Episode 183
Morning 6-Pack - Get Your Bracket Ready: Fun "Facts" About March Madness!
Morning 6-Pack - March Madness Mayhem! It’s that wild time of year again, folks—March Madness is here, and Arkansas is strutting into the NCAA Tournament as a number four seed! We’re kickin’ things off against Hawaii, who just crashed the party after a decade-long hiatus. Can you say scrappy? It's gonna be a wild ride! If we make it past those Rainbow Warriors, we might just have a showdown with Wisconsin, a team with a chip on their shoulder after crushing Coach Cal’s perfect season back in the day. And don’t even get me started on all the crazy facts about this tournament—like how the office bracket pool champ might just be that one co-worker who picks teams based on their jerseys! So grab your coffee, kick back, and let's dive into all the madness!
Takeaways:
- March Madness is here, and Arkansas is ready to rumble as a number four seed in the West!
- Hawaii's got a scrappy style, so Arkansas better come to play; it's gonna be wild!
- We could face off against Wisconsin next—remember that time they ruined Coach Cal's perfect season?
- Top March Madness facts: the office pool champ is always the one who picks based on colors!
- TV channels are packed with games; good luck finding a channel without hoops on!
- If you think your bracket skills are solid, just wait until Grandma swoops in with her color picks!
Transcript
It is of course March Madness season and Arkansas moves into the NCAA Tournament as the number four seed in the West Region under head coach John Calipari.
Speaker A:His second season and we open up against Hawaii.
Speaker A:The Rainbow warriors earned their bid by winning the Big West Tournament and it's their first appearance in the tournament in a decade.
Speaker A:So we should knock on wood be able to handle this matchup.
Speaker A:But Hawaii is a very up tempo guard heavy style so it could be scrappy for us.
Speaker A:We can't overlook.
Speaker A:And if we get past Hawaii, it sets a potential second round fight with number five Wisconsin.
Speaker A: ause Coach Cal In Kentucky in: Speaker A:That team went into the final 4:38 and oh and got beat by Wisconsin.
Speaker A:Cost them a title shot.
Speaker A:So Wisconsin was able to spoil California.
Speaker A:So now in his second year he could possibly get revenge against the Badgers.
Speaker A:But Wisconsin has one of the best front courts in the country, so that will not be easy either for sure.
Speaker A:And the West Region is loaded with some traditionally powerful teams like the big mid major Gonzaga that everyone knows about.
Speaker A:Purdue is the number two seed and the top seed in the West Region.
Speaker A:Arizona is thought by many to be the one expected to win it all.
Speaker A:So we've got a lot of work to do if we're going to make it into the into the final rounds of the NCAA tournament.
Speaker A:Also note that we've got to travel to the furthest away destination.
Speaker A:The West Regional takes kicks off in Portland, Oregon.
Speaker A:So we've got to go to Portland, Oregon where we play on a Thursday instead of a Friday.
Speaker A:So it's a very long road ahead.
Speaker A:But when you have this huge tournament every year you get these interesting matchups and there's all these fascinating facts but but some of them have nothing to do with gameplay.
Speaker A:In fact, here are the top six March Madness facts that you probably don't know anything about.
Speaker B:Well, gather round folks.
Speaker B:It's the time of day when we laugh and smile in a light hearted way.
Speaker B:Tune in for the giggles and let's kick back.
Speaker B:Here comes the fun.
Speaker B:It's the morning six pack.
Speaker A:The top six March Madness facts.
Speaker A:I'm using that term loosely that you probably did not know.
Speaker A:Number six.
Speaker A:Most of these student athletes make more money than you do.
Speaker A:Number five.
Speaker A:The ones who play the hardest are indeed the ones who want it the most because they get the most kids to support while in college.
Speaker A:Several of them with several.
Speaker A:Number four.
Speaker A:This year's tournament will be on many TV channels.
Speaker A:It's easier for me to list the one TV channel that you won't see basketball on, and that is Univision.
Speaker A:Number three, no matter how much time you spend filling out your bracket, that old lady in accounting who picks teams based on uniform colors is still going to win the office pool.
Speaker A:Number two, any Russian who does a better job filling out a bracket than Vladimir Putin accidentally falls out of a window.
Speaker A:And the number one fascinating fact about March Madness you probably did not know.
Speaker A:Traditional basketball powers include Indiana, Kentucky and Kansas.
Speaker A:Thanks, Method.
