Kansas FREEZES UP, Florida COLLAPSES, Plus Coaching Carousel Updates

About this episode

The episode discusses the NCAA Tournament's highs and lows, focusing on Florida's late-game collapse and Kansas's buzzer-beater loss, along with coaching carousel updates.

Pete Thamel, Dan Wetzel, and college basketball insider Jeff Borzello go through the highs and lows of the NCAA Tournament, including Florida’s late-game strategy falling apart, St. John’s buzzer-beater over Kansas, and the possible head coach positions opening up at Kansas and North Carolina. 0:00 - Welcome 0:30 - Four days in: Tourney highs and lows 2:42 - Florida’s late-game strategy falls apart 7:18 - Are the extra clock reviews giving teams extra timeouts? 8:52 - St. John’s hits a buzzer beater, Kansas stays frozen 13:41 - Is Kansas Coach Bill Self retiring? 19:32 - Is UNC Coach Hubert Davis on the hot seat? 28:26 - Do Kansas & UNC still hold coaching appeal? 35:36 - Are the Big Ten and SEC squeezing out the rest of the field? 39:24 - Has the NCAA Tourney seeding code been cracked? 45:45 - Can the low majors still compete in the tourney? 48:32 - Is Syracuse legend Gerry McNamara the right coach for the team? 57:15 - Championship picks: Who’s winning it all? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Pete Thamel

Guests: Dan Wetzel, Jeff Borzello

Topics covered

• NCAA Tournament
• coaching changes
• Florida basketball
• Kansas basketball
• North Carolina basketball
• buzzer-beaters
• team strategies

Keywords

• NCAA Tournament
• Florida
• Kansas
• coaching carousel
• Bill Self
• Hubert Davis
• buzzer-beater
• basketball strategy
• Gerry McNamara

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, Big Ten, SEC

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