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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1529 - Final Four Recap, National Championship Preview, Jim Nantz, Shaquille O'Neal LIVE From The ThunderDome, Coach K, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk and the boys recap the Final Four that saw UCONN outlast Illinois, and Michigan beat the hell out of Arizona, before previewing tonight’s National Championship game, chat about another electric weekend of baseball, Cooper Flagg having an insane weekend and reemerging as the Rookie of the Year favorite, and everything else that rounds out the Top 5 of the biggest stories of the weekend. Joining the progrum to preview the Masters, chat about his relationship with Tony Romo, and reminisce about some of his iconic calls is Hall of Famer, one of the GOAT’s, #1 booth for the NFL on CBS and play-by-play commentator for The Masters, Jim Nantz. Next, Hall of Famer, 4x NBA Champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP, MVP, 15x All-Star, analyst for Inside the NBA, one of the GOAT’s, Shaquille O’Neal joins the show LIVE from the ThunderDome to chat about tonight’s National Championship, his thoughts on the NBA and the GOAT conversation, and he competes in the Shaq Olympics. Lastly, 5x National Champion, the GOAT, Coach K joins the show to preview tonight’s National Championship, react to the news that former Nuggets Head Coach Mike Malone is expected to be the next Head Coach at North Carolina, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Humbley Bo, the Thunderdow.

0:06.1

On this overreaction, National Championship Monday, April 6, 2026, this program begins now.

0:13.7

Sports!

0:14.1

We are the greatest.

0:15.3

We're so incredibly lucky that we get a chance to chat about it every single day.

0:18.6

I hope you had a fantastic Easter weekend, a fantastic sports weekend, and today we have so much to talk about. Not only is it Masters

0:25.8

Week. Masters of golf. Obviously, that tease off on Wednesday at noon on ESPN, okay,

0:35.1

which would lead some people to maybe want to ask like, hey, can we potentially do that? Obviously, the standards that the Masters are what they are, we would never expect to be accepted, but since it does start at noon on ESPN, we felt obligated over the last three years to ask. We appreciate and understand the fact that they say no. We're just letting you know there's still a very high standard with the way the masters is going to be covered. And it's certainly going to be electrifying on Wednesday

0:56.7

for the par three contest. And then into the weekend where stories and legends will be made and

1:01.2

created as you roll down Magnolia there and the patrons are sitting in the side of the thingy

1:05.6

and then they're golfing so damn fantastic. It is a magical weekend for golf and for sports. And ESPN getting to kick it all

1:12.6

off on Wednesday is certainly fantastic. It's not just that. The national championships tonight,

1:17.0

boys. That's right. Big night tonight. The toxic tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty

1:21.6

Schmidt. Ty Conman, you guys were at the final four this weekend at Lucas Oil Stadium. I feel like

1:26.5

the game was a little bit zoomed out from where the tickets were, but I do know it was an electrifying time downtown.

1:31.2

And tonight, Yukon and Dan Hurley with a litany of dogs led by Carbine, who's the senior

1:39.4

who Hurley said he'll never be able to find another. He'll never be able to coach another.

1:43.6

This man's an absolute beast.

1:45.0

The freshman Mullins back in Indiana doing his thing just about 20 minutes north of where he went to high school.

1:51.0

He's now playing in Lucas Oil Stadium for a national championship in them for Michigan.

1:55.0

I'll tell you what.

1:56.0

Their coach, Ty, I love this man.

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