#207: March Madness Marathon 2021
Three Man Weave: College Basketball Podcast
Three Man Weave: College Basketball Podcast
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
That's right folks, it's our favorite pod episode every year - the marathon, game-by-game, way-too-in-depth breakdown of all 32 first round matchups! It's long, so feel free to jump around to the game(s) of your choice:
(0:00) – Intro
West
(13:35) – (1) Gonzaga v. (16) Norfolk / (16) App State
(15:54) – (8) Oklahoma v. (9) Mizzou
(18:42) – (5) Creighton v. (12) UCSB
(21:59) – (4) Virginia v. (13) Ohio
(24:44) – PIG – (11) Wichita v.(11) Drake
(26:42) – (6) USC v. play-in winner
(28:40) – (3) Kansas v. (14) Eastern Washington
(31:27) – (7) Oregon v. (10) VCU
(33:54) – (2) Iowa v. (15) Grand Canyon
(36:14) – West Region Picks – Big Picture
South
(38:45) – (1) Baylor v. (16) Hartford
(40:26) – (8) North Carolina v. (9) Wisconsin
(44:15) – (5) Villanova v. (12) Winthrop
(47:10) – (4) Purdue v. (13) North Texas
(49:17) – (6) Texas Tech v. (11) Utah State
(51:46) – (3) Arkansas v. (14) Colgate
(54:50) – (7) Florida v. (10) Virginia Tech
(57:20) – (2) Ohio State v. (15) Oral Roberts
(1:00:52) – South Region Picks – Big Picture
Midwest
(1:02:40) – (1) Illinois v. (16) Drexel
(1:05:07) – (8) Loyola v. (9) Georgia Tech
(1:08:56) – (5) Tennessee v. (12) Oregon State
(1:12:09) – (4) Oklahoma State v. (13) Liberty
(1:14:23) – (6) San Diego State v. (11) Syracuse
(1:16:57) – (3) West Virginia v. (14) Morehead State
(1:19:43) – (7) Clemson v. (10) Rutgers
(1:21:02) – (2) Houston v. (15) Cleveland State
(1:23:14) – Midwest Region Picks – Big Picture
East
(1:25:37) – (1) Michigan v. (16) Mount St. Mary’s / (16) Texas Southern
(1:26:40) – (8) LSU v. (9) Bonnies
(1:29:37) – (5) Colorado v. (12) Georgetown
(1:31:54) – (4) Florida State v. (13) UNCG
(1:34:02) – PIG – (11) Michigan State v. (11) UCLA
(1:34:46) – (6) BYU v. play-in winner
(1:36:27) – (3) Texas v. (14) Abilene Christian
(1:38:43) – (7) UConn v. (10) Maryland
(1:41:00) – (2) Alabama v. (15) Iona
(1:43:51) – East Region Picks – Big Picture
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the three-man-weep college basketball podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | Oh, baby, we are wired, we are amped, we are hyped, we're pumped, we're all of the above |
| 0:18.8 | because it is time to talk tournament. This is what we live for. It all comes down to March. Two years in the making here. I'm Jim Root, your host for this particular episode. But it's just going to be a free-flowing back and forth once we get to the region breakdowns. I'm joined by Kai McEwen and Matthew Cox, |
| 0:37.6 | both looking very sharp, |
| 0:39.3 | really got their hair done well. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm impressed by these guys. |
| 0:42.4 | Kai, are you just as ready to talk bracket as I am? |
| 0:46.1 | I'm so stoked, Jim. |
| 0:47.4 | It's 366 days-ish since last season was canceled. |
| 0:52.5 | We missed out on talking tournament last year. I'm excited to do it this year. And yes, Jim, like you said, Maddie C and Kai Kai M have their Vegas cuts all ready to come visit you, sir, in just a couple of days. I'm going to have friends. Oh, it's going to be so great. It's great to be here, Jim. I'm glad we didn't partake in the hypothetical, let's make |
| 1:11.7 | our own bracket and selective fictitious field and play out scenarios. We just, we forfeited that, |
| 1:17.6 | and now we're actually living a real life human flesh tournament, which is great. I'll have you |
| 1:22.6 | know that Wisconsin as the defending champion because they won like the ESPN one, I think. I don't |
| 1:27.0 | know if there's obviously like 40 fictional champion. So a lot of people have banners hanging for that one. So is there a target on their back in this one, Jim? That's the angle people are talking about. Yeah, North Carolina wants to knock off the reigning national champion in the first round. We will discuss that. That is a huge part of our handicap on that one. So be looking forward |
| 1:45.0 | to that, folks. Uh, yeah, welcome to the show. We, we have no roots roundup today. We are going to |
| 1:50.4 | just go through the intro, read through our reviews quick. And then we're just hitting you |
| 1:54.4 | with analysis after analysis. We're going to go through every game in the first round. We do this |
| 1:59.5 | every year. It's our favorite episode to record. Usually it gets a little long. So we will do our best with timestamps to take you where you want to go. But we're very excited about doing this. We love just the theoretical matchup preview. That's kind of our bread and butter here. So let's get to it. First, though, quick shout out to Jay Pity for the intro. We love |
| 2:19.4 | those tunes. Thank you, Jay Pity. Follow us on Instagram 3MW underscore CBB. Also Twitter at |
| 2:26.9 | that same handle. That's right. I led with Instagram. Wow. Yes. A sort of barren wasteland of |
| 2:33.2 | content for us. That's okay. |
| 2:35.1 | Subscribe to the pod though on iTunes. |
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