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Dan Patrick
For the third hour. Retiring at 30. Sounds awesome. Or not for me.
Paul Pabst
All right. We're also going to put up there the Titans should draft a quarterback or.
Dan Patrick
Trade down that pick.
Paul Pabst
And for the first hour, well, the first two hours we had up there. If you lived in Arkansas, would you rather a title in basketball or a national title? It should say now, how this started was accidental. I'm looking at the matchups in the sweet 16, the point spreads, and all of a sudden I started going down the list and saying, is that a football school or basketball like Arkansas is a basketball school, wanting to be a football school. And as Tom Izzo, Michigan State, said, most schools want to be a football school because that's where your money is, that's where your revenue is. Like byu. BYU is a football school. Alabama a football school. Florida, I would say a football school. Maryland, maybe not either. Arizona, I'd say, is a basketball school. Duke basketball school, Arkansas basketball school. Texas Tech football school. Ole Miss football. Michigan State basketball, Kentucky basketball. Tennessee football, Michigan football. Auburn, they want to be football, but they're successful in basketball. Purdue basketball, Houston basketball.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, Paul, BYU temporarily feels like a basketball school. Didn't they get the number one high school recruit? Yeah, that kind of forces your hand towards basketball school.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, but you only get him for one year. Yes, that's the problem. Hey, we got the number one recruit. Great. You get to enjoy him for one year. And Tom Izzo brought up that he does go after the guys that would be considered one and done. Jason Richardson's son is going to be one and done, just like his dad at Michigan State. But, you know, you start to Think about nil. You start to think about how that affects your team. And I know that we, we keep talking and focusing on the players. All the players, they're jumping around. The players didn't say, let's have the transfer portal during March Madness. You know, Dick Vital tweeted this out yesterday. Dickie V. Said, isn't it absurd that the transfer portal portal opens during the heart of March Madness? Okay, Dick should be calling out, who were the grownups who agreed to this? The kids didn't. The grown ups did. Dicky V goes, there's so much instability in college basketball, yet the upper echelon from administrators are talking about messing with one golden event, March Madness, talking about expanding. And he says, pathetic. Yes. So call out these people. Who are they? But don't blame the kids because look, this is business. And yes. Is it uncomfortable for everybody? Yes. You got kids who are going to be playing these games coming up this next week that are going to transfer to another school. You're going to have this until they find a way to allow everybody to navigate in a time frame that is conducive to what their needs are. That's a coach. I mean, nobody has a problem with a coach leaving right now. No one is going to have a problem with the coach trying to poach players. Your team's out of the tournament. You're going to be poaching players who are in the tournament. It's going to happen. It does happen. It has happened, will continue to happen. But yes, it's going on. But let's not confuse with what Will Wade did at McNe State. So his team is playing in the tournament. He's talking about leaving to go to NC State. Sean Miller going to Texas a couple of days after his team was eliminated. I mean, this happens. This happens right now. This is when schools make changes. You bring in a coach after your season is over. Players are going to look at it same way. And until somebody gets a good handle on this, and I've not heard anything yet, I mean, they're trying to figure out the name, image and likeness and what you can and cannot make. What can the school pay you? And now they can pay you coming in as a freshman, whereas. And they were doing this before, I know that. But now they're like, no, you can actually be. Everything's above board now. You can, you can give the enticement of what you're going to pay somebody before they get there. Because there is no big time recruit who's going to say, all right, I'm trying to choose between Florida and Kentucky. I'll just hope that you guys take care of me when I get there. You're want that. You want this mapped out. When do I get paid? Do I get assigned? Now, I'm going to tell you that. Talked to a source yesterday, said, okay, you cannot mention the names. I said all. No names. You. You ask for a signing bonus. You want to know when you get paid. Like, and can you have a say in who you recruit? Now, this is a package deal. Like, this is. There's a player that. This is happening right now coming out of high school. And so, I mean, you're asking for these things. And, you know, Tom Izzard was talking about this with Michigan State. He's like, hey, you know, it's about money. They all know that it's there. They want theirs. And then now you'll get players who will hold your current team hostage. Because if you don't match what I'm going to get, if I go to this goal, then I'm going. So imagine that. But it's business. This is biz. Coaches do this. Les Miles did this at lsu. It felt like on a yearly basis, hey, you know who's interested in me? Oh, God. Last. Don't tell me. Arkansas. Yep, Arkansas. And then. All right, we'll give you a raise. So this is what's happening. Does it take away from March Madness? A little bit, if you allow it to. But this is next time. Next year at this time, you're going to be saying, oh, God, that guy played for that school. Oh, he transferred to. Yes, That's. That's happening now and will continue to happen. But we get up in arms with the players, like, how dare you do this to our game? No one says anything about the coaches who do the same thing. And the coaches have been doing this. They didn't have to sit out a year. Remember that. We're going to discourage you. We're going to make you sit out a year. And players did. Coaches don't imagine if you said that to Will Wade at McNee State. Hey, you can leave, but you gotta sit out of here. Okay? What's he gonna do? I think I'll stay right here till the end of my contract.
Dan Patrick
Yes, Paul, going back to the portal opening in the middle of the NCAA tournament last year, it was worse. In 2024, the college basketball transfer portal opened on March 18. This year, they pushed it back a week. Last year, the portal window was 45 days. They've tightened it to 30 days, so it's going in the correct direction. Still not perfect.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, I agree. All right. We started the show, we talked about the injury to juju Watkins. It's been confirmed she will have ACL surgery. And this is a long process that will affect next season for her. And it's a big blow for the sport because she is one of those, you know, you have an athlete, you have somebody really good, but they cross over into becoming more than that. It becomes more of basketball, but social, social media. And you know her by her name, her first name, juju. And, you know, you got Hannah Hidalgo at Notre Dame, you got Paige Beckers at UConn. LSU has a couple of players. South Carolina has a great team, bets at UCLA. I mean, you have some players there, but this was, there was so much momentum. And you built this upon the interest in Caitlin Clark last year. And there was a clean handoff from Caitlin Clark to juju and now blows out her knee and is going to be gone for a while. And it's probably, you know, I would say eight months. Eight months, to be fair, but. But it's the doubt when you come back from this. And as I've said many times about my knee surgeries, when I first came back from my first one, you were afraid to do anything. Like, you didn't want to jump. You watched, you know, you lateral movement left and right because you're just like, oh, my God. But, you know, medicine has come a long, long way. I mean, I had my first surgery probably at 24 and just had a knee replacement a couple of years ago. But taking care of it the right way and making sure she rehabs and keep her out as long as possible until she is mentally as tough as what, you know, physically her knee is going to have to endure. But, yeah, very disappointing because I was looking forward to that UConn USC matchup again. All right, Seaton, so we have a poll question for the final hour of the program.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, we got several of them.
Paul Pabst
Okay. All right. Okay. Get a couple of phone calls in here.
Dan Patrick
Yes, Paul, we're getting a lot of people on Twitter asking about their college and where they stand. I'll just throw one out there.
Paul Pabst
Okay.
Dan Patrick
University of Missouri journalism, which is a compliment, I would say.
Paul Pabst
They're, they're, they become a footballish program.
Dan Patrick
They've had a few good years.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, I think that. Who is it? Eli. Eli Drinkwater.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. I think he's done a pretty good.
Dan Patrick
Job there, but the 80s and 90s, very basketballish.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Yeah. I go back to Steve Stepanovich at Missouri. John Sunbold, I think, was the point guard on that team. All right, you got another school that people would like our opinion on, Stanford.
Dan Patrick
If you had to take away academics.
Paul Pabst
Oh, okay. They're a volleyball school.
Dan Patrick
Swimming school. Swimming school. How about this? They're an Olympics factory.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, I could. Yeah, I could see that.
Dan Patrick
That may surpass their basketball or football acumen or whatever.
Paul Pabst
Well, their football program that pick up a white courtesy phone.
Dan Patrick
Been a while.
Paul Pabst
Like, what happened? Basketball is. Well, they were known for women's basketball more than men's basketball. I had somebody say, well, what about Oklahoma? And I thought, well, wait a minute. Oklahoma is a football school. And then some people are saying, well, what about the women's softball? I go, okay, yeah. All right. I don't know if that would go over well with the alumni. Like, hey, Oklahoma, we're great at softball, and you do dominate. But you guys want to be a football program, and you are. You are a football program. Yes.
Dan Patrick
Marvin, it kind of hurt when Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams both left.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, it's true. Yeah.
Dan Patrick
That's supposed to be the school that you go to, not leave.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Zach in Knoxville. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind tonight?
Dan Patrick
Oh, hey, D.P. thanks for taking my call. I know I just called into a national radio program, but if you could.
Paul Pabst
Respect my privacy, I would appreciate it. Thank you, Tiger.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Yeah.
Paul Pabst
Based off your parameters of what you're.
Dan Patrick
Talking about with schools being known for.
Paul Pabst
Something, I think nationally, it's what have you done lately? But in the city, it's what the historical context of it is, because Tennessee.
Dan Patrick
Will beat Akron and UT Martin, their.
Paul Pabst
First two football games.
Dan Patrick
And then everybody's here saying it feels like 98.
Paul Pabst
But if you think about it, Rick Barnes, what he's done over the last.
Dan Patrick
Eight or ten years is kind of turn them into a basketball school.
Paul Pabst
And then you got to think about what Pat did.
Dan Patrick
Pat Summit did here, and they're kind of a women's basketball.
Paul Pabst
That's the most prolific program, but they used to be. Yeah, but, Zach, let me ask you the following. Tennessee can win the SEC football championship, or Tennessee can win the national title in basketball.
Dan Patrick
Well, I'm not a Tennessee fan, and.
Paul Pabst
That'S why I love being here, heckling them, but I think they would take the SEC championship. Where. Where did you go to school?
Dan Patrick
I went to Pellissippi State.
Paul Pabst
I'm a community college alum, but I'm.
Dan Patrick
From Connecticut, actually, so I'm a. I'm a Yukon.
Paul Pabst
I'm a Yukon Hustle. Okay, if you. If UConn could win. No, you're not going to. Never mind. I was going to say if UConn won their conference championship in football or that the men's team or women's team won a national title, I know where you'd go. Yes, Paul?
Dan Patrick
I just looked up Pellissippi State Panthers, and I don't know much about their background, but they have football and baseball and basketball.
Paul Pabst
Pellissippi.
Dan Patrick
Pellissippi State Panthers. It's a small school in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Paul Pabst
Okay.
Dan Patrick
Community college.
Paul Pabst
Emmett in Connecticut. Hi, Emmett. What's on your mind? Hey, dan. Hey, Emmett. Six, two and a scale, 200 to 230, depending on the week. Wow. I think these schools all want to be what they're not, obviously, being in the basketball capital of the world and a huge Dan Hurley fan. Now, after Calhoun, they keep trying to make us a football school, and we are everything but a football school. Yeah, yeah. I mean, Jim Mora had some. A little bit of success there, would you say, Marvin? Football wise, yes.
Dan Patrick
But UConn trying to be a football school is what ruined UConn basketball for a few years.
Paul Pabst
It ruined the Big East.
Dan Patrick
Yes, correct.
Paul Pabst
They all wanted to have football programs. I'm like, you just ruined the best basketball conference in history. Harvey in Florida. Hi, Harvey. Hey. Hey, Dan. First time caller, long time watcher, 57145. I'm 80 years old. Okay. I'm a walking, talking wayback machine. Okay.
Dan Patrick
And I can tell you to start.
Paul Pabst
With about University of Kentucky, when they aspired to be both a football and basketball powerhouse with Bear Bryant, late 40s and early 50s, among other things. I'm also, I also have a link to Paulie's SIU Carbondale. Anyway, I just. I just got a lot of old man things going for me. Okay. Adolph Rupp's teams in the late 40s and early 50s were. I mean, they were. They were top drawer basketball. Of course. I even had.
Dan Patrick
Pat Riley connection.
Paul Pabst
A fellow that I played driveway basketball with was the manager of the team the UK when one of the managers when Pat Riley played.
Dan Patrick
So, I mean, I can, I can.
Paul Pabst
Answer your questions if you've got anything about Bear Bryant. Oh, yeah, I know I just mentioned Bear Bryant, but I'm, I'm up against a commercial break here, Harvey. But you can always call in. You want to call in and correct me. Yeah. Having Adolph Rupp and Bear Bryant at Kentucky with, you know, Rupp's runts and, you know, Bear went from there to what Texas A M and then he went to Alabama after that. Yeah. So Harvey's 80 years of age. He's got a lot of information. I think Pat Riley jumped center when Kentucky played Texas El Paso or yeah, Texas Western in the national title game. I think Pat Riley and that, that wasn't a very tall you Kentucky team, but I think Riles was the, he jumped center that day when they lost to Texas Western. All right, let me take a break now. I'm trying to show off for Harvey to let him know that I know what he knows. Getting old has some benefits. All right, we'll take a break. We're back after this.
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Paul Pabst
For the second time in two games, the Lakers playing with LeBron and Luca lost. So following a seven game absence by LeBron, they've lost their last two. They got roughed up by Orlando last night. So the victory snapped a six game losing streak at home for the Magic. And you start to look at the Lakers, you lose that game, you're in a fourth place tie in the west with Memphis and a half game behind the third place Nuggets. The Nuggets have been playing without Joker for a while, but LeBron came back and he had 24, 8 and 6. Luca had like 24, 7 and 7. But now we're starting to get to that interesting time where, you know, you start to look at where you're going to be seated and who you're going to be playing with and against. And you know what the second round matchup could be home court advantage. All of these things it feels like. And I don't know, you know, Joker's situation, but missing five games at this time of the year doesn't seem like they're too concerned with where they're going to be in the play. They'll be in the playoffs. You just want to be in the top four. You want to have home court advantage there. Yeah, Paulie.
Dan Patrick
Looking at the west, the ace seed right now is Minnesota with 41 wins. The 2 seed is Houston with 46 wins. Just 5 games up and down. It's going to vary for the next few weeks.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, yeah. Just back and forth. I was watching Boston with Jason Tatum, had a big night, but then he had an ankle injury, and that went against the Sacramento Kings. You know, you have to give a. Somebody a landing spot. And, you know, they thank God that they police this because you would have guys who would do this, and I remember in high school, they would get underneath you, they'd put your. Their foot underneath you. So when you go up to take a shot, you would see them invade your space. So if you came down, you were going to land on their foot and you were going to roll your ankle and that. I mean, they were good at outlawing that, making sure that you are. If you go up, you can come back down. But yet Tatum rolling his ankle and. But the Celtics did get the win. All right. You know, it's quiet week for the NFL, and sometimes that's when things get done. I know there was a lot of attention with Aaron Rodgers last week. Six hours in Pittsburgh. I don't know what you do in six hours in Pittsburgh unless, you know, you take a physical, you watch, you know, some videos of the Steel Curtain and you go to a Pirates game or something, but they're not even there. They're in spring training, but six hours. Okay. Did he get everything answered that he needed to get answered? Did the Steelers get everything answered that they needed to. And you know, he might not sign with anybody until after the draft, which I go, no, it, it, it can't go on that long. If I'm Pittsburgh, I. And I said this before, you're Pittsburgh, like, don't lower yourself. And you're probably going to draft a quarterback. If, if that quarterback is there, if Jackson Dart is there, I think you're going to draft a quarterback. But Aaron Rodgers, okay, you wait. Minnesota doesn't feel like that's happening. I guess the Giants can still happen. Whatever the Giants are doing, do they take Shador Sanders? You got Jamis Winston. What if you don't? What if Cleveland takes Shador? You know, so there's all kinds of scenarios here, but it's quiet, and it feels like that's when something gets Done. Russell Wilson, he's still. He's waiting. What's he going to do? I mean, the Giants have Jamis, they don't need Russ. But if you don't get Shador Sanders, do you want Jameis Winston as your starting quarterback or Tommy Salami? What's his name? Tommy DeVito?
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Still there.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Yeah. So there's. There's things going on. I just don't know if going to have any movement anytime soon. But when it's quiet, that's usually when somebody's going to make a decision. The Puka Nua story. Now he's on a podcast and he's a wonderful player. He's turning 24 and he weighed. It went into great detail of how long he's going to play in the NFL.
Dan Patrick
I want to retire at the age of 30.
Paul Pabst
I'm.
Dan Patrick
I'm 23 right now. I'm going into year three. I think of Aaron Donald, like, man, like, to go out at the top, I think it would be super cool. But then also be like, yo, like, I. I wanna. I wanna have a big family. Just like I want. I wanna have at least the starting five. Like, I came from a big family. I need five boys, for sure.
Paul Pabst
That's cool.
Dan Patrick
But also be like, man, I want to be able to, like, be a part of their lives and like. Like be as active as I can with them. So I'm like, I don't want to be. The injuries are something that you can't control part of the game. So, like, oh, man, like, you never know. Hopefully, like, the rest of career go healthy. But like, man, you have shoulder surgery, you have knee surgery, you have an ankle and be like, yo, like, by the time my kids could be 18, I'm like, I could be barely walking if I, like, if you play the game and like, you sustain all the injuries, I want to retire early.
Paul Pabst
Okay. It sounds good in theory, that you're going to play six more years, and that may feel like an eternity. Like six more years. Because he's turning 24. You get that big contract. You're not, you know, now the Rams, if you're going to negotiate with him, you know that he says he's only going to play to always 30. And what kind of contract are you giving him? Do you have a contract that leads up to when he turns 30 just to say, all right, here's your contract. But it's almost like he's negotiating against himself. You know, if I'm the Rams, I'm like, wait a minute, you're 29. You want a three year deal. Didn't you say you're retiring at 30? Yeah, that was a long time ago when I was 23. Yeah. Paulie.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, Dan, you're right. The math doesn't add up for Pukov to get that big, big contract based off what he's at now. He got the fifth round contract for four years. He'll be 27 in year one of his big deal. He only makes 915,000 a year. He makes a million next year. A million one in 2026. So if he got one of those four year whatever deals, it would start at age 27.
Paul Pabst
Would you rather have Pukinakua or Brock Purdy?
Dan Patrick
That old topic. But you're right though. He's negotiate against himself with that hard window.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, yeah. All right, we'll get to more phone calls here. We got caught up in. What is your school? What's the identity of your school? And it started with Arkansas. And people have asked, what about my alma mater, Dayton? Well, Dayton's a basketball school. Always has been, always will be. But they've had John Gruden who graduated from there, and Chuck Noel graduated from there. But it's a. They've had success. Division three national champs. I think they beat Ithaca 73 to nothing. Oh, national title game. But yeah, it's a basketball school. Definitely. Here's, here's something for you. You know, when you want to talk about the transfer portal and the impact it's had on the NCAA Tournament 2019. The percentage of points from transfers in the tournament, 16%. Went up to 28%, went up to 34%, went up to 44%, went up to 48%. This year. The percentage of points from transfers in the tournament, 52.7%.
Dan Patrick
This is the.
Paul Pabst
Brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the show. Matt in Charlotte. Hi, Matt. What's on your mind today? You know, 5, 10, 190, I think. Thank you. I think the biggest example playing out.
Dan Patrick
In, in this difference between, you know.
Paul Pabst
Identifying as schools is at Penn State.
Dan Patrick
I'm told they've won 12 of the last 15 national titles in wrestling, which.
Paul Pabst
Includes three different times, four peeps in.
Dan Patrick
A row, which is just, you know, that's, that's better than UCLA thrown back in the day, right?
Paul Pabst
Yeah, but how many schools have a wrestling program? Everybody has a basketball program. So we, let's not compare it with ucla. We're talking about a national reputation. Iowa was known for their wrestling as well. I mean Oklahoma State for their Wrestling. Penn State for their wrestling. But they're all football schools. They want to be football schools. Penn State is a Football School. RJ in Iowa. Hi, RJ.
Dan Patrick
Hey, guys. 6, 3, 2, 35.
Paul Pabst
Dad played for the legendary coach Laquetta at HF Paulie.
Dan Patrick
I think you might appreciate that. Sure.
Paul Pabst
The question I had for Dan was.
Dan Patrick
This transfer portal in football.
Paul Pabst
We hear about how they can't.
Dan Patrick
They can't start the transfer portal until the semester is over.
Paul Pabst
And now we're in basketball season and.
Dan Patrick
You'Re telling me that we can't start the. We have to do it like, before.
Paul Pabst
The semester is over.
Dan Patrick
I don't really understand the logic between those two.
Paul Pabst
I mean, I'm still trying to figure this out of the timing of all of this. And maybe, you know, it's unavoidable because of the semesters that you're on and, and being able to transfer to a school and start the school. But it's just. It's a bad look when you have the bowl season and it's transfer portal season. And now you have March Madness and you have transfer portal. Rob in Indiana. Hi, Rob.
Dan Patrick
Hey, Dan.
Paul Pabst
Hey. Really long time, first time with your conversation about various colleges and what, what they're known for about throwing Wisconsin in there. Girls and boys hockey, basketball, football. What's your opinion? Well, I would say football, they've been really good in basketball, but I would say Wisconsin's a football school now. I mean, we're throwing in other things. Women's, you know, hockey. That's great for you. If you go to Wisconsin or you live in Madison. I'm talking about nationally, when people say Wisconsin. What do you think of sports wise? And I think you think of football. It doesn't mean that, hey, what about our baseball team? Or. I get that. I'm talking about the. What's the first thing that comes to mind when I say ucla? It's basketball. Usc, it's football. Like, that's, you know, there's certain. Maryland. I don't have an opinion. Yes, Marvin.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, Wisconsin's in a really good spot because one in, you know, one season, they could be playing for the Big Ten championship in football, and then in March, they'd be playing in the Final Four. So they're in that really good spot of either one of those programs can make a deep run.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Not winning a national title, but still being competitive. They're in the picture in those sports. Luke in Ohio. Hi, Luke. What do you have for me? Hey, Dan. Hey, Luke. I was just wondering. I know it's probably getting repetitive, but.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, the UC Bearcats, I know they.
Paul Pabst
Won some titles back in the early 60s. They went to the playoffs when I was going there in 2021. Would you consider them a football or basketball school? I would consider them football now. You know, they were very successful back in the 60s. I mean, they had other pockets where they were very good in basketball, but I mean, they've been in the playoffs. I think Cincinnati probably views itself as in. Cincinnati's a college town, too. They love their basketball. There was Xavier in Cincinnati, but I would say UC is probably a football program. Yes.
Dan Patrick
Marv, I'm going to have a Paul Pabst moment. I'm going with basketball because the uniforms are just phenomenal.
Paul Pabst
Okay, best uniforms in college basketball. Cincinnati has the best uniforms. Maybe I'm going with the Kenyon Martin.
Dan Patrick
Steve Logan Cincinnati era, the late 90s, early 2000s. They had the Jordan brand, the perfect color, perfect color scheme, black, red and white. Perfection.
Paul Pabst
I did not think I was getting that today. That was not on my bingo card. Yes.
Dan Patrick
Paul, if we're going to discuss best uniforms in college basketball, you may have to remove North Carolina from the conversation. I'm not even a fan of them.
Paul Pabst
Especially because they're a football school. That, too.
Dan Patrick
But basketball uniforms.
Paul Pabst
If Bill Belichick gets into the national.
Dan Patrick
Title and Mrs. Belichick.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. I don't know if she'll be Mrs. Do you think she's going to be Mrs. Belichick at. @ some point?
Dan Patrick
Yes. Oh, yeah, I'll take that.
Paul Pabst
Okay. Who gets married first, Travis Kelsey or Bill Belichick at Old Topic. God, that's good.
Dan Patrick
T Rev.
Paul Pabst
Let me take a break. Let's ponder that question.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, that's deep.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. I don't want you to just react off the top of, you know, off the cuff here. Something like that. All right, we'll take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow after this, be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show.
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It was just me naked. Well, not me, but me with someone else's body parts on my body. Parts that looked exactly like my own. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to scream. It happened in Levittown, New York. But reporting the series took us through the darkest corners of the Internet and to the front lines of a global battle against deep fake pornography. This should be illegal, but what is this? This is a story about a technology that's moving faster than the law and about vigilantes trying to stem the tide. I'm Margie Murphy. And I'm Olivia Carville. This is Levittown, a new podcast from iHeart podcasts Bloomberg and Kaleidoscope. Listen to Levittown on Bloomberg's Big Take podcast. Find it on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your your podcasts. It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League and I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson. I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say. And not just about hockey. Believe me, he does Energy line with Nate and JSB is the name of the podcast and it's going to be, well, it's Going to be quite the ride. We're officially line mates, Nate. We're the energy line. We'll have plenty of folks join us, current players, some of my former teammates, hall of Famers, and wait to see some of the connections that Julie has. She has quite the Rolodex. Okay. We'll lean into Nate's playing experience and tap into our interests away from hockey.
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Paul Pabst
Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. And people got fired up on that topic of what is your school? What's it known for? I loved it. Rick and Syracuse. What is Syracuse? What is Syracuse? When you think of Rick, I'll ask you. Syracuse is a football school or a basketball school? I. I want to say basketball.
Dan Patrick
Craig, fourth went to my high school, but I know.
Paul Pabst
Or is it a lacrosse school? I would say it's a sports media school. I mean, in my world, you think of Syracuse. I mean, you think of Full Sail University, but you also think of Syracuse and Missouri and Northwestern, Arizona State. Frank. Frank in Connecticut. Hi, Frank. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan. Shout out to my neighbors, Paulie and Marvin. I just want to say you're missing St. John's St. John's is known as a basketball school, but we forget that it produced a great golfer, got a great golf team. Keegan Bradley. Yeah. Major winner and now our Ryder cup captain. Yeah. But let's be fair, Frank. St. John's is a basketball school. They don't have football. They have basketball. They do have a good golf program, but I don't think that's what people think of. If all of the Dan EDS didn't, as you brought up Keegan Bradley, they didn't even realize Keegan Bradley went to St. John's Bob in Montana. Hi, Bob. Oh, hey, DP. Everybody obviously knows that Montana is a football school despite their men's basketball team last week playing a great first half against Wisconsin. But the real reason I'm calling is, I'm curious, is today a world record day for the DP show itself to the most number of callers, in which case, if you guys keep stats on this, today could be like your very own stat of the day for the most callers in history. All right, well, thank you, Bob. It could be. I didn't think of it, but yeah, could be. All right, so who is engaged first? Travis Kelsey or Bill Belichick? Todd, I'll start with you. I'm going to say Travis Kelsey, Satan.
Dan Patrick
Travis Kelty, Marv, Travis Kelsey, Paul Belichick. He's all in.
Paul Pabst
Feels like there would be more pressure from her with Belichick than Taylor Swift with Travis Kelsey because that might be, you know, it'll be a Sunday and she'll say, hey, I got an idea. Why don't we go engagement ring shopping? Sure, sure. That sounds great. Yes, Todd, as I guess not publicly.
Dan Patrick
Is her family ever weighed in on the spell checks, girlfriend's family, on what they think of this whole thing and.
Paul Pabst
Does she want to have children and.
Dan Patrick
How does that all work? There's a lot of little side topics. I know, it's just we, other than like she needs to be cc'd on all his email, that's one thing. But there's a lot of stuff there.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, well, why don't you do some research before you ask?
Dan Patrick
No, I love my 20 something year old marrying a 70 something year old. Perfect.
Paul Pabst
It's exactly how I envisioned it.
Dan Patrick
So bizarre.
Paul Pabst
Good for him though. Thank you. Todd, would you. If you're single and you're 70 years old and all of a sudden a 24 year. A 24 year old comes up to you on a plane and says, hey, can I sit here? Hey, would you like to go out to dinner and you're going to say what, what time? Where would you like to exactly? Yeah, yeah. You can't make fun of it if, if you were presented with the same scenario. No.
Dan Patrick
Someone with a daughter on the other end. I would have a. I don't care how famous he is and rich he is.
Paul Pabst
That's just.
Dan Patrick
I would not want that for my daughter. For sure.
Paul Pabst
No. But for you, yes. For me, I'm like, let's go. Let's go around the world in my boat. Let's go. Let's go now. So if Belichick asks your daughter out, then you're gonna say no to that?
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I would. I would be very uncomfortable with my daughter. Your daughter is years older than her.
Paul Pabst
She's a little bit younger than Bill Belichick's girlfriend.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, She's. She's not going to be 20 in a few weeks.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Okay.
Dan Patrick
But it's still in the ballpark of very odd and uncomfortable on the female parents side. Yes, Paul, Once I saw the Belichick girlfriend beach photos, nothing can surprise me with this relationship.
Paul Pabst
Yeah.
Dan Patrick
Nothing.
Paul Pabst
Yeah. Yeah.
Dan Patrick
You sent those to me, and I. I thought you'd been duped.
Paul Pabst
Paulie goes, that's not real cgi. Yes. I go, no, it's real. It's real. And. And there's video of it where he's on the. He's on his back on the beach and holding her up with his legs, and she's. I can fly. And I go, wow. Yes, Paul.
Dan Patrick
I can almost understand him approving the act if it was them at a private beach or their backyard, but allowing someone to film it is next level.
Paul Pabst
And then letting it go viral.
Dan Patrick
Right? Wagging the dog.
Paul Pabst
Yeah, man.
Dan Patrick
That dude ain't getting married.
Paul Pabst
I don't think so either.
Dan Patrick
Hell, no.
Paul Pabst
He was married for, like, 30 years.
Dan Patrick
He didn't get married.
Paul Pabst
Okay, Pie to the face, against the room.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Before we're done.
Paul Pabst
Wait, so you think in the next three years.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Paul Pabst
Belichick gets engaged? Yep. Does anybody want to take. So Seaton, you want to take Paulie up on that? Sure. All right. Pie to the face, Marvin.
Dan Patrick
I will, too.
Paul Pabst
All right, Todd.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. He's got so many rings. Why does he need another one?
Paul Pabst
He's got plenty of rings. I love this.
Dan Patrick
There's a very unusual confidence coming from.
Paul Pabst
Paul about this that he's just like, oh, yeah, guys, trust me. This is. This is happening. I know about these things, guys, trust me. This is happening. Okay, I. You know what? We're going to clip that off, and then we'll bring that back in two and a half years. Oh, yeah, Trust me.
Dan Patrick
It may already be engaged for all we know.
Paul Pabst
They couldn't tweet it yet. Oh, okay. Maybe that's what Paul was. Wow. All right. Maybe some inside information. I know. Geriatric love details. Yeah, this is. This is happening. Okay. Yeah. Otto in Atlanta. Hi, Otto. What's on your mind?
Dan Patrick
Hey, guys. Just wanted to chime in real quick about the.
Paul Pabst
What your school is known for. Georgia Tech.
Dan Patrick
Is it football, men's basketball, or baseball?
Paul Pabst
Let's see. You're known for engineering. You got great, great football uniforms. Great. I'm. I'm gonna say football. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Paulie.
Dan Patrick
But that window of coolness with their basketball team in the early 90s was awesome. Yeah, Lethal Weapon 3.
Paul Pabst
But I'm not letting other schools live off of that. So it's, like, right now, what do you think Georgia Tech is, I would say, a football school. How about this Day in sports history, Paul.
Dan Patrick
Wayne Gretzky became the first player in NHL history to score 200 points in a single season. That was 82. He was 20.
Paul Pabst
Overrated.
Dan Patrick
Oh, and some bad news. 1997, the Hartford Whalers announced they would move from Connecticut, became the Carolina Hurricanes. Dan.
Paul Pabst
And immediately won the Stanley cup, if I'm not mistaken. Still one of those moments that I don't know if I would take it back, but I was at the Jim Valvano celebrity golf event in Cary, North Carolina, and talking to Sean Burke, and I don't know who the other guy was. Kevin Deneen or somebody. And I'm. I'm just saying how their owner. Terrible what he did to Hartford, blah, blah. You know, just going on and on and on about this. Missed. You know, he led Hartford. The guy's standing right next to us, and you could see that both of the hockey players were like. Like, motioning over with their eyes. And I'm like, man, they got weird ticks going on. Like, what. What's going on with that? And I. I. And then I. And he. They said, oh, this is our owner. What was his name? Last name. Caribbean. Began with a K. But they. He introduced himself, and I said, you know, I don't take anything. Back when I was like, coke cock. No, no, it's caro. Carob. Something. Yeah, it's.
Dan Patrick
I just wanted to call him a bad word and act like I wasn't.
Paul Pabst
Was it coke cock? What is it, Todd?
Dan Patrick
I'm just.
Paul Pabst
I'm just listening. I'm very impressed with it. I thought you were Googling it, that you were Googling it.
Dan Patrick
I did not. I had my what we learned ready. Oh, that's what we learned.
Paul Pabst
What we learned. What we learned is. I can't remember the Peter Carmanos there. Oh, that's a new car.
Dan Patrick
Peter.
Paul Pabst
Get it, Peter. Have a great day, everybody. Talk to you tomorrow with the Stock.
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Podcast Summary: The Dan Patrick Show
Episode: Hour 3 – LeBron’s Lakers Lose Again, Puka Nacua Wants to Retire Early
Release Date: March 25, 2025
In the third hour of The Dan Patrick Show, hosted by Paul Pabst and Dan Patrick, the conversation delves deep into the current happenings in both the NBA and NFL, with a strong emphasis on college basketball dynamics. The hosts provide insightful analysis, engage in lively discussions about player movements, team performances, and the evolving landscape of college athletics.
The segment kicks off with an extensive discussion on the NCAA transfer portal and its significant influence on the college basketball season.
Timing and Regulation Adjustments
Dan Patrick highlights the adjustments made to the transfer portal's schedule:
"In 2024, the college basketball transfer portal opened on March 18. This year, they pushed it back a week. Last year, the portal window was 45 days. They've tightened it to 30 days, so it's going in the correct direction. Still not perfect."
(10:22)
Effects on March Madness
Paul Pabst underscores the complications arising from the portal's timing during the NCAA Tournament:
"The kids didn't [agree to the portal opening during March Madness]."
(08:00)
Coaches vs. Players Dynamics
The hosts debate the disparity between coaches' and players' perspectives on the transfer portal, emphasizing that while players face instability, coaches continue strategic maneuvers to recruit talent:
"But the coaches have been doing this. They didn't have to sit out a year. Remember that. We're going to discourage you. We're going to make you sit out a year."
(09:30)
Notable Quotes
Dickie V criticizes the timing:
"Isn't it absurd that the transfer portal opens during the heart of March Madness?...Pathetic."
(09:10)
The hosts express concern over significant injuries affecting key players, which in turn influence team performances and championship prospects.
juju Watkins' ACL Surgery
Paul Pabst discusses the severe injury sustained by juju Watkins and its implications:
"It's been confirmed she will have ACL surgery. And this is a long process that will affect next season for her. And it's a big blow for the sport because she is one of those...you have somebody really good, but they cross over into becoming more than that."
(10:41)
Recovery and Future Prospects
Dan Patrick shares personal insights on recovering from knee surgeries, relating to juju's situation:
"Medicine has come a long, long way...she rehabs and keep her out as long as possible until she is mentally as tough as what, you know, physically her knee is going to have to endure."
(11:30)
A significant portion of the discussion revolves around LeBron James' recent performances and the Lakers' standing in the NBA.
Lakers’ Recent Losses
Paul Pabst analyzes the Lakers' back-to-back losses following LeBron's return from a seven-game absence:
"They got roughed up by Orlando last night. So the victory snapped a six-game losing streak at home for the Magic. And you start to look at the Lakers, you lose that game, you're in a fourth place tie in the west with Memphis and a half game behind the third place Nuggets."
(26:17)
LeBron's Performance Metrics
The hosts discuss LeBron's stats post-return:
"LeBron came back and he had 24, 8 and 6. Luca had like 24, 7 and 7."
(26:45)
Playoff Implications
Dan Patrick provides an overview of the Western Conference standings and potential playoff scenarios:
"Looking at the west, the ace seed right now is Minnesota with 41 wins. The 2 seed is Houston with 46 wins. Just 5 games up and down. It's going to vary for the next few weeks."
(27:32)
Notable Quotes
Dan Patrick muses on playoff uncertainties:
"It feels like we start to look at where you're going to be seated and who you're going to be playing with and against. All of these things it feels like."
(26:55)
The conversation shifts to the NFL, focusing on player contracts, team strategies, and rumors.
Aaron Rodgers' Situation
Paul Pabst discusses the ongoing rumors surrounding Aaron Rodgers and his potential move away from the Packers:
"Six hours in Pittsburgh. I don't know what you do in six hours in Pittsburgh unless...he might not sign with anybody until after the draft."
(28:00)
Russell Wilson's Future
The hosts speculate on Russell Wilson's next steps, considering the Giants' quarterback options:
"Russell Wilson, he's still. He's waiting. What's he going to do?"
(29:00)
Puka Nacua's Retirement Plans
The highlight of the hour centers on Puka Nacua's ambitious plan to retire early from the NFL:
"I'm going to retire at the age of 30... I want to have at least the starting five... I want to be as active as I can with them."
(30:52)
Paul Pabst critiques the feasibility of Nacua's plans:
"Does it take away from March Madness? A little bit, if you allow it to. But this is next time. Next year at this time..."
(31:00)
Further analysis on contract negotiations:
"The math doesn't add up for Pukov to get that big, big contract based off what he's at now."
(32:21)
Throughout the hour, listeners call in to debate whether various universities are more renowned for their football or basketball programs.
Arkansas as a Basketball vs. Football School
One caller questions Arkansas' identity, leading to a broader discussion on schools striving to balance both sports:
"Arkansas is a basketball school, wanting to be a football school."
(04:45)
Stanford and Other Schools’ Identities
A caller inquires about Stanford's sports identity, sparking commentary on their Olympic and academic reputation:
"They may surpass their basketball or football acumen...they have a good golf program."
(13:40)
Personal Dynamics and Humor
The hosts engage in humorous banter regarding these debates, emphasizing the subjective nature of school reputations:
"Cincinnati has the best uniforms. Maybe I'm going with the Kenyon Martin."
(38:41)
Notable Quotes from Callers
A caller nostalgically references historical sports figures:
"All right, we started the show, we talked about the injury to juju Watkins."
(14:00)
Historical Sports Moments
Paul Pabst reminisces about the 1997 Hartford Whalers' relocation and its immediate impact:
"They immediately won the Stanley Cup...owner Terrible what he did to Hartford."
(52:03)
Pop Culture and Sports Uniforms
The hosts briefly touch on the aesthetics of sports uniforms, highlighting Cincinnati's basketball team:
"UCLA has the best uniforms in college basketball...black, red, and white. Perfection."
(38:41)
In this engaging third hour, Paul Pabst and Dan Patrick navigate through a rich tapestry of sports topics, from the strategic intricacies of the college basketball transfer portal and its ripple effects on March Madness, to the fluctuating fortunes of LeBron James and the Lakers in the NBA. The discussion extends into the complexities of NFL player movements and contract negotiations, notably Puka Nacua's early retirement plans. Interspersed with lively caller interactions, the hosts maintain a balance of insightful analysis and relatable humor, making this episode a comprehensive dive into the current sports landscape.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
Dan Patrick on Transfer Portal Adjustments
"In 2024, the college basketball transfer portal opened on March 18. This year, they pushed it back a week. Last year, the portal window was 45 days. They've tightened it to 30 days, so it's going in the correct direction. Still not perfect."
(10:22)
Paul Pabst on juju Watkins' Injury
"It's been confirmed she will have ACL surgery. And this is a long process that will affect next season for her. And it's a big blow for the sport because she is one of those, you know, you have somebody really good, but they cross over into becoming more than that."
(10:41)
Dan Patrick on Lakers' Playoff Implications
"Looking at the west, the ace seed right now is Minnesota with 41 wins. The 2 seed is Houston with 46 wins. Just 5 games up and down. It's going to vary for the next few weeks."
(27:32)
Paul Pabst Critiquing Transfer Portal Timing
"Dickie V. said, isn't it absurd that the transfer portal opens during the heart of March Madness?...Pathetic."
(09:10)
Dan Patrick on Puka Nacua's Retirement
"I want to retire at the age of 30... I want to have at least the starting five... I need five boys, for sure."
(31:10)
This detailed summary encapsulates the key discussions and insights from the third hour of The Dan Patrick Show, providing a comprehensive overview for those who haven't tuned in.