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The Ryen Russillo Show

Bracket Picks with Eamonn Brennan, Plus Do We Buy the Surging Lakers?

The Ryen Russillo Show

Barstool Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Ryen is joined by college basketball writer and analyst Eamonn Brennan for a breakdown of the bracket, including some upsets he likes and whether the Final Four will be chalk. Then, Ryen gets into the Lakers’ hot run and the disappointing Nuggets. Finally, Kyle and Ceruti join for some listener-submitted Life Advice, including splitting utilities with the in-laws and a hostile daycare encounter. EAMONN BRENNAN (1:23) Weren’t many bubble arguments (3:43) NIL widening the gap (10:51) Weak Big East (14:36) Arizona is the deepest team (23:37) Michigan/Florida (29:07) Can Duke get upset in the East? (35:13) Upset picks (36:45) Non-chalk Final Four teams NBA SOLO (42:47) Lakers are hot (44:20) Disappointing Nuggets (50:27) Best five-man lineups LIFE ADVICE (56:38) _ _ _ _ _ GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER or 1-800-MY-RESET, (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD), 1-800-981-0023 (PR). 21+ and present in most states. (18+ DC/KY/NH/PR/WY). Void in ONT. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino (KS). Pass-thru of per wager tax may apply in IL. Opt-in req. 1 Token per customer, valid only for min. $5 pregame NBA player prop bets w/ min. odds of -200 or longer. Tokens are single-use and expire at the start of the final of NBA game each day when offered. Must select token BEFORE placing bet. Customers who place bet w/ Token and pick day’s PRA stat leader will receive equal share of $2,000,000, issued as a non-withdrawable Bonus Bet that expires in 7 days (168 hours). Stake removed from payout. Terms: sportsbook.draftkings.com/promos. Sponsored by DK. _ _ _ _ _ Learn more at https://microsoft.com/m365copilot _ _ _ _ _ Turn your busted bracket into your shot at Reese’s and more! Post your busted bracket, tag @reeses on Instagram, X, or TikTok, and use  hashtag #ForAReesesSweeps for a chance to score free Reese’s and a shot to enjoy those Reese’s at the men’s OR women’s Final Four AND  Championship Games.   NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal residents of the 48 US and DC, 18 years or older. Void in AK, HI & where prohibited by law.  Starts 3/19/26 and ends 3/27/26. Includes daily entry periods. See Official Rules at https://everybracketbustsforareeses.com/pages/official rules for how to enter, prize details, odds, and restrictions. Sponsor: The Hershey Company.  _ _ _ _ _

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0:00.0

Hey, Rosillo listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

0:04.9

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0:20.6

The Ryan Rosillo Show, presented by Draft Kings.

0:22.7

Get your brackets out.

0:23.7

Even Brennan's going to join us, and we're going to try to do some work for you and build you a final four.

0:28.1

We're going to talk about upsets, the easiest path for the one seeds, the way the committee looked at different conferences.

0:33.5

We're going to do the 512 stuff as well in both land, I think, on the same national championship pick. The Lakers have momentum. They are the three seed, and you may not like it. But who do you like behind them? A deep dive over the past few days of some NBA hoops. And we've got life advice. Every week, one NBA star rises above the rest. Now, Drafking Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NBA is raising the stakes. King of the Corps is going to major upgrade. Two million in bonus bets every week. Double the previous prize pool. Opt in. Use your token. Make a pre-game $5 bet or more on the player you think will lead Tuesday night in points, rebounds, and assist. If your pick finishes on top, you'll share a piece of $2 million in bonus bets.

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in partnership with Draft King Sportsbook. The Crown is yours. Gambling problem, call 1-800 gambler or 1-800 My Reset. New York call 877-8-8-8-Hope-N-Y or text Hope and Y. Connecticut called 888-78-9-77- or visit ccppg.org. On behalf of Boodhill Casino in Kansas, wager tax pass-through may apply in Illinois. 21 and over in most states, void in Ontario. Restrictions apply. One token per customer. Token expires at the start of the final NBA game each day when offered. Bet placed on day's PRA stat leader receives equal share of 2 million and non-withdrawable bonus bets that expire in seven days. Additional wagering restrictions apply. Terms at sportsbook.draftkings.com slash promos. The brackets are out, so let's help you fill them out, and we're going to check in again. Just had them on recently. Eam and Brennan, his substack, buzzer, check it out, subscribe, bubble watch. I was all over at the last couple of days, far more educated.

2:19.1

Look, I think it's kind of a national holiday, not only for the brackets to come out,

2:23.4

but then for everybody to get upset, but we knew this bubble was incredibly weak.

2:29.1

So before we get to like some final four picks and some of the thoughts that I had,

2:32.2

because I was pretty locked in, I was watching way more college hoops this past week than NBA. I love the conference tournaments.

2:38.7

But I don't know. It's kind of nice sometimes and it feels like, hey, it looks like the committee

2:42.6

got it right. Yeah, that was kind of the thing, really the last few weeks, but especially leading

2:48.5

into the selection show, you know, after VCU won in the, in the A10 title game, that was kind of the last bubble team that might miss. And you kind of thought like, oh, you know, they're close enough to the bubble that if you, like, I think they should be in over, you know, the Auburns and Oklahoma's and Texas is of the world, whatever. But if they lost, would the committee just say, eh, they're a bubble team.

3:08.2

We'll just slide in, you know, Dayton instead. And that removed kind of that potential scenario for

3:14.8

people to get upset about. And by the time you got to the selection show, there was so much

3:18.7

consensus around the bubble and so many of these bubble teams, like we talked about it for a couple

3:23.9

weeks now,

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