NCAA Tournament Preview - North Carolina Makes a Statement - Email Reactions

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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4.8 • 816 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Mike Francesa previews the start of the NCAA Men's Tournament on Thursday and shares his thoughts on the biggest games of the first round. Mike also comments on the first two play-in games, which featured a dominant statement victory by North Carolina. Plus, reactions to your emails on the Yankees' facial hair policy, the 4 Nations Face-Off and Magic Johnson.

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:04.0	Hello again, everybody. Welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network, brought to you by Casamigos Tequila.
0:10.8	Casamigos Tequila is brought to you by those who drink it. We come to you on the Mike Francesa channel, on the BetRivers Network Network on YouTube as we get ready for tomorrow when
0:23.7	all the games will begin.
0:25.5	We have the two playing games tonight after a buzzer be the last night and then a well-played.
0:36.2	I thought, you know, listen, St. Francis turned a ball over too much.
0:44.8	But I thought overall, for a 16 game, it was played pretty well. And obviously, it was a wild finish.
0:52.4	And then, hey, after all the criticism,
0:58.9	after all the crazy avalanche of criticism,
1:02.4	I mean, people calling it the worst injustice
1:04.8	in 40 years, which was absurd.
1:08.3	Carolina just shut everybody up.
1:10.2	Hey, if your complaint was Carolina wasn't good enough to play in this tournament,
1:16.9	you can't say a word now.
1:18.4	I mean, they went in and they didn't win.
1:21.0	They went in and obliterated a team.
1:25.4	And that's my point that I was making the other day. When you're dealing with a Carolina,
1:32.1	you know this talent on the team. Yes, they didn't have a great season. Yes, they were very
1:38.3	disappointing in big games. They lost three times to Duke. They lost a lot of close games to good
1:43.8	teams. They played a very hard schedule. But you know this talent on a team. They lost a lot of close games to good teams.
1:44.4	They played a very hard schedule.
1:46.0	But you know this talent on a team.
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