Welcome to Andy and Ari on 3. We are here in San Antonio, home of the Final 4.

joined by our friends at Waterburger. We are bringing home the W today, Ari.

We got the water wing eating contest. We're going to get to meet their executive chef.

We got the one of the guys from the Houston collective to explain how they helped Kelvin Samson find a bunch of dudes in the NIL era who were still tough and play hard. And it's going to be a fun day. Yeah, it's unbelievable to be here. These mics are really, really good, but you can't hear the music's blaring. We got What a Burger behind us. I've already a few burgers deep.

Oh, yeah.

Hasn't been the great day for a calorie deficit, but I'm excited because it's worth it, man. It's really awesome to be here. This is unbelievable. I believe we're going to have Cooper Flagg joining us later in the show, which is amazing because he's playing tonight. Yeah, he just stopped by and he looked a little bit different than I thought he'd on TV.

Well, we had to, we had to, when we saw him, we had to interview it. playing tonight. Yeah, he just stopped by and he looked a little bit different than I thought of

you'd on TV.

Well, we had to, we had to, when we saw him, we had to interview it. The final four is awesome. We got a hell of a day. Great matchups. One, one, one, one, one. That's right. Best fast food. Not foe, foe, foe, but one, one, one, one. And like, it's happy to be here, man.

What life we have.

This is unbelievable.

Unbelievable. All right. All right. Well, let's get into the games first because we got to talk about how these guys got here. Who's going to win tonight? Who moves on to Monday? Let's talk about that right now.

Ari, this is a crazy final four because if you look at the advanced stats,

one of these four teams in another year probably would be the runaway favorite to win the national

championship and they all happen to be here at once.

Yeah, you know, you talk about sports in general. I'm trying to think like back in the past, Annie, of whether or not any other final four, whether it be football or basketball, is featured this type of scenario. In 2008, you had the four number one seats, but they weren't historically great number one seats. Like, you look at the season Auburn had, the season Duke had, the season Florida had had, the season Houston had. Like, it's a national championship profile. It's really similar to what Yukon did last year, except Yukon didn't run into three other Yukons in the final four. And I mean, when you think about what's compelling in sports, Titans first Titans biggest stage. And, you know, it's just like you can feel the energy just even on the streets out here, man. Oh, yeah. It's a pretty exciting situation. And, like, the game should be high-level basketball. Oh, yeah. Like, not everybody loves college basketball, but I think part of the reason why some people become disenammered of it is because when you have lower middle quality college basketball, it's not, it gets sloppy, yeah. Right. So if you watch really good teams playing really good teams, you have the highest level of basketball, and that's what makes us most fun. Well, and you're watching, you're watching NBA players, you're watching old good college players, a mix of all of these. And because like the Duke guys, yes, Cooper Flag is going to be the number one pick in the drag. Concanipple is going to be a lottery pick. Malawak's going to be a lottery pick. They're young guys. They're going to, but they've got Tyreys Proctor who's a little older. And then you go to Houston where they're, they're extremely old across the board. L.J. Cryer has been a role player on a national championship team as a freshman of Baylor.

Flood. to Houston where they're they're extremely old across the board L.J. Cryer has been a role player on a national championship team as a freshman at Baylor.

Florida has this mix of young guys and old guys.

Elijah Martin is starting in a final four for a different team.

Like he started in a final four for Florida Atlantic two years ago.

It's wild.

It is kind of crazy.

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