Hour 2: Which Head Coach Would You Want in the East Region?

First Take

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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First Take resumes with legendary head coaches. Would you rather have Izzo, Hurley, Pitino, or Bill Self in the NCAA Tournament? (0:00) Then, Windy and Stephen A. rhapsodize over the advisory council partially formed by Tom Brady and Dwyane Wade to council athletes in financial literacy. (14:40) Next, Joe FortenBets chooses 5 first round upsets on the Men's side! (25:50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.6	Welcome back to first take. Look at all those brackets being created on ESPN.com. Stephen A,
0:37.2	you'll be happy to know that I only have one.
0:38.9	You can get yours in today before noon, eastern, over at ESPN.com.
0:44.1	All right, straight ahead.
0:45.5	The East Region, the men's NCAA tournament.
0:48.7	It is loaded with legendary basketball coaches from Bill Self to Tom Izzo, Danny Hurley,
0:55.5	Rick Bettino, those are the OGs,
1:01.1	and then John Shire on the younger end here, he's got his Duke team entering the tournament with 32 wins,
1:05.9	riding an 11-game win streak. These five coaches have combined to win six national championships. The East region features six of the top 15 programs in the country.
1:11.7	Okay, so coach Seth Greenberg back with us.
1:14.2	Also, Joe Fortinbaugh here too.
1:16.3	Which coach would you take in the East region?
1:18.6	If you could build your squad, who would you want leading you in March?
1:22.0	To me, it's Tom Izzo.
1:23.4	I mean, I look at Tomazzo's body of work.
1:25.4	Look, I've watched Tomizzo in the Encinobite tournament when they played in Tampa for the regional way, way, way back in the day.
1:32.8	Their preparation, the attention to detail, the manner in which they prepared for a game, he's terrific coming out of timeouts.
1:41.2	He's forward thinking.
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