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00:00Hot games, we got them. Action, we got them. It is a Friday all day long. It's basketball.
00:05The best part about this, we get to relive this again next week with basketball on All Day Long.
00:10Let's get to those top spread lines for tonight's action, which you know is going to include some really good
00:14college basketball.
00:15How about we start at noon? Ohio State and Michigan, Joe.
00:18Last time I checked, most of the game, the big game, we like to say, that starts at noon as
00:22well.
00:22The hatred is there, but look at that line. Seems like a football line.
00:26Minus 12.5, Joe, as a favor towards Michigan, taking on Ohio State in a total of 154.5.
00:32Michigan, OSU, what's that spread line?
00:35Well, the interesting thing to me, Donnie, is that that line last night, overnight, 12.5.
00:40We wake up this morning, still 12.5, which is interesting, right?
00:45I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Ohio State is really starting to play
00:50some really good basketball.
00:51Now, we almost watched, right, a Duke team get ousted by Florida State yesterday.
00:58Michigan hasn't played in five days here, so it's been a little while here.
01:03And I think maybe, just maybe, Ohio State has shown that, yeah, they are not the same team that, you
01:10know,
01:10obviously Michigan State drubbed, I believe, by 21 points last time they played here.
01:16But anything can happen in these tournaments, long layoffs, teams who are already playing and playing well.
01:23They have one of the best All-Americans and best players in the country in Thornton, Ohio State.
01:28He's been there forever.
01:30This, I'm not shocked it hasn't gotten any higher, Donnie, and I would not be surprised
01:36if 12.5 turns into 11.5 and maybe even 10.5 before this game tips off.
01:42Michigan will win, but I think Ohio State's going to give them a run for their money.
01:46These appetizers are awesome, man.
01:47Like, you're just, you know, watching, maybe in your cubicle at work,
01:50maybe you're just watching on a phone somewhere, maybe you're sitting at home, man.
01:53These games, afternoon games, what a great appetizer here.
01:56Let's get to the SEC, Joe.
01:57Kentucky going to take on Florida.
01:59A lot of money on that Kentucky side here, maybe not living up to the expectations,
02:03but Florida has hit the gas pedal, Joe.
02:05They're favored by 10.5 points.
02:07Neutral court taking on Kentucky and a total of 159.5.
02:11Who's stepping in front of Florida?
02:13And what's that spread line for you, Joe?
02:16Yeah, well, kudos to Kentucky, by the way.
02:20This would be, they're looking for, what, three wins in three straight days.
02:24They've handled their business so far in this tournament, right?
02:27Two straight wins, even though that they blew a 16-point second-half lead yesterday
02:32and was able to hold on against Mizzou.
02:36But, listen, they are, you know, they're rolling right now here.
02:40But the problem is, yeah, they've already, we've seen this with Florida and Kentucky,
02:45and it didn't end well for Kentucky in either game, both in Gainesville and at Rupp Arena.
02:51I don't think it's going to end well here.
02:54This number is close to double-digit, is double-digit, Donnie, for a reason.
02:58And Florida's had a little time to relax here, stretch the legs.
03:03They're going to come out and absolutely do what they've done already twice,
03:06and that is handle the Kentucky Wildcats.
03:09Yeah, looking for a big tournament for Florida.
03:12Maybe it just starts right now getting ramped up for that action.
03:14Let's head over to the Big 12, which no longer, Joe, will have the LED courts.
03:18Iowa State going to take on Arizona.
03:20Spread overnight, minus three-and-a-halves in the marketplace today, Joe.
03:23We're seeing three-and-a-halves, fours, and even, you see the graphic, minus four-and-a-halves.
03:28A 143-and-a-half total for this game.
03:30Iowa State, Arizona, 7 p.m. in the Big 12.
03:34Boy, have you seen, Iowa State is going scorched earth here.
03:38Have you watched them play the first couple of games here in this tournament?
03:42They are going, they are taking no prisoners.
03:44Arizona State, they obviously didn't take them lightly.
03:49Yesterday, I mean, Iowa State is just absolutely running teams over.
03:55Now, Arizona, easy one yesterday.
03:57They were able to handle their business, but a lot of people feel this could very well be
04:02certainly a Final Four preview of what is to come with these two teams right now.
04:09Yeah, we know how good Arizona is, right?
04:11But is Iowa State that much behind them?
04:15Man, if they can hit some shots like they've been doing, Iowa State, this could be the first
04:21number one to go down in conference tournaments here, Donnie.
04:24So, this is a must-watch game here.
04:27Still leaning, what, three-and-a-half, four-and-a-half points here for Arizona.
04:31I'm tending to think Iowa State keeps this way closer with a chance to win in the second half.
04:36I love it, man.
04:38Three power conferences, big-time teams here.
04:40Still great basketball on Saturday and Sunday, then March.
04:42Man, this fantastic time in college basketball.
04:44Now, Joe, basketball, basketball, more basketball.
04:47We love basketball, and we love good basketball here.
04:50And apparently, Joe, ratings are up across the board for college basketball.
04:55Seems like a common theme.
04:56Just about everything is up across the board.
04:58Austin Karp with a tweet, ESPN Networks had the best men's college hoops regular season
05:03since 2014-2015, up 25% from 2024-2025.
05:08And Big Monday, a window started in 1987, had its best season yet.
05:13How about that, Joe?
05:15People getting paid.
05:17Yeah, well, you know what it is, too, Donnie?
05:19And let's face it, you know, you've got NBA teams tanking for this crop of players
05:26and these freshman kids coming out.
05:28So this might be one of the more talented groups that we have seen.
05:32So as far as the networks go, they had a lot of options, right?
05:36It wasn't just, you know, Cooper Flagg.
05:38How many times can we get Cooper Flagg on TV?
05:40They had a lot of options this season here to show guys that are game-changers
05:45in the future of the NBA.
05:47So it worked out really, really well for college basketball
05:50and the networks this year.
05:52Yeah, let's go, man.
05:53Good basketball.
05:54Let's get it right through to the tournament here, get those big numbers,
05:56let's get the Blue Bloods in the Final Four,
05:57and that'll drive those ratings sky-high as well.
06:00Joe, we talked about it.
06:01It was always a display that we were like,
06:03I don't know if this is going to work out.
06:05The Big 12 said, you know what, we're going to transition,
06:07make more money, more ads, and a cooler court.
06:10And the players are like, I'll get migraines.
06:12It's very distracting.
06:14And, oh, by the way, we're getting injured as well.
06:15The Big Ten's like, okay, uncle, let's go back to the hardwood court here.
06:20What a surprise.
06:22I mean, Donnie, it's how did they think they were just going to unveil this
06:27at this time of year?
06:28And, like, you didn't, you know, you could have gotten, like,
06:32a high school game or something.
06:34Like, they could have told you in a heartbeat.
06:37Like, the players after the first one were like, this is awful.
06:40Like, guys passing out.
06:41One guy thinks he's on shrooms.
06:43Another guy over there can't say it's slipping all over.
06:46Like, what are we doing here?
06:47I don't know why they waded to this point to test this thing out is beyond me.
06:53Like, the preseason tournament show, like, before you, like,
06:56in, like, late October, early November, hey, check out this LED court
07:00we're going to have.
07:01Yeah, it didn't work out, so, okay, we won't do that next year.
07:03But you say, okay, lives are on the line.
07:05I don't mean, like, physically that way, but playoff lives are on the line.
07:09Coaches' lives are on the line here.
07:11Players trying to advance, getting more NIL money.
07:13Like, yeah, we just gave you a slippery court out there.
07:15You hurt yourself, and your game was off at this point.
07:18At the biggest, Molly, like, the Big 12 championship, Joe.
07:20Crazy stuff here, but, hey, that's where we found ourselves.
07:23But at least they made the correction before they actually give out
07:25the championship trophy in those conference tournaments here.
07:28ESPN with a tweet comes out.
07:29Jim Boeheim defended Adrian Autry as a good coach,
07:32saying his dismissal from Syracuse was the result of poor performance
07:35by the Orange's best players and lack of NIL funding for the program.
07:39Stop, Joe.
07:40Come on.
07:41Are we crying up there at Syracuse?
07:42Come on.
07:44Are you expecting me to believe that, what, Syracuse doesn't have enough NIL money?
07:50It doesn't have alumni that write checks for Syracuse?
07:54I mean, isn't Carmelo Anthony's kid going there?
07:57Like, you've got it.
07:58Come on.
07:59Stop it.
07:59That's absurd.
08:01Yeah, how about Will Wade out here on the LSU rumors, Joe?
08:04And I quote,
08:04I've already met with our administration about next year and some of the changes
08:08that we need to make, some of the things that we need to do as a program
08:11to get where we deserve long-term, where it deserves long-term here.
08:15Oh, Will Wade, a little bit of hot water here, Joe?
08:17Huh?
08:18Come on.
08:19What?
08:20No.
08:21Like, come on.
08:22NC State, you've got to be kidding me here.
08:25First of all, he was at LSU and got in all sorts of trouble.
08:30Then eventually he went to McNeese State, and now he's at North Carolina State,
08:34and he's only going back.
08:36Maybe the governor called.
08:37The governor has a way of doing that with LSU teams, doesn't he?
08:42Get a kick out of that one year.
08:43Yes, sir.
08:44I'll tell you, we didn't get a kick out of Joe, which I got to tell you,
08:46there were some times where I thought this might be the best scenario just for
08:49the most fun.
08:50And it's, uh-oh.
08:51Look at that.
08:52Hold on.
08:52Hold on.
08:52Put that score up there.
08:53We have that graphic.
08:54Put that score, Joe.
08:56Look at that score, Joe.
08:57Oh, they did win.
08:58Oh, they won.
08:59They did win it yesterday.
09:00Oh, they won.
09:02Oh, that's awkward, Donnie.
09:04Makes my whole caffeinated Joe segment seem a little wrong there.
09:10They did win.
09:11No, they did not win.
09:13They did.
09:14They got caught, unfortunately.
09:17But, hey, 31 and one.
09:19Again, Donnie, we talked about it all leading up to it.
09:22There are going to be two teams from the MAAC in the, you know, in March Madness.
09:29And good for them, man.
09:30Because you know what?
09:31They have to.
09:32They should be, Donnie.
09:34You got a champion from the MAAC, which is likely going to be Akron.
09:37And you got a team that won 31 straight games in a regular season.
09:41Both those teams deserve to be in March Madness.
09:45We'd love to see it, too.
09:46And also the question now is, like, not making the tournament, but actually just getting in
09:48the first four.
09:49Who could put Miami in the first four?
09:50We'll all watch that and absolutely love it here.
09:52Here's their head coach talking after the game.
09:54I'm not letting anybody take my mind.
09:57I'm not going to waste one second.
10:00When you've been fired before, listen, you don't care anymore.
10:05You don't care what people think.
10:07You don't have to be politically correct.
10:09Like, all that stuff, guys.
10:10Like, I'm just dying.
10:11Like, I'm going to live life the way I live it.
10:15Unapologetically.
10:17These guys are getting pressure from all angles here, Joe, right?
10:21I mean, the pressure's building here.
10:22Get to Sunday soon enough.
10:25Yeah, so wait a minute.
10:27Because they lost a game, they're going to fire.
10:29Now he's on the hot seat?
10:31Like, what are we talking about here?
10:34Very few guys, by the way, could have done what he did with that team this year.
10:38So, first of all, he got most of them all to come back for another season, Donnie.
10:43You try that in college basketball these days.
10:46I don't think so.
10:47It's pretty, like, there is a lot of pressure.
10:49They've been in the spotlight here.
10:50Get them to the tournament.
10:51Let them relax.
10:52Let them celebrate their season here.
10:54Houston, they're looking for maybe a Big 12 championship here in the conference tournament.
10:57They knock off BYU, Joe, 73 to 66.
11:00We saw BYU's first half, 41 points.
11:03The defense locked in for Houston.
11:05The second half for BYU, Joe, just 25 points, 73, 66 final.
11:11Yeah, and DeBansa almost carried them.
11:14He really did.
11:15I mean, what an unbelievable effort.
11:17This kid is no joke.
11:19And by the way, Donnie, you know what I love about it?
11:21Yeah, they lost.
11:22But the kid played all 40 minutes of that game.
11:26All 40.
11:28It's a shame that the number two on that team, you know, Shep there, got hurt.
11:33I mean, it's a real shame because it would have been really fun to watch them play.
11:38But, hey, listen, he'll have an opportunity to showcase his skills once again in March Madness.
11:44Getting ready for March Madness at noon today on a Friday.
11:48You got to love it.
11:48A top five team.
11:49That's Michigan taking on Ohio State.
11:51Ohio State on the season, Joe, 21 and 11.
11:53Michigan, 29 and 2.
11:56Heavy favorite for Michigan today heading into this game at noon, Joe.
11:59Looking forward.
11:59Like, that's a great way to start your weekend.
12:01It just is.
12:03It really is.
12:04I mean, and now we're going to, you know, Michigan hasn't played in five days.
12:08Ohio State is building confidence.
12:10They have looked very good here down the stretch here.
12:14Now, obviously, Michigan already beat the snot out of them once, I think, back at the end of January there.
12:21But, again, this is not the same Ohio State team at all.
12:24And Michigan, you know, it's just like Duke yesterday against Florida State.
12:29Anything is possible here.
12:31Feels like a big number.
12:33And I think, Donnie, that's why that number has not grown since the opening of 12 and a half.
12:37You know, sometimes, Joe, in college football, you hear the opposing team chant the week before a big game.
12:41We want Bama.
12:42You really don't.
12:43But it sounds like a lot of fun.
12:44And now Kentucky is going to take on Florida.
12:46You might be chanting, we bring on the Gators at this point.
12:48But I don't think anybody wants to see the Gators right now, Joe.
12:51Heavy favorite in this game against Kentucky.
12:53And all season long, finding themselves lately.
12:59And, you know, don't let this take away.
13:02Kentucky is really, they've done a great, it has been a trying season for, you know, for Pope and Kentucky
13:10here.
13:10They had to deal with, you know, their best players being injured early on.
13:15They're losing games at Rupp Arena.
13:16He's being fired every other week.
13:19And yet, here they are, right, you know, showing up here and playing some really, we know what they're capable
13:25of.
13:26But unfortunately, Donnie, I think it's going to take a out-of-this-world best game of their lives by
13:32Kentucky to beat Florida in this spot.
13:35Get to the Garden tonight, Joe.
13:37Seton Hall, St. John, seven-and-a-half point spread.
13:40The Johnnies and the Seton Hall Pirates, man, love to see this at the Garden.
13:44I'd rather see Kevin Walsh out there.
13:47Just put a ring in there and let them wrestle.
13:49Like, let them all just wrestle.
13:50Let them all wrestle because that's what this is going to be like.
13:53One giant rock fight wrestling match between Paul and the Johnnies.
13:58Great conference tournament games today.
14:01Just previewed some NBA action.
14:02You got some NHL tonight.
14:04Spring training still going on.
14:05And, of course, the WBC with a doubleheader today.
14:08Korea going to take on the Dominican Republic.
14:10That game's at 6.30 p.m. Eastern.
14:11And the U.S. and Canada will do battle at 8 p.m. tonight.
14:16Winners advance.
14:17Survivors go home.
14:18Live the fight another day.
14:20But now, Joe, time of the show.
14:21We always love to reach out to the people and see what they're digging on.
14:24Here's our fave the public poll.
14:32Now, we got some crazy votes out here at this point right now, Joe.
14:35At Sports Grid is where we get this information delivered and the questions that we need to know.
14:40About what you're thinking.
14:41Did you enjoy the Big 12's LED court while it lasted?
14:44That was the question.
14:45Three options.
14:46Actually, yeah, I did.
14:47No, it looks stupid.
14:48And whose idea was this?
14:50No surprise.
14:51No, it looks stupid as the leader in the clubhouse here.
14:53But some people, Joe, actually said they enjoyed the court.
14:58Well, I mean, listen.
14:59If I'm a fan in section, you know, 300, I'm probably looking down.
15:04It probably looks pretty cool, right?
15:06But if I'm a player and I'm slipping and sliding all over the place and I'm getting blinded every time
15:12I try to chuck up a shot because they switch screens on me, yeah, I probably don't like it, Donnie,
15:19very much.
15:20And the players, kudos to them.
15:22They didn't just toe the line.
15:24They actually said, you know, what we were all thinking, like, this is just terrible.
15:28I hope they never do this again.
15:30But at least the Big 12 listened.
15:33At least they listened to them.
15:36By the way, you know what we're listening to as well?
15:38The TPC down there, Joe.
15:39Five players still tied at minus five.
15:41You're just underway on the golf course.
15:42Something to keep an eye on that as well.
15:44But it's time, Joe, for the people on a Friday.
15:46It's payday.
15:47Let's get paid.
15:47Here's bye-bye-bye.
15:55Joe won his game yesterday.
15:56I lost mine by the hook.
15:58One and one here.
15:58But we need a 2-0 Friday for the people, Joe.
16:01Lead off.
16:01Let us know where you're going, Joe.
16:04Well, let's head to Nashville for the SEC tournament.
16:09And who better to talk about than the Gators, baby?
16:13The Florida Gators taking on the rejuvenated Kentucky Wildcats here.
16:17Now, they played two games already, including the last game of the regular season.
16:22And Kentucky was home at Rupp Arena.
16:24And Florida still dominated that game.
16:28I think the spread is a little too much here at 10-and-a-half on a neutral court.
16:35Kentucky certainly, you know, didn't get run over, per se, with the final score.
16:41But they did get kind of run over, which is why I think two teams top 60 in average possession
16:48length before a shot.
16:50Florida is a top 20 team in adjusted tempo.
16:53Florida's going to push the pace.
16:55They're going to dictate everything in this game.
16:57They're going to dominate second-chance points.
17:00And Kentucky's going to play from behind.
17:02I see this game flying over the 159-and-a-half, 160 in total here.
17:07I think this is going to be a very up-tempo, lot-of-points kind of game here.
17:13Prediction market today on the early line on a Friday.
17:16No better place to be.
17:18The action, the anticipation, the energy is high.
17:20Why?
17:21The WBC is coming up.
17:22We'll handle that business here.
17:24College basketball coming up today.
17:25Conference tournament action.
17:27We'll handle that as well.
17:28And also, a look at the NBA.
17:29More importantly, the Oscars this weekend, Joe.
17:33Joe Ranieri's his name.
17:34Donnie Wrightside's my name.
17:35Away we go.
17:36Some fun times ahead, Joe.
17:41Very forward, shall we say, to what's coming up this weekend, especially Selection Sunday.
17:49Sunday's going to be a huge one, right?
17:51It's going to be the final round of the players.
17:53You got Selection Sunday.
17:55Brackets coming out after that.
17:57A lot going on here over the next week.
18:00No doubt it is.
18:01Let's get down to the business today, Joe.
18:03And some teams can already punch their ticket before you even get to Selection Sunday with
18:06an automatic bid by winning your conference tournament.
18:08Others will have to wait on the bubble.
18:10Ohio State and Michigan.
18:11Michigan, one of the best teams in the country.
18:13They're in regardless, but they would love to win the Big Ten.
18:16They're going to play today, Joe, at 12 noon.
18:18That's a tip-off East Coast time.
18:19And if we take a look at the chance of victory, 87% for Michigan, 13% for Ohio State.
18:25If we include the spread, a 12.5-point number here for Michigan.
18:28Again, that's currently at a 52% chance right now.
18:32Michigan's supposed to win, but how do you play this game, Joe?
18:34Maybe an upset for Ohio State or Michigan just by the number?
18:39Yeah, I mean, the question is, right, it's been, we've had some time off here if we're
18:44Michigan, right?
18:45We haven't played in five days.
18:47Ohio State has looked really good.
18:49They're playing some of their best basketball right now.
18:53And listen, we know these two teams don't like each other, but yes, it was blowout city
18:58for Michigan.
18:59Is a blowout possible?
19:01Absolutely.
19:02But I find it fascinating that the market hasn't moved this, Donnie, at all.
19:06And if the market hasn't moved this from the opening of 12.5, you know, we're at the point
19:12where style points are out.
19:13All you got to do is win and advance.
19:15And that's the only thing that matters from here on out.
19:18I would tend to look at the dog here.
19:21I think Ohio State, nothing to lose playing with house money.
19:24I think there's some value in this market by taking as many points as you can get.
19:30Florida to start their season, Joe, actually had a stretch here in late November and early
19:33December.
19:34They lost three out of four games here, but their last loss was on January the 24th against
19:38Auburn.
19:38And since then, they've been doing a lot of damage in the SEC, which includes the final
19:42game of the regular season.
19:44They knocked off Kentucky 84 to 77.
19:46They're going to face Kentucky once again today.
19:48And Florida, an 83% chance to win this game outright.
19:51Kentucky, listed at 17%.
19:53Florida to win by more than 10 points, minus 10.5, I should say.
19:58That's a 50% chance here, Joe.
20:00The best basketball in the country right now seems to be played by Florida.
20:02How did we figure that into today?
20:05Well, we saw this team twice, right?
20:08These two teams play, including the last game of the regular season.
20:12And what did we get?
20:13We got 161 total points in the first game, 175 in the second one just a week and a half
20:21ago.
20:21So I expect there to be pace.
20:24I expect there to be rebound, second chance points.
20:27Florida is hitting the three much better.
20:30This feels like it is going to be a back and forth, you know, kind of game.
20:35I think Florida pulls away, but maybe a Florida team total over in addition to the full game
20:41over.
20:41I think there's a couple of different ways you can approach this in the markets here
20:45and ladder it up because this isn't going to be a 65-60 kind of game.
20:51No more LED, Joe.
20:53In the Big 12, Iowa State's going to take on Arizona here.
20:56And if we go back in the early parts of March here, you had Arizona easily dispatching of
21:00Iowa State.
21:01And only two blemishes right now in Arizona's schedule.
21:03Back-to-back losses, won by four points to Kansas, won in overtime to Texas Tech.
21:08They're going to meet today.
21:09And Arizona is also a heavy favorite to win this game, a 62% chance.
21:13Iowa State, 38%.
21:14If we use it around that spread, Joe, four and a half to five and a half in the marketplace.
21:19But Cal, she listed at four and a half at a 50% chance.
21:22What do we think today?
21:23Iowa State and Arizona, Joe.
21:27Unlike that last game we talked about with Kentucky and Florida, right?
21:32This game is all about the defense here.
21:35And if you're a fan of defense, I think you're going to get some of the best on the court
21:39here.
21:39I mean, we saw this game in a regular season.
21:42Arizona won at home, right?
21:45And 73-57.
21:47That game was in Tucson.
21:48Iowa State right now is just clamping down.
21:52I mean, you could...
21:53The energy, the effort that they're giving on the defensive side of the ball.
21:56They only gave up 42 to Arizona State here, right?
22:00Texas Tech got 50.
22:02Texas Tech was one of the best offenses in the Big 12.
22:0553 points yesterday.
22:07This thing is going to be a rock fight, Donnie.
22:10I'm looking to back as many unders for both these teams as I can.
22:15And if you feel like you might have a carbon copy retweet of that game, number one, Joe,
22:18which stayed well under the total.
22:20And if you feel like Arizona's the better team, use that slider.
22:22Go from 4.5 to minus 7.5 and put that plus money in your pocket.
22:26$100 investment on Calci to win by 7.5 or more points here for Arizona.
22:30That pays back, Joe, at $257.
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