Breaking Down NCAA Tournament Bracket with Mike DeCourcy & Tom Crean!
Query & Company
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 137 minutes
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Summary
(00:00-32:43) – Query & Company opens on a Monday with Jake Query and producer Eddie Garrison discussing the news that Thad Matta has decided to retire despite the announcement last week that he would be back at Butler’s head coach. Mike DeCourcy from the Sporting News, FOX Sports, and Big Ten Network joins Jake Query to continue the conversation about Thad Matta’s retirement, who he believes is the favorite to win the NCAA Tournament, identifies the south region as the most loaded region in the bracket, and comments on the momentum that Purdue has built going into the tournament.
(32:43-40:25) – Earlier today, the New York Jets traded Justin Fields to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth-round pick. What does that mean for Anthony Richardson’s value?
(40:25-45:28) – The first hour of the show concludes with Jake sharing some thoughts on the NCAA Tournament seedings and explains the rules for the 2026 Query & Company NCAA Tournament numbers game.
(45:28-1:07:45) – The Dean, Mike Chappell, makes his weekly visit on Query & Company to discuss what the Indianapolis Colts are going to do with all their remaining cap space with no notable edge rushers left in free agency, what the market is right now for Anthony Richardson, and the NCAA Tournament. Jake and Eddie also give away some numbers for the 2026 Query & Company NCAA Tournament numbers game!
(1:07:45-1:26:55) – Butler Radio Analyst, Nick Gardner, joins Jake Query on today’s show to reflect on Thad Matta’s coaching career with him announcing his retirement earlier today, gives his recruiting pitch to coaches that Butler could reach out to for the job, highlights some obstacles the next Butler coach will have to overcome, and gives his thoughts on which Big East team in the NCAA Tournament could make the deepest run.
(1:26:55-1:32:21) – Hour number two of Query & Company concludes with Jake and Eddie giving away some numbers for the 2026 Query & Company NCAA Tournament numbers game!
(1:32:21-1:55:17) – The Fan Morning Show’s Kevin Bowen makes his weekly visit on Query & Company to evaluate what Chris Ballard and company have done in free agency thus far, assesses if the Colts interest in finding a pass rusher in free agency signals a lack of belief in Laiatu Latu’s future, admits that it is more likely that Anthony Richardson remains with the Colts than IU making the NCAA Tournament, and they start talking about the month of May!
(1:55:17-2:11:31) – ESPN’s Tom Crean joins Query & Company to give his thoughts on how things played out with the NCAA Tournament seedings, identifies South Florida as a team that plays a unique style of basketball, evaluates what he saw from Purdue during the Big Ten Tournament that they can build on in the NCAA Tournament, congratulates Thad Matta on an excellent coaching career, and highlights what games he will be covering during the tournament.
(2:11:31-2:16:11) – Today’s show closes out with JMV joining Jake in studio to preview his show!
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| 0:34.4 | the teams of the NCAA tournament, not only for the teams of the NCAA tournament, |
| 0:39.3 | not only for the Purdue Boilermakers who are the Big Ten champions |
| 0:44.4 | of the Big Ten tournament, at least. |
| 0:48.9 | Not only for those schools that eeked their way in and are now in play-in games, not only for myself and my colleagues |
| 1:00.2 | that thankfully were able to jump standby on an earlier flight yesterday before DFW and all haywire |
| 1:06.8 | and stranded like half the people that were in town for the Arlington Indycar race, |
| 1:13.9 | the Java House Grand Prix of Arlington. |
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| 1:19.9 | But also a journey with, do we happen to have, I guess we'll call it in relation to this |
| 1:26.6 | program, Eddie, breaking news, if you happen to have the breaking news sounder. |
| 1:36.7 | Breaking news, at least, in terms of this program, because this happened since we last spoke with you. |
| 1:42.7 | Thadmata, after 502 career wins against just 223 defeats, |
| 1:49.4 | a winning percentage just to tick under 70% in his career, |
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