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You Better You Bet

Is Duke the Most Vulnerable #1 Seed?

You Better You Bet

Audacy

Sports

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Nick Kostos explains why he thinks Duke could be the #1 seed that loses the earliest in the tournament. Plus, Nick breaks down the Midwest region.

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0:00.0

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0:22.0

punchtime here down down to two mark for the lead he hits another one one second left mark puts texas in front now back to you better you bet with Nick Costos on Westwood One Sports.

0:30.1

Oh, that's our guy, Brian Anderson. Can we get Brian Anderson like a lozenge, please?

0:41.1

Poor BA. Powering through. Great performance by him last night, clearly under the weather, along with,

0:45.5

well, if you're going to have a game where you're under the weather and you're calling it, good to have Charles Barkley and Dick Vital on the call. God bless them.

0:51.2

This segment here on you better, you bet True TV courtesy of the call. This segment

0:59.1

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1:07.5

So Texas beats Xavier last night, 6866, had a couple bucks on Texas.

1:15.6

Isn't that funny that I win bets when I'm not on the show?

1:18.2

How about that Rockets bet on Monday night?

1:20.9

Oh, Texas beats NC State, excuse me.

1:23.4

I have Xavier in my head because Sean Miller was a Xavier coach last year when they were in the first four. My bad. Texas beats NC State last night. Had last year's game

1:29.2

on the brain. So, Texas

1:31.2

wins, and that sets up

1:33.1

a first round date

1:35.2

with BYU

1:36.6

and A.J. DeBonsa.

1:40.2

Now, I will be honest with everybody.

1:43.7

I would love to have BYU going very far in my bracket.

1:48.9

I would love to bet BYU to make a run in this tournament.

1:57.1

And just as sports fans, think about how much fun, unless you're like a Gonzaga fan or like a Purdue fan, which would imply that BYU beats your team, how much fun it would be to have A.J. DeBanza, who we think is like maybe 51% right now to be the number one pick in the NBA draft over Kansas as Darren Peterson, right? How much fun it would be if DeBonsa put on a show over the next couple weeks, right? Scores 35, scores 38, and like carries BYU deep in the tournament. How much fun that would be. But I think about the words of our friend Brad Evans who joined us a couple weeks ago on the show. And I know, know like he's been on a bunch recently as well, even on shows that I haven't been on, right? The words of Brad Evans ringing in my ears when I asked him recently about BYU's chances in the tournament, even though DeBonce is great, but without Richie Saunders and with a bad defense, can BYU make a run?

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