Straight Fire - Luka Drops 60, Boozer and Dybantsa Shine & UNC's Hubert Davis on the Hot Seat

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Episode: Straight Fire – Luka Drops 60, Boozer and Dybantsa Shine & UNC's Hubert Davis on the Hot Seat

Date: March 20, 2026
Host: Jason McIntyre
Guest/Co-Host: Rob

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Overview

In this "Straight Fire" episode, Jason McIntyre and Rob break down a jam-packed week in basketball, spanning Luka Dončić's electrifying 60-point game against the Lakers, early NCAA tournament action featuring high-profile prospects like Cameron Boozer and AJ Dybantsa, and a deep dive into UNC's disastrous collapse and the mounting pressure on head coach Hubert Davis. The conversation is fast-paced, opinionated, and offers sharp insights into both NBA and college basketball headlines.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Luka Dončić’s 60-Point Masterpiece vs. Lakers

[03:02–09:38; 13:23–14:05]

• Schedule Toughness:
  Jason opens with amazement at the Lakers’ grueling travel schedule—Houston to Miami with late-night arrivals—yet stars like LeBron, Luka, and Austin Reaves all played big minutes despite expectations of rest.

  • "LeBron, 38 minutes on a back to back. Are you effing kidding me? LeBron, by the way, trip dub. 19, 15 and 10." – Jason McIntyre ([04:12])

• Luka’s Stat Line Efficiency:
  Luka went for 60 points in 38 minutes, shooting 18 of 39 from the field, 19 trips to the free throw line, and notched 5 steals, prompting Jason to call him a "legend."

• Lakers’ Momentum:
  Despite their heavy legs, Lakers dominate in the second half and look like legit contenders in the West, having won 11 of their last 12.

• Ethical Scoring & Bam Adebayo Comparison:
  Rob humorously contrasts Bam Adebayo's previous 83-point outburst (deemed "unethical") with Luka's legitimate offensive fireworks.

  • "You see what happens when a real ethical baller shows up... Even Luka, it tilts more to the unethical side. But in this scenario...[he] could have got you 70 no problem." – Rob ([08:00])
  • "What Bam did looks cool, and the box score looks fantastic until you actually see what a marquee NBA player looks like when they go off..." – Rob ([09:12])
  • Compares Bam’s feat to “a Chrysler 300 looks like a Phantom, until a real Phantom pulls up” ([08:45]).

• Player Mindset Pre-Playoffs:
  Players chose to play despite being given the option to rest, reflecting playoff-level focus.

  • "[Luka], Arkansas, LeBron all said, no, we're going to play, we're going to get this one. And if that doesn't tell you about where they are mentally and emotionally heading into the postseason, I don't know what does." – Rob ([13:45])

2. NCAA Tournament Opener: College Prospects and Early Surprises

[14:05–25:08]

• Duke Survives an Upset Scare:
  The Blue Devils narrowly escape against Siena, recovering from a second-half, 13-point deficit despite expecting a heavy favor after buying into Duke in a Calcutta.

  • "I knew that they were vulnerable. I didn't think they would lose to freaking Siena. ...Down 13 in the second half. Down 5 with 7 minutes left." – Jason ([15:29])

• Cameron Boozer’s Performance Debated:
  Though not dominant, Boozer steadies Duke with 22 points and 13 rebounds despite struggling from the field (4–11 FG). Both hosts push back against overreactions, highlighting his impact even in a “C-level” game.

  • "If you can have a game like that...and you don’t look good and he finds a way to get things done, that's impressive." – Rob ([19:05])
  • “I'm not going to overreact to an 18 and a half year old debut in the NCAA tournament against a pesky opponent. Let’s see TCU.” – Jason ([16:48])

• Sizing Up Boozer:
  Amusing banter over Boozer’s height—officially listed at 6'8"–6'9", but may be closer to 6'7".

  • "His hair maybe adds a couple inches." – Rob ([18:46])

• AJ Dybantsa, Darius Acuff, and Other Standouts:
  Brief recaps of other top prospects’ opening games—Dybantsa shines with 35 points for Texas, Acuff posts 24 and 7 assists for Arkansas.

• Tournament Observations:
  Siena's surprising “no-sub” strategy for all 40 minutes, Texas ousting BYU on the offensive glass, and high-profile struggles and triumphs across various teams.

3. North Carolina’s Collapse – Is Hubert Davis Done?

[25:08–29:21]

• Tar Heels Blow a 19-Point Lead to VCU:
  UNC suffers an overtime loss after a catastrophic inability to inbound the ball and missed free throws.

  • "They literally could not inbound the basketball when it mattered most in the last five minutes. That's unacceptable." – Jason ([25:36])
  • "They got outscored in...the fourth quarter, 23 to 11. ...VCU storms back, ends up winning in overtime." – Jason ([25:59])

• Hubert Davis’ Track Record Dissected:
  Rob lays out a damning history of late-season chokes since Davis took over:

  • 2022: Lost national title game after a blown lead.
  • 2023: First preseason #1 to miss NCAA tourney.
  • 2024: One-seed, lost in Sweet 16.
  • 2025/26: First-round exits, including this latest collapse.

• Notable Reactions:

  • Tyler Hansbrough: “I wasn't surprised. I've seen this story before.” ([28:37])
  • Rob: “There is no way [Davis] makes it to April 1st as the coach.” ([29:03])
  • “This may have been a tarmac game for him.” – Rob, evoking college football's infamous on-the-tarmac firing.

4. Rapid-Fire College Hoops Notes & Weekend Preview

[29:22–31:56]

• Illinois, Arkansas & Michigan:
  Preview of the lines and the next round—expecting Illinois and Arkansas to cruise but highlighting potential upsets. St. Louis (“Cream Abdul Jabbar”) singled out as a potential sleeper for their unusual interior dominance.

• Personal/Bracket Notes:
  Jason shares excitement for a weekend of wall-to-wall basketball and updates on his Calcutta teams (Michigan and Duke survive), promising bracket picks and social media engagement.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Comparing Big Performances:
  “What Bam did looks cool... until you actually see what a marquee NBA player looks like when they go off, and you're like oh yeah, this is not the same sport. ...It's like me going off, you know, in NBA 2K and J Mac going off in the men's league.” – Rob ([09:12])

• On Boozer’s Rough Game:
  “If you can have a game like that... which I would consider to be maybe his C level game and you don't look good and he finds a way to get things done, that's impressive.” – Rob ([19:01])

• On Hubert Davis’ Job Security:
  "There is no way he makes it to April 1st as the coach." – Rob ([29:03])

• On Tournaments & Trips:
  “I will do my best to not lose my mind on social media.” – Jason ([31:39])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:00–09:38]: Luka's 60-point game, Lakers’ schedule, ethics of big scoring
• [14:05–21:39]: NCAA tournament: Duke's scare, Boozer & Dybantsa evaluations
• [25:08–29:21]: North Carolina collapse, Hubert Davis hot seat
• [29:22–31:56]: College hoops betting lines, weekend preview, “Cream Abdul Jabbar”
• [09:11] / [28:37]: Humorous/quotable highlights (Bam comparison, Hansbrough quote)

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Tone and Delivery

• Energetic, fast-paced, and unfiltered. Jason’s personality drives the show—a sports obsessive mixing detailed analytics, betting, and pop culture references.
• Rob serves as both sounding board and jokester, adding perspective, skepticism, and audience-friendly analogies.

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Summary

This episode offers a whirlwind look at one of the busiest weeks in basketball, from NBA superstars making statements to future pros testing their mettle on the NCAA tournament stage. It’s candid, insightful, and full of humor—perfect for fans wanting in-depth, authentic commentary on the game's biggest storylines. Fans of both the NBA and college hoops will find plenty to latch onto, especially the inside talk around big names and coaching drama.

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[Jason McIntyre]

What is up strict fire fam? It's me, Jason McIntyre. Straight for Friday, March 20th. We made it, folks. I'm not not listen, I don't expect you to break out any tiny violins and be like, oh, Jason, oh my goodness, so tough. It's just, it's a, it was a rough week. I know you don't give a rat's ass because you're fired up where the picks who come on, how's the bracket, all that stuff. But hosting the Herd doing the pod first week of the NCAA tournament brackets galore. Had the Calcutta two championship games. Won both of them, by the way. I did in an odd twist and you can laugh all you want. Listen, man, getting old. Pretty clear basketball days near the end. Didn't score in either of the championship games. A combined over two shooting. But I don't care. It's all about just getting the chip. I don't need bragging rights like, oh hey, I scored eight points, 16. But it doesn't matter. You know, if I had a game winner, that'd be amazing. But it was just a hella busy week. And just when I think like, oh, college basketball, we'll dig into the tournament. I'll just lay around. Luca Doncic decides to drop. First of all, I can't believe the Lakers played them. So they played at Houston Monday, then they played at Houston Wednesday. Then they had to fly and get into Miami. I believe it was something like 3 or 4am or 5am on Thursday. Rest up and everybody expects, oh, no Reeves, no Luca, no LeBron. They all played. I I'm stunned when Dave McMenamin put it out there. I'm like, geez, why are the Lakers doing this? They don't want to risk injury. This is the long game. What are they doing There's a long road trip. Why are we forcing this? And then Luca goes out and puts up a 60 piece in 38 minutes. Austin Reeves plays 40 minutes. He's still a little bit on the struggle bus. LeBron, 38 minutes on a back to back. Are you effing kidding me? LeBron, by the way, trip dub. 19, 15 and 10. Like what is happening now? I'm not out here saying the Miami Heat are great. I don't even know where they are in the East. I'll look it up real quick. But I, I, I'm stunned. The Lakers play there, guys. I'm stunned. The Lakers players. Oh, the heater. Eighth in the East. Yeah, they're not good. I'm stunned. Luca went for 60. How is this for efficiency? 18 for 39 threes. 15 of 19 from the line, five steals for Luca. Legend and the Lakers, it looks like they were down after one. You know, Lakers getting their legs. And then they came back and dominated in the second half and rolled to victory. Ted Tyler, hero played. Yeah, they, I didn't, I mean, Pell Larson is in the starting lineup. I was unaware of that. This is Norman Powell came off the bench. It's a fine wind. It's on the road. Listen guys, it's never easy to win it back to back. And I know what you're going to say. Oh well, back in the 80s and 90s, people had no problems with back to backs. You guys are just drunk. I mean, honestly, clueless. The pace, the tempo, it's ridiculous now in the league, it is insane. And that's why you're seeing a lot of guys get injuries. The, it's just, it's a much tougher league now and honestly, I would have sat the guys. Rob G has some really funny quote from Bam out of bio. But at this rate, listen, you never want to go overboard and overreact. The lakers have won 11 of 12. They are freaking rolling at this point. You look at the standings, they're trying to get some separation and lock up third, face whoever is sixth and then bring on the Spurs. It looks like the spurs at least because the Thunder have won 10 in a row. Spurs have won four in a row. Wemby hit a game winner and I, I think the pretty clear line that those are now the top three teams. Denver's kind of limping to the finish and Edwards out a few weeks. Rockets are proven to be frauds. So this Lakers run is impressive. There are 12 games left in the season. They're not going to catch a Spurs But, Rob, I. I need you to read this Bam at a bio quote, because it's so funny. Bam, of course, scored 83. Recently. I saw somebody posted that they're selling Bam out of bio jerseys with the number 83 on them. But he said something goofy afterward.

[Rob]

Yes, he did. Now, Bam himself had a solid game, you know, 28 and 10, you know, which is great for his standards, right? So after the game, he's meeting with the media, and he has the box score in front of him, like they all do. And he's asked about Luka Doncic, and he says, in part, here's the quote. I know what it's like to be in that mode. As people can see, it's not easy to get 80, you bastard. And I don't mean to call him a bastard, but it's like, you. You cannot be serious right now, silly. Yeah, like, you. You. You were there. You know what happened. You know what you did. You know what you and Spo did to get to the 83. It was unethical basketball. I don't want to argue with J. Mac, because that was a week ago. But, like, that happened. And then you see what happens when a real ethical baller shows up and Luke is even on the. If there's, like, a spectrum between ethical and unethical ballers. If it goes from, like, let's say Bam's 83 is the worst version, and, like, Josh Hart is the best version. Like, even Luca, it tilts more to the unethical side. But in this scenario, you mentioned 18 of 39 of 17, 15 of 19 from the free throw line for 60 points. Once after the first quarter, once they finally got their sea legs underneath them, and. And they were no longer jet lag, and they weren't, you know, running in slop after the first 12 minutes, Luca, if he wanted to, could have got you 70, no problem. And you saw what happened. Like, I saw somebody put out this tweet where, I don't know if you know, the. The Cat Williams stand up where he says, hey, man, why'd you get a Chrysler 300? And he says, because it looks like a Phantom. It's like, well, it only looks like a phantom until an actual phantom pulls up, and then you're like, well, no, it looks like a Chrysler 300. That's how you compare what Bam did versus what Luca did.

[Jason McIntyre]

Is that.

[Rob]

Yeah, it's really funny if you haven't seen it. What Bam did looks cool, and the box score looks fantastic until you actually see what. What a marquee NBA player looks like when they go off and you're like oh yeah, this is not the same sport. What Luka did and what Bam did are two totally different things. It's like me going off, you know, in NBA 2K and J Mac going off in the men's league. Like this is not the same.

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[Rob]

point, I would not have played those guys after getting in. It was a 5am local time. They look slow, they look sluggish. And then all of a sudden Luka just made a couple of shots. Then he made a couple of more and it's like well hey, if he's got it going, maybe we'll do something here. And I thought that what he said after the game in all seriousness, where they asked him about the decision to play because according to all reports they gave the players the option whether or not they wanted to play, right? And to A man, Luca, Arkansas, LeBron all said, no, we're going to play, we're going to get this one. And if that doesn't tell you about where they are mentally and emotionally heading into the postseason, I don't know what, what does.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well, hopefully they don't catch the south beach flu. They've got the Orlando Magic Saturday. That will not be an easy one. Even though the Magic lost last night to Charlotte. I'm sure you also saw guys are dropping like flies. Giannis of course, injured again. I saw the collapsed lung. Collapsed lung for what's his name, Kate Cunningham. Like, it's just a tough time to be an NBA player now. Anthony Edwards down and it's late. And I frankly, I was going to open with NCAA tournament if Luca didn't drop 60. And I think a lot of people over the next four days will largely, you know, miss out on NBA results. I know I will. Especially if things happen like the way what, what went down with the Duke Sienna game. And you know, it sounds like North Carolina could be making a move. Let's just quickly start with Duke. Since I watched that and I think I told you guys, we got Duke in the Calcutta, you know, 44, 000 second highest team after Arizona. And to, to get our, you know, to get our money back, make a little bit they need to get to the final four. And that's well within reach. And I knew that they were vulnerable. I didn't think they would lose to freaking Sienna vulnerable. And that nearly happened. Down 13 in the second half. Down 5 with 7 minutes left. It was like, geez, guys, what the hell is happening? And frankly I saw a lot of takes, hot takes flying about Cam Boozer. Rob, you know, a lot of people aren't really locked in on Cam Boozer. And you know, they watched him kind of. I mean, I don't want to say he struggled. He's 18 and a half going up against Siena, which Sienna, weirdly. I've never seen this. Rob. They didn't sub once the whole game. All five of their starters played 40 minutes. Now I guess they have a suspension and an injury and that made it tough. But it's like you can't spell a guy for two minutes before a the under eight timeout or what have you. I, I was stunned at that and they wore down late. But you know, Boozer, he was good. He wasn't dominant. I think people are expecting, oh, this guy could be the number one pick. Oh, J. Max calling him, you know, on The Jokic path. His D could be a Tim Duncan type player because he's not athletic. And Boozer comes out with 22, 13 and 3. Only 4 of 11 shooting. Settled for five threes, which was dumb, but did make 13 or 14 free throws. And it was like, you know, he's not totally dominant. Well, I'll tell you this right now, Rob, he's gonna have to be against tcu. They played TCU Saturday and TCU won with some bully ball against Ohio State. You know, these are grown ass men and Cam Boozer is an 18 year old. So I do think Duke's got its work cut out. I, I already bet them -10 to beat TCU. I think they bounced back. You know, that was their one. I mean, one of their players did like the halftime interview and was like, we thought it would be a cakewalk, you know. You know, these are. They start three freshmen, okay, and, and Boozer's brother, the point guard didn't. I don't think he started any games this year at all until the injury to Foster. So he was coming off the bench. Now he's starting and you could just tell they were not totally locked in early and it was dicey for way too long. I'm not going to overreact to an 18 and a half year old debut in the NCAA tournament against a pesky opponent. Let's see TCU. And then after that, where it gets real interesting is it looks like they will be facing Kansas or St. John's St. John's is a tough team with some badass dudes inside Kansas, they have a couple, but I think this is the wake up call Duke needed, Rob. But really unimpressive stuff.

[Rob]

You know what's funny is, is I watched that whole game as I was prepping for my own podcast, which I know you never listen to. So I appreciate it.

[Jason McIntyre]

I did listen to the first one.

[Rob]

Oh, you did? Thank you. I appreciate. You know, wow, I feel, I feel like a dick now.

[Jason McIntyre]

I didn't listen to the second one.

[Rob]

This one, no. But I watched that whole game and, and to your point, everybody was expecting the highlights, the, the showcase game from, from Cameron Boozer. And I actually came away wildly impressed with him for two reasons. Number one, to your point, he didn't have it right. This was not a Cameron Boozer type of game. He did not look like the best version of himself. He really struggled there from the field, 4 of 11 shooting. But then you look at the box scoring, you're like, well, 22 and 13 on an off Night sounds pretty damn good to me. Right? Yeah. And then you. I also remember thinking to myself more than once watching these two teams play and it's like, are they really having Cameron Boozer at, you know, generously listed at, what is it? 6, 8, you know, 6, 9, 2. He's not 6, 9, 250, I can tell you that.

[Jason McIntyre]

Right. I think, I think he might be taller.

[Rob]

No, I, I think he might be smaller. I think he's six seven, 235.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well now that's not. If he's six. Come on. Six, seven. Really?

[Rob]

He, he, his hair maybe adds a couple inches. Right? You know what I mean? Like, but they had him dead center of the defense having to defend against a physical front line that CNN like, was it foliac from sienna 67250? Like, that's what, that's what a tank looks like when you sign out there. Like the two guys look totally different. And he's having to anchor their defense inside as an undersized five man because their center is currently out. And it was tough early, but the second half when they got down and they knew they had to get stops, he's anchoring the defense that's getting all the stops. He's getting every single rebound on the defensive end and he's still finding ways to score when his shot's not falling. So if you can have a game like that, which I would consider to be maybe what his C level game and you don't look good and he finds a way to get things done that's impressive because you don't know how many times we've watched a player, maybe not of his caliber, but the best team, the best player on a team, on a higher ranked team in this tournament not have their best stuff and they can't find ways to impact winning if the shot's not falling. And he did.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Rob]

So you know, if and when you know, their center comes back, maybe comes back in, in round two, I don't. We'll see.

[Jason McIntyre]

I think they're projecting sweet 16. So that would be next Thursday, next week.

[Rob]

So if they are able to get that far, that's going to be a huge step in the right direction for him and that team. Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

If it felt like if you watched AJ Debon such Carrie and I mean Carrie B.

[Rob]

He was awesome.

[Jason McIntyre]

Texas, he had 35, 10 of 18 shooting, could not hit the three day. He was 1 of 7. They were 4 of 22 from deep. It killed him. Made all 12 of his free throws, but he had 35 and 9, only one assist. Not great. He clearly is a playmaker, but he's not playing with NBA level guys and ultimately they can't get over the hump. Texas just murdered them in the offensive class. 16 offensive rebounds. They had some big guy who I think had maybe one double double in his career and he went off for 23 and 16, but he was 3 of 11 from the line. He just dominated inside and and BYU gets eliminated. Stinks, devon said. Goes to the pros, but he looked like the part right that guy. He could get to the rim anytime he wants. He could. He did everything. And then if you watched any Darius Acuff as Arkansas took apart Hawaii, Acuff was the real deal. He had 247 of 14 shooting and and 24 and 7 assists. Terrific game. They played without like their third best player depending on the second or third and they smash Hawaii. So it was an interesting opening salvo for the guys who were big time picks.

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[Jason McIntyre]

I think outside of Duke's struggles, the biggest story is probably North Carolina and choking away a 19 point second half lead and losing to Virginia Commonwealth in just a devastating loss. And it's so bad that you've got former UNC players coming out and wondering if Hubert Davis can survive this. They literally could not inbound the basketball when it mattered most in the last five minutes. That's unacceptable. They got outscored in like the, essentially the fourth quarter, 23 to 11. Now I know it's just halves in college basketball, but they break it down by 10 minute segments. They got outscored 23:11 down the stretch. VCU storms back, it ends up winning in overtime. Now, I to defend Hubert Davis and I'm not defending him because he went to my high school, which he did. I didn't know him, of course, I was way younger. They didn't have their best player, Caleb Wilson. Right. The guy was going to the pros. He was wearing a pretty cool shirt on the sideline, actually. But you're still up 19, you know, like even without your best player, you're up 19. I thought, I thought Trimble looked like a good player and Vsar was good. They just missed a billion free throws. You know, it's a devastating loss. But the worst part is, so Hubert Davis essentially starts his career in year one, taking the Tar Heels to the Final four. They, in 2022, they end up losing to Kansas in that one. They had a big lead. And I remember because that was the first year we did a Calcutta and we had Kansas and it was a big sweat. And I remember we were on spring break and we were in Mexico with the family and it was super difficult to find a television and watching it on my phone was like a bit of a hurdle. Not that you care about any of this, but I remember like, oh my gosh, we got to get back to the hotel so I can fire this up on the tv and you know, if we're being real, like, I got lucky, North Carolina blew it. And that's kind of, I don't want to say it's been his thing, but Rob did do some digging and Hubert Davis has, has blown his fair share of leads, huh?

[Rob]

Yeah, he definitely has blown his fair share. Elite. Now you're underselling what happened to him in, in, in North Carolina. All right, so he starts off like gangbusters. Now you recall he was the handpicked successor to Roy Williams at UNC because that's one of the plum jobs in all the sports, not just in college. Right. He beats Coach K in Coach K's final game. Which if you're a Carolina fan, like that holds major weight. Like that's like if you're a Michigan man and you beat Ohio State three straight years, like that's, that's a huge deal. Takes down Coach K in his final game, makes it to the national championship game. They blow the big lead and lose that game. We're like, hey, first year they made it to the title game, they lost the lead, but they'll be back. Watch the next season they become the first team in NCAA history up until that point to be the preseason number one and miss the tournament outright.

[Jason McIntyre]

Oh, geez.

[Rob]

Okay. Then in 2024, they're the one seed or a one seat again. Lose in the Sweet 16. All right, 2025 last season and now 2026. Back to back years, they lose in the first round, including Thursday night blowing a 19 point lead.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah, that's not great.

[Rob]

So this is not an aberration. This is not a blip. I don't even think the Caleb Wilson excuse is going to hold water for Tar Heel faithful when you have.

[Jason McIntyre]

You're up 19, you know.

[Rob]

Yeah. I mean, when you have Tyler, you know, here, Tyler Hans Bros. A Tyler hero. Tyler Hansborough saying on his podcast with Jeff Goodman. You know, I wasn't surprised. I've seen this story before. Yeah, like that kind of speaks volumes.

[Jason McIntyre]

Not great.

[Rob]

As they say here in LA after the infamous Lane Kiffin situation. Remember Arizona State, they lose, they get embarrassed and he gets fired. On the tarmac. On the tarmac before he goes home. Hubert Davis, if they had to fly home, I think this was in South Carolina. This may have been a tarmac game for him. UNC is too good of a job with too much money, too big in NIL and the Jordan brand behind them. There is no way he makes it to April 1st as the coach.

[Jason McIntyre]

Wow. You think he's cooked?

[Rob]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Jason McIntyre]

Interesting. I haven't looked at like the recruiting pipeline or what they have on the horizon. It's a bad loss. That's undeniable. But hey, he is a Tar Heel grad, right? Went to unc. That's tough. I mean, listen, that's a bad loss, but you know, frankly, Danes beaten Illinois. Let me look at the line for Illinois. They weren't going to win that game anyway, but it's. You're right, it's. You can't really lose that. Illinois is probably gonna be favored by about 10 against VCU. Let's see here. Ken Palm has it at 9. Illinois looked amazing. So everybody's gonna bet Them, I mean, they hammered Penn by like 35. Let's see if the lines are out. Rob, sorry for the delay. I know this is riveting. People. Love. Oh, yeah. Let's hear that line. Jay. Fire it. Okay, so Illinois is minus minus 10. I mean, I think they'll be fine. The. The other lines for Saturday, Arkansas -11. I think they murder. High Point, Gonzaga, Texas, six and a half, nothing there. Houston A M A and M really throttled. There was a lot of blowouts at night. During the day, there was a couple good games. You had a high point taking down Wisconsin. And I called Wisconsin during the Big Ten tournament. They're the biggest boom bus team ever. They make a lot of threes. They play no defense. If the threes aren't falling, they're vulnerable. There it is. Michigan, 12 and a half against St. Louis. That St. Louis thing. Team scares me. I don't know if you saw this, Rob. 66 points in the paint, the most in the tournament in seven years. And now they gotta face Michigan. They. St. Louis has that transfer, the white guy with goggles and his nickname is Cream. C R E A M. Abdul Jabbar.

[Rob]

Are you familiar with his work? Love that guy.

[Jason McIntyre]

That's. I mean, he, you know, he's basically like a doughy Jokic with glasses and he's a really good college basketball player. Player. So Saturday lines up at some good. I'm just. Listen, I'm excited to just lay around all weekend and watch basketball. I. I gotta walk my dog because I haven't been able to really walk him this week because I'm up at, you know, butt crack at dawn. Today is a big one. I know you guys care deeply about the Calcutta teams. Obviously Michigan and Duke survive. But you know this is going to be a big sweat. I will do my best to not lose my mind on social media. We got a good week of content though, Rob. Right. We had Luca and the Lakers going off. You have Giannis beefing with the Bucks. Did we get into the Tracy McGrady comments? We did a little bit yesterday.

[Rob]

A little bit. A little bit.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah. Yeah. There's just so many good things happening now. Max Crosby pop popping off about the Raiders and the Ravens situation. I will say the rate your Raiders are got interesting. They're more interesting than the jets this year.

[Rob]

I. I mean, sure as heck hope so.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well, they got Mendoza, the Jets, they got Geno Smith and that. It's uninspiring anyways. All right, everybody have a great weekend. We are back on Monday. Hopefully the bracket contest is going well, putting the picks online as usual. See you tomorrow.

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