Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to another episode of the three-man-weave college basketball podcast.

I'm Jim Root, your host for this Final Four preview, and I am pleased to inform you that I'm not joining you through the magic of Zoom. I am joining Matthew Cox and Kai McCune in person. We are huddled around a microphone as though it is the actual... Through the magic of planes, trains and automobiles. It's the hearth in that. We mention that sometimes on the actual pod, and this time it's true. And we are legitimately huddled.

We are huddled around one microphone. So if you're noticing a sound quality sounds a little echoey, we apologize for that. We're around one big microphone. That's the way it works. Kai, you just made it in town. We're happy you're here. How are you feeling? God, Jim, I am so glad to be here. Guys, my flight was canceled. Last night, I was supposed to get to New Orleans.

Aw, was it?

It was. Bad Storms in New Orleans.

Matt made it. Jim. I am so glad to be here. Guys, my flight was canceled last night. I was supposed to get to New Orleans.

Aw, was it. It was. Bad Storms in New Orleans. Matt made it. Jim made it. Every single other person in

New Orleans currently made it except me, Nate Oates, and Tony Stubblefield, who were on my flights.

Luckily, I was able to get a direct flight this morning after initially having to connect through three different cities. I was not supposed to be here quite yet, but luckily the good folks Southwest came through for me after being, you know, just... Also, after you disparaged them on Twitter, by the way, did you post a correction tweet saying thank you Southwest for coming through? I said thanks to them. I didn't add them because whatever. You added them in the first one though. All that matters is Matthew, I'm here. I'm excited. We've already met coaches and players and we're having so much fun. I can't wait till tonight. It's true media level, guys, where Kai is adding your lines on Twitter. We've descended to that basement of content.

We've arrived.

But hey, we've got a wonderful show.

We're going to run through the coaching changes that have happened since last week.

A bunch of new hires.

We're going to hit those.

Just head coaches.

Sorry, two assistants.

We will get you when you had a head job someday.

We'll also mention recruiting news,

got to hit our reviews, of course,

and then we're breaking down the final four.

Your Kansases, your Villanovas,

your North Carolina's, your Dukes.

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