March Madness is Wildly Wide Open

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The thrill of March Madness has long been the allure of upsets – the single-elimination Cinderella runs and David v. Goliath battles. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf is about to cover his 12th straight NCAA tournament, and he shares why this year’s potential for dramatic upsets is high. We break down this season’s unprecedented parity, and which teams and divisions deserve more eyes as the tournament begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.7	It's not just any haircut, it's super cuts.
0:13.5	Meyer Medcalf, if there was a day in college basketball that you'd say epitomized this whole season so far,
0:22.8	what day would that be?
0:25.0	Well, it's a few Saturdays ago.
0:27.3	Myron Medcaf is about to cover his 12th straight NCAA tournament for ESPN.
0:33.0	For the first time in college basketball history, seven top ten teams all lost on the same day.
0:38.5	The previous record had been six teams, number one, Gonzaga.
0:43.1	What a win for the Gales, a takedown number one on an historic night in college basketball.
0:50.3	Number two, Arizona.
0:51.5	And here comes the court storm in Boulder.
0:54.4	Number three, Auburn.
0:55.7	Number four, Purdue.
0:57.1	Michigan State takes down Purdue in a wild Big Ten.
1:02.8	Number five, Kansas, number six Kentucky, and number nine, Texas Tech.
1:06.7	All lost.
1:07.7	Holy smokes.
1:08.9	Our broadcast table is out on the court right now.
1:12.8	I mean, that's crazy, Myron.
1:15.3	It's wild.
1:16.1	And I mean, honest, if you were just kind of tuning in,
1:18.6	kind of post-Super Bowl to college basketball
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