Episode 1,284: chat with Pro Football Network's Alec Elijah on him giving Washington an A in free agency and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Alec Elijah of Pro Football Network on why he has given the Washington Commanders an A for their work in free agency so far in the 2026 offseason, what the team could/should do with its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, how the NFC East's other three teams have done in free agency so far in the offseason and more Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: analysis of a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators in a game that featured another great performance by goaltender Logan Thompson, a milestone goal by left wing Alex Ovechkin and an impressive NHL regular-season debut by defenseman Cole Hutson Segment 4 - College Basketball: thoughts on George Washington's 79-78 win at No. 4-seeded Utah Valley in first round of the NIT and Navy's 82-72 loss at No. 1-seeded Wake Forest in first round of the NIT, ending a nice season for the Midshipmen Visit ZBiotics.com/Galdi and get 15 percent off your first order when you use the promo code "Galdi" at checkout Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred eighty four of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Thursday, March 19th, 2026. It is the first day of the first round of the
0:26.5	NCAA tournament for Division I men's basketball. We have two teams of the Mid-Atlantic region in
0:33.3	action, number 16-seated Howard versus number one-seeded Michigan at Key Bank Center in Buffalo
0:38.8	on Thursday night at approximately 7-10 and number 11-seeded VCU versus number six-seeded North
0:44.9	Carolina at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina on Thursday evening at approximately
0:51.0	650. We on this podcast are rooting for Howard and VCU, just as we on this
0:56.1	podcast are rooting for Virginia. We have number three-seeded Virginia versus number 14-seeded
1:00.6	right state at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon at 150 in the first round.
1:07.2	But how possible is Howard stunning all of us and beating Michigan?
1:13.0	There are just two instances of a 16 seed defeating a one seed in an NCAA tournament for
1:18.7	D1 men's basketball. March 16, 2018.
1:22.2	UMBC made Virginia the first number one seed in men's basketball history to lose to a number
1:27.4	16 seed in an NCAA tournament history to lose to a number 16 seed
1:28.2	in an NCAA tournament. UVA got humiliated by UMBC 74 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North
1:36.1	Carolina. UMBC's head coach at the time was current UVA head coach Ryan Odom. And yes,
1:42.3	UVA got the ultimate redemption in winning the 2019 national title.
1:47.3	And then March 17th, 2003, number 16-seated Fairleigh Dickinson, stunned, number one-seeded Purdue,
1:55.5	6358 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. But the all-time record for number one seeds against number 16 seeds in NCAA tournaments for Division I men's basketball is 158 and 2.
2:12.4	Good luck to the Howard Bison.
2:15.4	May you shock the world on Thursday night. Hello and welcome to this
2:19.5	Thursday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Getting an A, no matter the subject, no matter the topic,
2:25.9	is hard to do. Well, the Washington commanders have received an A for what they've done in free agency
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