March Madness recap: With Sweet 16 set, we pick our top storylines and moments from the first two rounds (College Basketball 03/23)
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Monday was objectively the least exciting day of the first four days of the opening two rounds, but it nonetheless did provide another toppling of a top-two seed in addition to securing what is statistically the most unpredictable opening weekend in tournament history. GP and Norlander scan through the top storylines and go game-by-game Monday, picking out their key takeaways. Turns out, we've got a little of both: some bracket chaos but still plenty of good teams AND familiar teams that have made multiple Sweet 16s in recent years. Don't let anyone tell you this is an underwhelming or random Sweet 16 -- that's hardly the case.
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| 0:25.0 | We started with 68. We're down to a sweet 16 and GP and I recap everything you need to know from Monday's action on this episode. |
| 0:32.5 | We do hope you've been enjoying these recaps and we will have more later this week before we get to that just a reminder, |
| 0:38.5 | turn them into full swing, but a lot of other stuff's going on. |
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| 0:49.4 | Here's what's on top this week alone. |
| 0:51.1 | You got me and GP on HQ occasionally more than occasionally, I'm making my way to Indianapolis on Wednesday and I'll be reporting live from the tournament for two straight weeks plus there's MLB string training. |
| 1:02.2 | The NBA trade deadlines coming up. You've got UFC 260 plus NFL free agency fallout in addition to NFL draft coverage. |
| 1:09.1 | And yes, even golf picks for the US men's national team. |
| 1:12.0 | So be sure you are locked in to CBS sports HQ where we sometimes make references to the Ion College basketball podcast. |
| 1:19.5 | And with that, let's get to what happened on Monday. |
| 1:22.1 | Hope you enjoy. Here we go. |
| 1:29.3 | Hey there, it's scary parishes Tuesday March 23rd 2021. |
| 1:33.0 | Welcome back to the CBS sports Ion College basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss |
| 1:38.0 | Camel fighting, Dodo birds and leaky black Matt Norlander is here with me. |
| 1:41.6 | And when I say it's Tuesday, it's technically Tuesday, but it's essentially late Monday night. |
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