2022 NCAA Tournament Preview: West Region Bracket Breakdown, Picks, Predictions (College Basketball 03/14/22)
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Brackets are out! And in the West Region, the No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga Bulldogs loom large over the competition -- yet this is a really strong corner of the bracket. We have you covered: the best bets to get out of the region, first-round lines to know, some upsets looming, and Gonzaga's biggest challenger in this portion of the tournament. Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander and special guest/Cover 3's own Chip Patterson break it all down.
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| 0:28.9 | Hey there, it's Gary Parrish. It's Monday, March 14, 2022. Welcome back. CBS Sports |
| 0:47.5 | Island College basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss candle-fighting dodo birds |
| 0:51.7 | and leaky black men. Norlanders here with me. Chip Patterson is here with me. Happy |
| 0:56.3 | Monday after selection. Sundan has told you on Sunday nights podcast we are doing. Four, |
| 1:01.8 | hopefully short. Look at the clock and tell us that we got there or not. Short previews |
| 1:06.2 | of each region. This is one of them. We're previewing the West where Gonzaga is the number |
| 1:10.9 | one seed. Duke is the two seed. Texas Tech is the three seeded. Arkansas is the number |
| 1:16.1 | four seed chip. I'll start with you. What first round game in the West Regional? Are you |
| 1:20.5 | most looking forward to? Arkansas and Vermont. Because prior to the release of the bracket, |
| 1:25.3 | I had Eric Musselman's razor backs as that dark horse kind of team. We always ask us questions |
| 1:33.0 | for CBS Sports HQ. Find a team below this line on the betting board who you think could |
| 1:38.9 | be able to make a deep run in the tournament. And with clearly JD Notay and the way that |
| 1:44.2 | he played and the way that this Arkansas team defends. I liked a lot of the pieces for |
| 1:49.1 | Arkansas to again make it to the second weekend and maybe cause some real problems. However, |
| 1:55.1 | when the bracket was released and I see them getting paired against Vermont, which by |
| 1:59.6 | the way, Arkansas only about a five and a half point favorite. I mean, that's when the |
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