March Madness Preview: Beware Of The Wild West
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The NCAA tournament is finally here, which means that for the next three weeks, our lives will be consumed by college basketball’s biggest stars, its most surprising teams, and — hopefully — a bunch of buzzer beaters along the way. Today, we break down the favorites, surprises and some of the biggest storylines to follow in the men’s NCAA tournament, including an incredibly daunting West Region featuring Kansas, UCLA, UConn and Gonzaga — and the controversy surrounding top overall seed Alabama.
Guest: Eamonn Brennan, The Athletic
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| 0:21.7 | Whether you've been a devoted college basketball fan all season or just realized in a panic |
| 0:33.2 | that you need to fill out your bracket, it makes no difference to the calendar. |
| 0:37.4 | March Madness is here. |
| 0:43.1 | That means for the next three weeks, her lives will be consumed by college basketball's |
| 0:48.4 | biggest stars. |
| 0:56.6 | My college basketball is most surprising teams. |
| 1:10.2 | And hopefully a bunch of thrilling finishes along the way. |
| 1:23.3 | Today we're joined by Eman Brennan from the Athletic to break down the favorites, surprises |
| 1:27.8 | in some of the biggest storylines to follow in the men's NCAA tournament. |
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| 1:35.1 | It's Wednesday, March 15th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:42.9 | Eman Brennan, welcome back to The Lead. |
| 1:44.5 | Thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:45.8 | Yeah, thank you for having me. |
| 1:47.1 | So Eman, we're going to go through the men's NCAA tournament bracket region by region |
| 1:51.9 | and hit some of the favorites, sleepers, and maybe potential busts. |
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