It’s Time To Hate Duke Again, Lakers Big win, Bruce Pearl embarrasses himself | 03.16

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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March Madness is here, and Bomani Jones has one message for the people: it’s time to hate Duke again. On this episode of The Right Time, Bomani breaks down why the tournament is better when everybody unites against the Blue Devils, and how his Duke hatred has never changed, even though his relationship to college basketball has.Plus, Bomani dives into the Lakers’ rise in the West, Luka’s clutch stretch, and why LA might still be the playoff matchup everybody wants. He also gets into Oklahoma City, the Thunder’s ridiculous setup, and what could make this NBA postseason a lot of fun. Finally, Bomani sounds off on Bruce Pearl's absurd comments, Kanye West doing concerts again, and a perturbed Morehouse Alum who slid into his DM's. Intuit TurboTax: Learn more at https://turbotax.intuit.com/?cid=bn_wk_12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time presented by Intuit TurboTax.
0:10.3	My name is Beaumani Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast. Thanks for watching
0:14.2	us on YouTube. Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, give us five stars, you only give us four stars.
0:21.7	I'm inclined to believe you are a hater.
0:24.4	We're going to get to what's going on in the NBA in just a moment.
0:27.9	But the NCAA tournament starts this week.
0:32.4	We just got through selections Sunday.
0:36.4	People who watch and to a degree don't watch college basketball have sounded
0:42.2	more excited about what has happened this season than honestly any season that I can remember.
0:49.5	And it makes sense, right?
0:51.1	There's a very high profile class of freshmen that, you know, looks like it'll be a lot
0:56.2	of draft action going on, but this ain't about the pros right now, right? We just talking about this.
1:00.1	We got a lot of young cats that are there that have been exciting to watch that have been
1:05.7	excellent. Then you combine that with the fact that this NIL money set up a world where it really isn't that advantageous for dudes to just run out of school and go try to get that NBA bread, right?
1:19.8	And what I mean by that is like second round pick money.
1:23.6	Like, Ryan, you're an LSU grant.
1:26.0	In this day and age, how many years would Nause Reed have stayed at LSU? And for those who don't know, you think of Nause Reed is like, I think it was undrafted or a second round pick or something. Second round pick. Yeah, second round pick, but he was a five-star big deal. Yes. Big deal probably stays at least three. Maybe. You know, I mean, the way the eligibility rules are going could be six. Yeah, but like, why would you leave and you could get a couple million dollars? Of course. Just for laying in the cut. Right. I mean, although to be fair, the way is looking right now, go to the NBA and come back. Shit. Yeah, who knows? You know, nothing makes any sense right now.
2:02.4	But think about what it would be if Nas Reid were still in school.
2:06.2	Yes.
2:06.5	Right?
2:06.7	Like the idea of the good junior that's not necessarily going to be a great NBA player,
2:13.6	but we'll be like, it's just going to be deeper.
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