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Graydon Prescott 0:17
Hey everybody, and welcome to another episode of sports prep live, sports prep live, where we unbox the bike and talk excellence in athletics.

Graydon Prescott 0:35
What is up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of sports prep live. I'm your host, graden Prescott, and today is time for March Madness. So it is a basketball oriented show, and we get to talk about the madness of March, the NIT, which is normally not what we will talk about on this show, but UNLV is playing, so we get to talk about the NIT. So I got KB with me this week, yep, yep. And we'll just start with what. You know, what? Let's start with some UNLV.

Graydon Prescott 1:07
So the women's team, interestingly enough, will not be partaking in March Madness. March Madness,

K.B. 1:13
or at least with respect to

Graydon Prescott 1:15
the tournament. Well, that's what March Madness really is. So surprising, not surprising. What do you think?

K.B. 1:20
No, no, madness in nit.

Graydon Prescott 1:23
That's not, that's not that most people think the NIT means not in

K.B. 1:27
i Oh, that's, that's about, that's cold. But yes, it is obviously not the March Madness tournament. Unfortunate. I did expect them to make it. The selection committee can be a little bit, you know, unyielding sometimes when it comes to the criteria to get in, when you put yourself on that fence, more often than not, you're not going, it's not going to go the way that you're hoping. So we've seen, you know, reveal parties. We've seen kids on Instagram, or kids on Tiktok or whatever, as they get the news from the selection committee, if they're in what seed all, all very exciting, but UNLV this year just doesn't, you know, have that opportunity. And that's unfortunate, because coach Lorac really did well this season. I think there were a couple of games that got away from them that ordinarily wouldn't have. I think this is the most losses they've had in a season under her tutelage. So there is that, but I expect them to come back bigger and stronger next year, and since they're going to be playing in at least some sort of a postseason tournament, I do expect them to do well in the postseason tournament, which could speak speak to their advantage, or speak to the momentum that they can carry into

Graydon Prescott 2:37
next season. Yeah, I felt like they should have gotten the nod for the tournament. I really did. I think they're good enough to have gotten the nod. I agree. I agree. But they didn't, understandably, so they probably did not play up to the level that they wanted to this season. Absolutely that without, yeah, so they're going to be playing in the WNIT, which is the Women's National Invitational Tournament, right? It's the second biggest postseason tournament that, unfortunately, nobody really watches or pays attention to, competing against. March Madness, yeah, it's a different level. Yes. And then the men's team also going to be making an NIT appearance. This will be their 13th consecutive season not making the NCAA tournament.

K.B. 3:19
It's not a good look. That is

Graydon Prescott 3:20
not a good look, not not a good look. But also, I mean, the way they looked mid season, it looked like they wouldn't have a postseason period right, other than the Mountain West Conference tournament. So at least for this season, if you're isolating the season, making the NIT for the men's team is probably a good accomplishment, sure, sure. And I think they've peaked over the past. We'll call it month, they've been playing their best basketball, led by, of course, Dr Gibbs Lawhorn, yes, and I think they can hopefully do some damage in the NIT they had a tough loss to Utah State in the Mountain West Conference tournament, but that was probably expected. Utah state's been a very good team this year, right? So I think they can make a run, a decent run in the NIT. And I think UNLV is going to be our women's are going to be contender

K.B. 4:09
in the NIT. I agree. I'm not so sure about the men's. I know Dre is going to do his thing, yeah. And as we've expressed here on the show before, they're going to have trouble

Graydon Prescott 4:20
hanging on to this young man. Yeah, that's he

K.B. 4:23
is a baller. He has been a force. No one could have saw this coming as he was transferred over from the University of Illinois. Champaign Urbana. Shout out to the Fighting Illini. But wow, if I don't know many, how many more years of eligibility he has left, but to the extent that he has any eligibility, two

Graydon Prescott 4:43
more, yeah, right now it may be, it

K.B. 4:46
may be tough to hang on to him, because I think not only a player like that, but some of the other players that came in, you know, because it was a big recruiting year, transfer year for them, when Coach Pastner came in and he's doing his job. Job, but I think he just needed a little bit more runway to get this team to be the well oiled machine that he probably envisioned. You know, you talked to him about that when you had him on the show, but it's going to be very difficult to hang on to Dre I hope he stays. But you heard it here first. We expect him to be gone on sports prep live. Yeah, and that's unfortunate for UNLV,

Graydon Prescott 5:21
because this kid is a baller. Yeah, they play against the men's will play against UC Irvine 8pm tomorrow, that'll be their first round matchup. And Coach Pastner gave a statement. He said, we're excited to receive an invitation to the NIT and grateful for the opportunity to continue our season. Anytime you get the chance to keep competing with your group. It's something you appreciate for us, especially in our first year building this program. It's a great chance to continue our positive trajectory towards our larger goals. I think that pretty much sums up the season yes for them, yes, and that's not a bad thing for first year coach at UNLV, not like he's a first year coach in college basketball. This is an experienced guy, but his first year with the program, he's kind of coming into a program where they were a little bit dead in the water, and I think there was definitely some new life

K.B. 6:11
this season, lost a big time player.

Graydon Prescott 6:13
Yeah, it was an up and down year for sure, but I think the highs were higher than they have been over the past couple of years. Won our rivalry game with Nevada in a thriller. So, so it was a it was a good season, and I think they're gonna have a chance. I don't expect them to win the NIT, but I do expect them to compete and to play well. So I think this is pretty much as good of a scenario as they could have asked for, for the post for year one. Yeah, yeah. Now the women's team probably a little more they're disappointed. Yes, now let's, let's talk about the big tournament. Yes. Would you like? I'll let you make the decision here. Would you like to start with the women's or the men's? We can flip a coin.

K.B. 6:53
Let's start with because I think there is a little bit more of an open question on the men's side. This is true, the women's side, to me. So we'll start there. The women's side, to me, seems like a foregone conclusion. And I don't know of anybody who knows basketball or who knows women's college basketball, yeah, all right,

Graydon Prescott 7:11
here's I'm gonna see if you and I are on the same page already. Okay, here's how the women's bracket is gonna go. The first three rounds are gonna go by, so the first round, the round of 32 and the sweet 16 are going to go by. And when we get to the Elite Eight, all four number ones are going to be left over. LSU will still be there, Michigan will still be there. And then two number threes will probably sneak in there, like maybe Duke and Louisville. Let me

K.B. 7:36
pull out of Kanye West. I'm gonna let you finish. I'm going to let you finish. Yeah, yeah.

Graydon Prescott 7:40
But let's just cutting to the fast forward. Well, welcome to the 2026,

K.B. 7:45
national champion, UConn, and

Graydon Prescott 7:49
the runner and the runner up, UCLA

K.B. 7:50
Bruins, more than likely. Yeah, that one they've been playing. Well, I don't see anyone else really beating them, but they're not. Yukon is so far ahead of everyone

Graydon Prescott 8:01
I know. Well, here's the thing with Okay, so there's two SEC teams, and then UConn, and it's, of course, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA. Yes, those are the four number one seeds. And I pretty think, I pretty much think everyone in the world expects those four to be the final four.

K.B. 8:16
Here's my only caveat, and this isn't a caveat necessarily, with respect to the eventual national champion. We think that's going to be the Huskies. But who's going to be in that game against them? I This young lady out of Texas.

Graydon Prescott 8:31
The only team I think can use them is Texas. Yeah, Madison

K.B. 8:35
Booker is a problem. Yeah, this young lady is the

Graydon Prescott 8:39
truth. They're getting lazy next year too,

K.B. 8:40
and they're getting getting Lizzy space now, Lizzie is a phenomenal player. Shout out to Lizzie McDonald's all American selection. So they're going to get tougher. Madison is still going to be there, but there are levels to this. Madison Booker is unbelievable. I just like she has carried this team through.

Graydon Prescott 9:01
But here's the thing I as good as Madison Booker is she gets onto the court with UConn. She is not the best player on the court. She's just not. She's just not. Sarah strong. Are you giving that to

K.B. 9:10
Sarah strong? I was just

Graydon Prescott 9:11
Sarah strong is the best player on the court. I just don't know. I don't know. And honestly, Sarah Madison Booker might be third.

K.B. 9:19
You know, easy FUD is on the

Graydon Prescott 9:20
floor. Is going to be the number one easy FUD

K.B. 9:23
can hoop. You know, we're big fans of AC easy Fudd

Graydon Prescott 9:27
back in the day, shooting 45% on Yes, miss any free throws. And then Sarah Strong's almost averaging a double easy FUD is one of the

K.B. 9:34
best pure shooters in the country, barring no one irre independent of gender, like she is lethal as a shooter.

Graydon Prescott 9:44
I don't, I just don't. I don't think as good as Madison Booker is, and she is phenomenal. I don't think she's good Sarah strong, she's Madison Booker is great, but she's not on the level where you can take down this you. I really think,

K.B. 9:59
and I agree with. You there, the team is not on the level. You're not going to take down Sarah strong because of the pieces that are around her. And you you were correct when you said, we don't know who the top person is on this. If these two teams end up meeting, you've got Sarah strong, you've got AZ fudge, you've got Madison Booker, who's going to be the number one, who is the number one player. But I'm going to tell you, Madison Booker has done some things that have not surprised me because we know who she is, but shocked me in the sense that, like, are you serious? Like we knew she was good, but she's even better than I imagined, and she if anyone in the country can bring a team to the brink of a national championship, it is Madison Booker and the Texas squad, but I do believe AZ FUD, Sarah strong, have a far deeper squad around them, and that's what I think would be instrumental.

Graydon Prescott 10:47
I think you but I think, I think UCLA has the second deepest squad to UConn, like by a mile, the second deepest squad. They're deeper than Texas. They're deeper than South Carolina this year. I don't think either of those teams can mess with UCLA not this year. Okay, okay,

K.B. 11:03
maybe last. I'm not sure. I'm not maybe Sure. You see on UConn

Graydon Prescott 11:07
race, 31 and one like 31 wins one loss. And let me find out who their one loss was to, because I need to see who this was it Texas, I don't know. I honestly couldn't tell you. All I remember is their 31 wins, and their 51 point beat down of a number two seed Iowa State or Iowa team in the big

K.B. 11:27
10 Championship. Yeah, but Iowa is not what

Graydon Prescott 11:28
it used to be. Oh, shoot. It was Texas.

K.B. 11:31
See, see, like audience, stay with me. Now, stay with me, but it matters.

Graydon Prescott 11:39
No, no, no, no, it was Rory Harmon,

K.B. 11:43
but Madison went six of 17. Okay, so I don't expect her to have a game like that

Graydon Prescott 11:48
again, but Rory, but Rory Harmon is probably not going to go 26 points on six of six on or two of two on threes, six of six on free throws, nine for 15 overall. Okay, I trust that Madison Booker will do better than Right, right, right. I think she'll do better than six of 17, but I don't trust Rory Harmon to be consistent in 26 points like that's not going to happen again. She had eight points against South Carolina.

K.B. 12:15
But if they, if they flip right, if, if Rory gives you what Madison gave you, and Madison gives you that and more what Rory get. You just never know where you're going to end up.

Graydon Prescott 12:25
But rory's not, no, no, no, no. Rory is not giving you 16 points consistent. She averages eight points.

K.B. 12:31
I understand that, but big games bring out big moments and big time players, and that's that's the scary part about if UCLA ends up playing Texas again. They are going to know we are gettable, right? That UCLA will go into that game knowing they are getting it's

Graydon Prescott 12:46
hard to beat a team that you're on the same level with two times in a row. It's really

K.B. 12:50
hard to do. I agree with that if, if Madison didn't have such a sub par game, because I don't

Graydon Prescott 12:56
expect that to happen again. But no, but there was a standout that like, it's like, when, what, what's her, what's her name? When they played Iowa, LSU played Iowa in the national Jasmine, Jasmine, she's not hitting seven three Jasmine, Carson, she's not hitting seven three,

K.B. 13:12
lightning in a bottle. And the second

Graydon Prescott 13:16
and the next year, when Iowa played LSU, yes Angel played much better than she did the first year. Yes, she had like 17 points and 20 rebounds the second year. But Iowa won, right? There's lightning doesn't strike twice this Rory Harmon, and look, I've seen Texas play. She is not gonna have my existence. She is not going to have 26 points again against against, I don't expect her to crack 10. I don't know about that. She averages eight.

K.B. 13:47
The larger point is, because I know we got to move on. The larger point is, you said they were, what, 31 and 131, and one, and that one defeat was like, these long horns are serious. They are for real. Madison Booker is a problem.

Graydon Prescott 14:00
Still, I got UCLA. Okay, okay, I got you and then. But we can, we can firmly agree that the national champion is, is gonna be.

K.B. 14:11
It's UConn going away, it's Yukon still lose. I just can't see anybody else beating him. I really can't. Yeah, I don't, I don't. Now where things are not as definitive on inside, yeah, who you got?

Graydon Prescott 14:24
I don't want to pick a number one overall seed, which is Duke, right? I really like Duke. I think they're the best. I do think they're the superior team kind of Dave, sure, I'm sure, sure. But I was gung ho. No question whatsoever that Duke was going to win it last year. I didn't see a world where Duke lost, I agree. And they were up six with 50 seconds left, and lightning struck twice for them to lose because Tyler or not, Tyler Tyrese proctor missed four free throws in 30 seconds, and they lost. That was a shocker, but I didn't I thought there was no chance. Duke was gonna lose, right? The top two rookies in the NBA right now we're on Yes. Like, come on, no way Duke was gonna lose that flag, yes. But here we are right, and Duke Cooper, flag is not a national champion. Conup was not a national champion. And this year's Duke team, as good as they are, are not messing with that. Dude, I agree with that as well. I agree with that as well.

K.B. 15:22
Arizona's so they're, they're gettable. They

Graydon Prescott 15:24
are, yeah, yeah, they they have. Duke is gettable. Arizona is a problem. Arizona is tough.

K.B. 15:30
Arizona is a problem. Houston is feisty. Excuse always

Graydon Prescott 15:34
Houston, yes, there's never a year where Houston under, under Kelvin Sampson, who I believe is, you know, one of the three best coaches, along with DAN HURLEY and probably Coach Cal or Rick Pitino, okay, at St Mary's. But you know, there's an elite tier of coaches. DAN HURLEY, you know, like I said, Kevin Kelvin Sampson, is in that list, absolutely. And Houston has a program that is built on toughness and hard nose defense. They're hard to score on. They might not be the most talented teams, but they are just won't work

K.B. 16:10
them. Yeah, you will not hustle

Graydon Prescott 16:12
them, you will not work them, and you can't get out of a game with them. You won't beat them without leaving the game

K.B. 16:18
with this is why I say this about Houston. I do not expect them to win the national. I don't

Graydon Prescott 16:22
think they're gonna make it, however, but they

K.B. 16:24
can knock off. They can beat a one and eventual, an eventual national. Yeah, so you, if you're, you're gonna be nervous. Knees are knocking. If you you

Graydon Prescott 16:32
find that you don't want to see Houston. Houston across the bracket. We don't want to see Houston, no matter who you are. Like Florida barely escaped last year, they won by what, two they barely Houston's talk Houston, I and again, I don't expect them to win it. I don't really expect them to be in the Final Four. But with Houston, like, if BYU, with AJ, made it to the Final Four, everyone would be like, oh my goodness, BYU made it to the Final Four, right? Houston makes it to the Final Four, even if you don't expect it. Oh yeah, no surprise, yeah, no surprise. That makes sense. That's, that's Houston, right? They are not shocked. And I would be

K.B. 17:04
shocked if BYU made it to the final four. Yeah,

Graydon Prescott 17:06
absolutely, I'm not picking them to win. It. Is there

K.B. 17:09
a Cinderella team that you have out there that you

Graydon Prescott 17:10
think I would hope I love AJs game? I really do. That's your Cinderella? No, because they lost their second best player. You tours ACL. Okay? So no, BYU is not my Cinderella. I would love to see Miami of Ohio make a run. Oh, wow.

K.B. 17:26
What are they? Like, 31 and one now, yeah, I mean, they lost a game. They probably

Graydon Prescott 17:31
shouldn't lost though, yeah, they did, which is a problem, and I don't really expect them to do anything. But, like, I would just, I would love to see it, because all year, they were kind of, you know, they were talking about how they were unranked or ranked 25th and we're 29 and 25th in the country.

K.B. 17:48
Four losses. They felt like they just hadn't really played.

Graydon Prescott 17:51
Yeah, now, right? Their schedule was super weak. Yeah, 339th in strength of schedule. So I would just love to see them knock off a couple teams, you know, maybe make a sweet 16 appearance, and then my

K.B. 18:04
Cinderella team harkens back to actually Your youth is Iowa State.

Graydon Prescott 18:10
That doesn't count as a Cinderella. What? Iowa State's what a two, a three. No one expects. I know, no Cinderella. Cinderella is six or lower. No, that's not a Cinderella. No, I'm not. No, I am not accepting that that is not a Cinderella. A three seed makes the Final Four, and you're like, oh, like, that's one of the top 12 teams in the tournament, yeah,

K.B. 18:36
but they never get over the hump. So

Graydon Prescott 18:39
that's not, no, this is a team that

K.B. 18:41
I know that could win the national championship, that really has no okay, I would be

Graydon Prescott 18:44
shocked if they won the national championship. No Cinderella. And shocked are two very different things.

K.B. 18:51
Don't tell me you would not be shocked if Iowa State won the national

Graydon Prescott 18:55
I would be shocked, but that's four that would not be a Cinderella team. No Cinderella. And I think I might be more strict, I think Cinderella is six, six or lower, and maybe seventh or eighth if you're a top five seed, yeah, you're not a Cinderella team. You're in the upper half of the teams in the tournament. Remember, there's 16 teams, 16 seeds now, 64 teams. If you're a top five seed, that automatically makes you a top 20 they never get there again. That's not Cinderella. That's just that just means that they have a barrier that they can't get over, and they're breaking down the barrier. And that would

K.B. 19:36
be a barrier is a glass shoe, but I think it's Cinderella. No, no. Okay, well, that's that's my pick for the team that you don't expect to win a national championship. Win a national championship. What seed

Graydon Prescott 19:48
are they? I am not sure they are. They're a two seed that is not a Cinderella team. It's not even remotely close to a Cinderella team. They are a two

K.B. 19:58
seed with nary. Chance of winning a

Graydon Prescott 20:00
national champion Iowa's Be that as it may. Yes, Iowa State is a two seed that is nuts in any way, shape or form. Yeah, a Cinderella team that

K.B. 20:13
it doesn't give me a better example of a Cinderella team.

Graydon Prescott 20:16
Video, let me look at the bracket. Let me let me look at the bracket, because here a Cinderella team like Michigan, Michigan, the one seed.

K.B. 20:26
Michigan is a one seat Michigan.

Graydon Prescott 20:29
Okay, that's michigan state. Michigan State's probably a three or a four. So no, not Cinderella like, I mean, like Miami of Ohio, you know what you're talking about. Miami of Ohio would be a 31 and 111 seed, 11 seed, like Oral Roberts from a couple years ago, Oral Roberts University, FAU, from a few years ago, when they made the final four UMBC making.

K.B. 20:52
Now it's like taking me back to like Sesame Street or electric, one of these things, not like the other.

Graydon Prescott 20:59
When FDU is a 16 seed, and they beat the number one, Purdue with Zach Edie. That was Cinderella.

K.B. 21:05
These things are not like the other. Like these. These teams don't have any serious, serious chance of even contending. So I'm not FAU

Graydon Prescott 21:13
FA you made the final four as a 10 seed. That's that is a Cinderella, not a two seed that doesn't historically win anything,

K.B. 21:23
making it okay. Well, I have a new definition of Cinderella, and your

Graydon Prescott 21:26
definition is a team that has been

K.B. 21:28
knocking on the door year after year after year.

Graydon Prescott 21:31
No, that's a break. No one answers. Michael Jordan, winning his first championship was not a Cinderella story. Well, I agree with that. He was knocking on the door year after year after year, and then he finally broke through. That's not a Cinderella that would that's the it's no but

K.B. 21:45
with MJ, you saw in the bulls, right? You saw the upward trajectory

Graydon Prescott 21:49
Iowa State on the Iowa State has perennially been a top 10 team, and they've been getting better and better and better for the past five years. I can't remember a year where Iowa State wasn't Oh shoot. They were a seven seed next year. Oh, my God, they were a four last then a three. Last year, they were a two. Do you hear

K.B. 22:07
there's, here's the definitive answer. Anyone in the country expect Iowa State to win a national champion?

Graydon Prescott 22:15
No, but that doesn't matter. That's not that we're talking about Cinderella.

K.B. 22:19
Okay, that's the old generation of Cinderella News, New Generation Cinderella is a team that has effectively no chance of getting there ending up winning, because they don't

Graydon Prescott 22:29
just create a definition for Cinderella and then say that's what it means.

K.B. 22:33
Now, okay, that's that's my new different definition of a Cinderella. Your new definition that just keeps knocking the

Graydon Prescott 22:39
definition of Cinderella no

K.B. 22:41
one answered the door. If

Graydon Prescott 22:43
Utah State makes it to the Final Four, that's a Cinderella, and I think they could. They're a ninth seed. They play Villanova in the first round. Never mind, never mind. No, no. They play Arizona second. That won't happen. Nope. I take it back. Maybe Missouri

K.B. 22:57
or Miami. Okay, you still have not answered the question. What you don't like my Cinderella team, but it is Iowa State. Who is your Cinderella team? With all your technical criteria that you've laid out here with respect to what is and what is not, officially a Cinderella team? What was your Cinderella team that is a ninth seed and

Graydon Prescott 23:14
lower a two seed can't be a Cinderella team. That's just not. That's not how it works. Okay, a two seed cannot be Cinderella.

K.B. 23:23
That's subjective. Are they

Graydon Prescott 23:24
really a two seed? Though? Any definite? What do you mean? Are they really a two seed?

K.B. 23:29
What's, what's Iowa State's record? Seriously,

Graydon Prescott 23:30
yes, Iowa State's record is 27 and seven and one of the best conferences in the losses. What do you they play in a conference with Kansas and Arizona, Houston and Texas Tech. It's loaded and BYU. This is a loaded conference,

K.B. 23:47
okay, BYU is not going anywhere.

Graydon Prescott 23:49
There's still one. There's they

K.B. 23:50
got AJ, I understand that, but BYU is

Graydon Prescott 23:52
not going anywhere. I don't expect them to do anything really, either. I think they might get first rounded. But be that, I

K.B. 23:58
still haven't answered the question. I

Graydon Prescott 24:01
don't have a Cinderella okay. Now,

K.B. 24:03
all right, you don't have a Cinderella team. Let me not Miami of Ohio.

Graydon Prescott 24:06
It depends on what bracket they're in, because, well, they have to play Southern Methodist first, so they're in the first four, and then if they beat Southern Methodist, which they're not the favorite, to beat them, then they would immediately. Here's a tie.

K.B. 24:21
Here's a team for you. And this is independent of Cinderella stuff, North Carolina. Do you expect them to do anything?

Graydon Prescott 24:26
No, I don't, because their best player got hurt. Okay, Caleb Caleb Foster, no, no. Caleb Wilson, Unc. Caleb Wilson, yeah, he's gonna be. He's projected number four pick in the draft after after the big three. He's next freshman. Goes to you, okay, okay, he's tough, but he's out for the season. That's why I don't think they're really going to do anything if he were there. I guarantee there are six seed right now. If he were there, they would probably be a three or a four. That's the difference he makes. He's like that. He averages like 21 points, 11 rebounds, shooting 58% like, Dude is

K.B. 24:59
really good. Okay. Okay. Well, my Dark Horse, Dark Horse.

Graydon Prescott 25:04
I'll give you dark I will give you dark,

K.B. 25:07
dark horses. Iowa State. Okay, I do expect Duke to win this, even though, even though there are a number of teams that could snatch this

Graydon Prescott 25:17
from Duke, I'm gonna take Arizona. Okay, and I was one of them. And I want to, I want to say Duke, I really do, but I think after last year, that was tough, yeah, and they don't have a team that's up to and and honestly, I don't think there's a team in last year's bracket that would beat this team, this Arizona team, other than last but I think, you know, John

K.B. 25:38
Shire was really informed by

Graydon Prescott 25:41
what happened. I do. I do. I think he's a fantastic coach. Coach. I do. If Duke still had Coach K, though I would be picking, oh, sure, yeah, sure.

K.B. 25:51
He definitely.

Graydon Prescott 25:53
He moves the needle. Exactly. He moves the needle. This is where you

K.B. 25:57
you definitively say coaching. Now,

Graydon Prescott 25:59
here's what I will say. This is about last year. Now, Duke fans don't hate me. I like Duke year after year. I've always been a fan of Duke. If Duke had Coach K last year, they are winning the national championship, there is no way they would have lost that game if Coach K was I agree.

K.B. 26:13
I agree coaching matters. There's no way John Shire is good, but he is not. Mike Krzyzewski, yeah.

Graydon Prescott 26:19
So I'm gonna, I'm gonna hold off on a well, Cinderella, I can't hold on. What about a dark horse? I can't hold off on a Cinderella, because then we come back next week and the tournament's already started.

K.B. 26:29
So what about a dark horse? Can you give us something

Graydon Prescott 26:32
Gonzaga? How about that number three seed? Oh,

K.B. 26:35
a two seed is sacrilegious, but

Graydon Prescott 26:37
Dark Horse, okay, not Cinderella. I said you can have dark horse for Iowa

K.B. 26:41
State. Gonzaga is your Dark Horse. Okay,

Graydon Prescott 26:42
there are three. They play kenshaw state first, then they'll have to play either Miami or Missouri or Purdue or queens. And I don't really like Purdue, so I think they could beat Purdue, and then they would, oh, wait, no, they'd play BYU or Miami of Ohio or SMU if they beat kenshaw. So all right, I think, I think Gonzaga could make an elite Dave

K.B. 27:02
jumping jack jumping tracks real quick. What do you have for us on W in be a any

Graydon Prescott 27:08
update so they didn't reach an agreement, straight up. Okay? They did not reach an agreement. They have not reached it. Yes, no bueno. Okay, no

K.B. 27:16
and no movement yet, no or No Deal. There has been a little bit of movement,

Graydon Prescott 27:21
but no deal yet, right? The WNBA offered a maximum salary of, I think, over a million dollars for the top players, which is like a 500% increase. Player said it wasn't enough.

K.B. 27:32
It's not enough. Like I

Graydon Prescott 27:35
i understand both sides of it. I side with the players, but honestly, I think a 500% increase, and, you know, it's not a long term deal that they're tying themselves down. I feel like that could have been an agreement that was reached. Yeah, it

K.B. 27:50
sounds like a lot, but it sets a marker, and once you set a marker, it's hard to kind of move

Graydon Prescott 27:54
off of that. Yeah, but it's 500%

K.B. 27:57
and that's why they put that number out there, because it sounds so impressive. Well, it's

Graydon Prescott 28:01
the maximum salary was, I think, $210,000 it's still they were underpaid. They were, I'm not arguing that

K.B. 28:07
they were so to me that that that is a non sequitur. It doesn't matter. Yeah, you're right. They were underpaid. It was 200,000 but they were, they were grossly underpaid. So to me, that number doesn't even matter.

Graydon Prescott 28:16
Okay, all right. Anyway, I'll take Clemson as my as my Cinderella, sure. Okay, finally, why not Clemson? They'll, they'll somehow beat Iowa and Florida. Okay, we'll have more next week. They're not beating Florida, but whatever. All right, thank you everybody for tuning into this episode of sports prep live. I'm great in Prescott, and I cannot make a decision on who my Cinderella story for this year is, but we'll see you all next week, and hopefully by then, we'll know if there's going to be somebody who has the potential to be a Cinderella, and it does not count if it is a number two seed making it to the Sweet 16. Thanks everybody. I'll see you next week. Thank you for tuning into this episode of sports prep live. I'm Graydon Prescott, and don't forget to catch all of our episodes on Apple Spotify or wherever you get your podcast and be sure to follow us on Instagram or Twitter at sports prep live. Thank you.

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