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Aaron Torres Podcast: Official NCAA Tournament picks and best bets

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Wake up... the NCAA TOURNEY BEGINS TODAY!! And on today's Aaron Torres Podcast, we celebrate. Aaron gives his official NCAA Tournament picks, shares his best bets for Round 1 and welcomes Mount St. Mary's head coach Dan Engelstad in, live from the tourney bubble in Indy, before his team plays the opening game of the *entire* NCAA Tournament on Thursday night. Here's a full rundown of the show: Official NCAA Tournament picks and best bets: We've waited long enough! It's time for Aaron to make his official tournament picks - and he does, with some surprise Final Four selections. He goes region by region, game-by-game to give his picks, starting in the West where he still believes that Gonzaga got the easiest draw of all the No. 1 seed (5:30). Aaron also believes the East is one of the toughest regions he can remember, where 5-6 teams could win the whole thing (20:00) and explains why in the South, he actually think Baylor's toughest game could come... in the second round (32:00)? Finally, he wraps in the Midwest where he actually has Illinois getting upset somewhere along the way - but by who (39:00)? From there, he gives his Final Four and title picks (47:00). Also, he shares his favorite bets for Round 1 of the Big Dance, including a few 12 over 5 upsets (49:00). Mount Saint Mary's coach Dan Engelstad: Next up, Aaron welcomes in the man who will coach the first game of this year's NCAA Tournament - Mount Saint Mary's Dan Engelstad (56:00)! He discusses what life is like in the bubble in Indianapolis, the steps that the NCAA is taking to keep teams safe and what it will be like to coach in the first NCAA Tournament in two years. He also previews his team and their matchup with fellow No. 16 seed Texas Southern. Today's episode is brought to you by:BracketFanatics.com: Make sure to join the "Aaron Torres Pod" Bracket Challenge. Use promo code "TORRES" to be automatically entered to win a $1,000 cash prize. Also, top two brackets receive $250 Buffalo Wild Wings gift cards PicksWise.com: Visit PicksWise where you can get expert picks, every day throughout the NCAA Tournament!

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0:00.0

Three, two, one!

0:06.0

When I've worked it out, I love to listen to your podcast.

0:09.0

Whenever you face something, other people react to it.

0:11.0

Hey, can my breath away, Aaron?

0:14.0

Fern Lungquist joins me.

0:16.0

Hall of Famer.

0:17.0

Jim Calhoun, NASCAR icon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

0:22.0

Herk Herp Street is on the phone.

0:24.0

This is my favorite single episode of the entire year.

0:26.0

And really, my single favorite episode of the last two years,

0:28.0

since we, of course, did not get this episode last year,

0:31.0

where we are going to spend the next half an hour

0:34.0

so breaking down the brackets.

0:36.0

That's right, I will give my ass to you.

0:38.0

This is my favorite single episode of the entire year.

0:40.0

And really, my single favorite episode of the last two years,

0:43.0

since we, of course, did not get this episode last year,

0:46.0

where we are going to spend the next half an hour

0:49.0

so breaking down the brackets.

0:51.0

That's right, I will give my official bracket picks.

0:54.0

We will go game by game.

0:56.0

I know we did that on Monday.

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