Welcome back college hoops enthusiasts to another episode of the three-man-weave college basketball podcast.

This one is number 156, a special one because of one reason and one reason only.

Our very own Jim Rood is back in Chicago for this episode.

What up, Jim?

I am in the studio here.

I am reaching out.

I'm touching both of you.

There's physical contact.

And you know what, guys, physical contact is key in life.

It is.

You need that touch. They say two touches a day. Is that the recommended? Let me tell you, I was getting a big donut zero in Las Vegas most of the days. So these touches are good for me. I've been lonely myself, Jim. So I'm glad we all can touch each other. That's good. Las Vegas, the city usually known for touching, which is kind of weird. Yeah, hell of a, hell of a start to the pot here. The word touch has been used quite a bit. We're thrown off by just the, I feel like like it, like a Ouija movie, like a Ouija type type thing. We're looking at brooms, which are standing up, apparently for those that follow Twitter and are woke with society, the moon's huge today. And it's somehow, I don't know, brooms are standing up upright without any sort of support. And I'm just, it's off to like my right right now and I can't tell looking at it. So I'm not sure how focused I'll be on this podcast night, but it's kind of freaking me out. Yes, it's very freaky. It's haunted even, Matthew.

It is a nice broom.

It's about $2

broom. I think we just inherited when we moved into the place, but it gets the job done. And guys, they say that teams at high five more win more. So that's what we're going to do today. We're going to high five a lot.

Yeah, that's great.

That's right.

That's like L.A. Lakers.

So Chicago State, Maryland Eastern Shore, not high-fiting.

No, they don't high-fiving.

No, they don't high-five a whole lot. We have a good show today, folks. We will talk about actual college basketball, not just brooms or touching. Roots Roundup is part of the show, three-man thoughts, part of the show. Game previews, quite a few fellows I saw you writing down there. We'll see how quickly you can get through those, huh Matt?

I, part of the show game previews quite a few fellas i saw you writing down there we'll uh we'll see

how quickly you can get through those i'm at i uh wrote too many sorry nice i'm going through roots

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