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Thank you. at 1 p.m. Central on Nebraska Public Media. All right, welcome back into the Nick Bob podcast.

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NCAA thought casserole here for you. They were just going to hammer through a bunch

things. Got a handful of picks I'm going to give you.

So sit back and let's let's chop it up here.

So I always like to reference this, the Ken Palm National Championship trend thing.

So since 2001, this is kind of more updated and specific here.

Since 2001, Ken Palm, Ken Pomroy, the top leading college basketball analytic sites, just it's the best, in my opinion.

Since 2001, 95.7% of the national champs have had a top 22 Ken Palm offense entering the

NCAA tournament, while 91% have had a top 32 Ken Palm defense entering the

NCAA tournament.

So if you're looking at that criteria, top 22 offense, top 32 defense, only nine teams fit that criteria.

Those teams are Duke, Florida, Houston, Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, barely, Gonzaga, Iowa State, and Wisconsin.

So according to two decades' worth of statistical trends for Ken Palm and his analytics,

your national champs are one of those nine teams.

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