?

[Todd]

My best in what, nine time? Gold Glove winner and angel special assistant to the GM Tory Hunter called probably the greatest defensive game I've ever seen. Halo's right fielder Joe Adele made three home run robbing catches against the Mariners on Saturday night. That was fantastic. And worst of the weekend. Also Saturday night, the much anticipated Final Four game between Michigan and Arizona. Not much of a contest. Disappointed that Arizona couldn't keep pace with the Wolverines.

[Dan Patrick]

Seaton Best and worst of the weekend.

[Seaton]

Yeah, my best of the weekend was, as much as I hate to say it, Michigan. They looked like an absolute force. My worst of the weekend. TV analysts who said that was supposed to be the real national title game because that was not even close.

[Dan Patrick]

Guy Fieri will win the celebrity bracket challenge if Michigan wins tonight. Marvin will win if Connecticut wins the national championship. Frank Caliendo is in first place. But he had Duke winning. Ross Tucker in second place. He had Arizona. Guy Fieri and me. Guy has Michigan, I had Arizona. Fritzi in fifth place. He had Duke. And Marvin sixth place with Connecticut. Good luck to all of you. Marvin. Best and worst of the weekend.

[Marvin]

My best of the weekend. The Michigan Fab Five. The alt cast during the Michigan Arizona game. They were great. Chris Weber, unbelievable stories. He's always great. Worst of the weekend Billy Donovan leave the Bulls now because they lost to the Knicks by 40 points over the weekend and they've lost seven straight games. No time like the present to go to North Carolina.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I know, but he's been terrible in the NBA, right? Correct. Average at best and done anything now I. Maybe this was never his element. Maybe he is a college coach, but he hadn't done anything that stood out. Yes, Morv.

[Marvin]

So this means Christian Laetner should really be in the Basketball hall of Fame because he had a great college career. Average NBA career. Billy Donovan is already in the hall of Fame.

[Dan Patrick]

Is he?

[Marvin]

He is.

[Paulie]

Good point.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, they put the coaches in. I don't understand that coaches can go in without any. You know, Krzyzewski didn't have anything with the NBA. Behem. Nothing with the NBA. Izzo. Nothing with the NBA. But I mean they can be one dimensional and go into the Basketball hall of Fame. Paul Best and worst of the weekend

[Paulie]

UCLA basketball, as they say, a senior laden team. I love that phrase. It's hyphenated. Great job by UCLA basketball dominating this season and then the other best having Steph Curry back. You really miss that guy. And to see his highlights. They never change the shots you can't believe.

[Dan Patrick]

Speaking of shots, Bill Simmons was taking a shot at some podcaster who was trying to. Was he trying to compare LeBron and Steph and saying Steph was better than LeBron with his career? And then Bill Simmons called him a blankhead and basically said this is the greatest moment of your life. That I'm responding to you that. How can you make that what MARVIN Was it LeBron versus Steph?

[Marvin]

I'm not sure. I haven't heard about this.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I saw something on social media. I'm like.

[Marvin]

Or Facebook.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, this. Well, yeah, you know, I love Facebook. Spent most of the weekend on Facebook looking for corduroys.

[Seaton]

They were arguing about corduroy patterns. Fat stripes versus thin stripes.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. Yeah.

[Seaton]

It's the greatest moment of your life, me talking to corduroys.

[Paulie]

Value.

[Dan Patrick]

That's why I like ruffles, you know, potato chips. You know, they got the ridges that's like. It's kind of like corduroys that you can eat. That's what ruffles potato chips is that.

[Seaton]

Bill Simmons is like Gino Aurayama moment where he should have been more gracious in the conversation, but now people are

[Dan Patrick]

like, man, yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

There was a segment Bill Simmons was doing about great players but that were never considered the best player in the league at any point in their career. He named a bunch, and Steph Curry was one of them. And some people were mad that he said Steph Curry was never considered the best player in the league.

[Dan Patrick]

But I thought he was responding to somebody's podcast. Yeah, Maybe in the Bay Area. And called him a bleephead. How dare you say that Steph is better than LeBron? Maybe. I don't think I'm making it up.

[Paulie]

No, I'm reading it.

[Todd]

Just.

[Paulie]

There's language here I can't give you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but is he. Is he singling out some podcast?

[Paulie]

Yeah, a guy named Tommy Gunn, NBA Bill Simmons responded to them, and he said, check out your own career, etc. Etc.

[Dan Patrick]

But is Tommy Gunn saying Stephen is better than LeBron or was better than LeBron?

[Paulie]

He's calling out Bill Simmons for saying that at no point in his career was Steph Curry the best player in basketball. Even his MVP year.

[Dan Patrick]

A unanimous mvp. Okay. People got a lot of time on their hands. You know, it's like, I'm. I mean, I. I'm sorry. I got other things to do. I can't, you know, seek out these battles or make up a battle here or feud an argument and then call out somebody like that Timmy in South Carolina. Hi, Timmy.

[Caller]

How you doing?

[Dan Patrick]

Good, Tim.

[Caller]

Yes, this tim for South Carolina. 168. A steady 168, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, all right.

[Caller]

I just had a quick name for the Vegas team. I don't know how everybody missed it, but simple. Las Vegas Lights.

[Dan Patrick]

The Vegas Lights. That's not bad at all. Timmy. Yes.

[Seaton]

So that's a great idea for Timmy. Unfortunately, there's a USL championship team named the Las Vegas Lights. So what I would encourage, though, there's a soccer team already called the Las Vegas Lights. I would encourage the new NBA franchise to buy the naming rights from that team, help fund them into the for the next 10 years with those naming rights and have them come up with a new team.

[Dan Patrick]

That would be a win. Win.

[Seaton]

That would be a win. Win. That would be my suggestion.

[Dan Patrick]

I like that.

[Seaton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Seaton]

We can all win here. Everybody can win. There's enough for everybody.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. All right. The Vegas Lights. I got a big light show to start. Maybe some sound of. Maybe some smoke. Oh, I know. Is the Golden Knights. That is a pregame. That is a. Welcome to Golden Knights hockey in Vegas. Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, I don't know if we've mentioned this. Can't they be the spheres and play their games inside the big globe there and make that the arena? It's big enough to have a basketball court.

[Dan Patrick]

I think spheres are tough to say.

[Todd]

Las Vegas Spheres is it sphere. Especially for me. I got the S on top of another sv.

[Paulie]

Severe.

[Dan Patrick]

Severe.

[Paulie]

Is there a ph involved?

[Dan Patrick]

It's a ph spear, but it's sphere.

[Todd]

There's a severe chance that you're not going to be able to pronounce it.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. Two hours in the books on this Monday. We're going to try to rally do something meaningful in the final hour of the program right after this. Honestly, Honestly.

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