Apic Central listeners, you can find us every Monday through Friday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.

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Big Ed of doing his stretches because he knows he's got a long day ahead of him.

Long day.

Long day of sweating, a long day of critically thinking, a long day of standing, a long day of everything that goes into these conference tournaments.

To my right, back again, Ben Mintz.

It was just me and him yesterday, but now we're running a three-man weave.

Hello, Ben.

Doing great, Brandon, got to say, it's fun.

Tuesday and Wednesday are like a little bit of an appetizer, but it gets real in this early morning slate of games.

And the next four days, just incredible gambling and action.

I'm super excited.

So this is the tone setter for the rest of March.

This day right here, it doesn't have the stakes that next Friday will have Friday through Monday.

But this is the, this is like the walkthrough.

This is getting us ready.

This is, this is, it tests you from noon to midnight.

And I would be remiss if I didn't say right now, ding dong, Duke is dead.

Ding dong, Duke is dead.

I don't have to talk about, though, that shitty, overrated coach gone past his prime,

should have been fired three years ago, stupid-ass Duke Blue Devils anymore. I hope everybody's

okay. I hope everybody's healthy. I hope everything turns out well. But forever and always,

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