Hey everybody, welcome into the Auburn podcast. Painter Sharpless Zach Black. We'll be hanging out with you

today. I hope you're having a great day. We're going to talk coaches here on the Auburn podcast today

and really discuss these four teams. Zach, how are you, my friend?

I'm good, man.

I'm glad that we have different intros to the podcast.

It kind of sets the tone early.

People now know, oh, painter's driving today.

Okay, cool.

Right.

And I've tried to replicate your intro and just couldn't bring that same energy, but I appreciate you saying that.

Let's talk about these four teams. Dana O'Neill at the Athletic

has a piece about which of these teams and which coach specifically of the four teams

standing have the most to gain in this final four. First, she lists Tony Bennett from Virginia,

of course. Bennett has really had success everywhere. He's gone, Zach. And part of that has been as a player and then

as a first time head coach. And, you know, I think that's an interesting point to make, especially

when you look at what happened last year at the tournament losing to a 16 seat as a one seed.

Now they're in the final four and the favorite to win it all.

Does Tony Bennett have the most to gain? Yeah, I agree with that.

And I think if you look at each individual case, it kind of varies on the fan base and what expectations are.

When we've talked about this over the week, Painter, I mean, it's tough to get into the final four.

And you look at it, there's several basketball schools that haven't been to the

Final Four, and there's several that haven't been there in a long time.

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