Ep. 95 - First and Second Round NCAA Tournament Recap

About this episode

Austin Render recaps the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament with insights from various broadcasters.

Austin Render recaps the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. He'll be joined by Justin Gaard (Minnesota PBP Broadcaster) to talk about the incredible win in the Barn for Minnesota. Then Matt Park (Michigan PBP Broadcaster) joins the show to recap the blowout victories by Michigan. And Dave Marcus (UCLA PBP Broadcaster) will join the show to talk about UCLA's path to a title. Austin will also touch on the surprising losses for Iowa and Ohio State, plus put a bow on the seasons of Nebraska, Oregon, Maryland, Michigan State, Washington, Illinois and USC. And then it's time to preview the 3 Big Ten teams' paths in the second weekend. 01:45 - NCAA Tournament results 15:20 - Minnesota's NCAA Tournament weekend with Justin Gaard 33:30 - Michigan's dominant opening weekend with Matt Park 47:45 - UCLA's run to a title with Dave Marcus See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Austin Render

Guests: Justin Gaard, Matt Park, Dave Marcus

Topics covered

• NCAA Tournament
• basketball recap
• Big Ten teams
• team performances
• playoff analysis

Keywords

• NCAA Tournament
• basketball
• Minnesota
• Michigan
• UCLA
• Big Ten
• playoffs
• team analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnesota, Michigan, UCLA, Iowa, Ohio State, Nebraska, Oregon, Maryland, Michigan State, Washington

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